My practicum experience with the Dee J. Kelly Law Library far exceeded even my lofty expectations. I knew I would tremendously enjoy...

As my final assignment, I drafted a blog post for the library's blog. Specifically, I wrote about PLI Plus, which is a legal database...

As the penultimate day of my practicum, I knew I wanted to fully complete my last big assignment. That was, of course, the LGBTQ+ legal...

Today was a crash course in building pages in Springshare, an invaluable tool used by libraries across the country. After my site...

Considering this is my second to last week of my practicum, I was ready to really start wrapping up my LGBTQ+ research guide. While this...

Today, I continued my work on our forthcoming Women's History Month display. Now that we had finalized our featured books, I began...

Today, I was expecting to put a sizeable dent in my LGBTQ+ research guide project. However, my site supervisor, Lisa Goodman, had another...

For my practicum, I am working in an academic law library. An academic law library is typically associated with a law school. As a...

As per usual, I manned the reference desk again today. For the first time in a while, a student came by looking for a resource, as well...

As is now usual, I spent most of the day working the reference desk. As spring break is right around the corner, the reference desk is...

Today was another full day of working the reference desk. I was somewhat nervous because this was Thursday, and previously I had worked...

For reference, below please find my practicum schedule of hours. This post will be updated as needed. General Schedule: Thursdays and...

Today was a very interesting day, as I worked the reference desk for the first time. Initially, I had planned to shadow the desk with...

Today was another very productive day wherein I managed to largely complete one of my initial practicum projects. Yesterday, I had begun...

After a week away from the Dee J. Kelly Law Library, I was ready to get back into the swing of my practicum. Today was a very productive...

Today was a relatively slow day in the library, wherein I mostly worked on my projects. For most of the day, I explored Pivot, which is a...

Today, I began discussing projects for this practicum with my site supervisor, Lisa Goodman. The projects I will be tackling during my...

Today was my second day with the Dee J. Kelly Law Library, wherein I continued to learn more about the role of reference librarian. With...

Today was my first day with the Dee J. Kelly Law Library, which went wonderfully. I mostly spent the day getting oriented and meeting the...

Hello! My name is Madeleine Ball and I am currently pursuing a Master's in Library Science from the University of North Texas. This...