[nabs-l] Grad School Essay

Tue Jul 17 14:40:46 UTC 2012

Hello Joshua
SAAVI,(Southern AZ Association for the Visually Impaired).
http://www.saavi.us/
Thank you for pointing this out!
Deb

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Joshua Lester <
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:

> Also, on SAAVI, I'd put parinthesis, and what SAAVI stands for,
> (because I have never heard of it.)
> Thanks, Joshua
>
> On 7/16/12, Deb Mendelsohn <deb.mendelsohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > HI Brandon,
> > Thank you for reading and critiquing.
> > I am going to make the changes you suggested.
> > Deb
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs <
> > brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, my quick review:
> >> This is confusing and doesn't flow very well:
> >>
> >> Furthermore, contemporary organizations have intellectual property,
> which
> >> the user must be able to choose which available format serve their
> needs.
> >>
> >> It sounds funny by saying organizations and which.
> >>
> >>
> >> In addition to these duties, I managed the daily activities of the
> >> library,
> >> including ordering materials, was responsible a yearly budget of
> $25,000,
> >> labeling, shelving, routing materials to attorneys, as well as other
> >> projects as assigned.
> >>
> >> That's kind of a long sentence and the first line is missing a word or
> 2.
> >> I would have put a description before material's. Projects as assigned?
> >> or
> >> assigned projects?
> >>
> >>
> >> Latin term meaning, “friend of the court”
> >> If it was me, I'd put an A before the quote.
> >>
> >>
> >> Presently, I am interning at SAAVI
> >> If there was no word limit, I'd put an intern.
> >>
> >>
> >> By organizing, the collection by
> >> genre and alphabetically by the author will make the collection user
> >> friendly to everyone.
> >>
> >> This needs to be rewritten and some commas taken out.
> >>
> >>
> >> I find my work at SAAVI to be an fascinating project because blind and
> >> low-vision users are part of a community, which has unique needs.
> >>
> >> An fascinating? Also, I'd change that which to something less common.
> >>
> >> Heh, the last paragraph... I'll put an asterisk where the English needs
> >> another look.
> >>
> >> I find my work at SAAVI to be *an fascinating project because blind and
> >>
> >> low-vision users are part of a community, which has unique needs.
> >> Information needs to be accessible, in not only braille and large print,
> >> but also in electronic format. Interestingly, many visually challenged
> >> persons utilize screen readers to access this material. Screen readers
> >> pose
> >> specific challenges for conveying information to the blind and low
> vision
> >> user, one of which is interpreting the images on the audio book cover.
> >> Most
> >> screen readers do not read pictures, graphs or charts. Blind users
> *often
> >>
> >> denied access to these data.  As a librarian with my MLS degree, I would
> >> like to work in the academic world, organizing information to ensure
> >> accessibility to special-interest groups, such as the blind. In view of
> >> the
> >> many limitations of technology, it is crucial that we make *these data
> >>
> >> available in additional formats.   Without awareness to these special
> >> needs, *we neglecting to communicate critical information to many unique
> >> needs
> >> groups.
> >>
> >> Lets see some more enthusiasm in this sentence, it's the most important
> >> sentence in the paper:
> >>
> >> As a librarian with my MLS degree, I would
> >> like to work in the academic world,
> >>
> >> What?
> >>
> >> Without awareness to these special
> >> needs, *we neglecting to communicate critical information to many unique
> >> needs
> >> groups.
> >>
> >> many people with unique needs? Or can it be more interesting?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Brandon Keith Biggs
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Deb Mendelsohn
> >> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 7:24 PM
> >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >> Subject: [nabs-l] Grad School Essay
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> Stephanie suggested I have others read it.
> >> So here it is:
> >> 750-1000 words why I want MLs degree from University of AZ and what I
> >> think
> >> is the future of Librarianship.
> >> Thank you!
> >> Deb
> >>
> >> In today's fast-paced world, access to information and technology is
> >> critical. To apply and understand our current complex array of
> >> information,
> >> it must be organized, accessible, and presented in an intelligent
> manner.
> >> Furthermore, contemporary organizations have intellectual property,
> which
> >> the user must be able to choose which available format serve their
> needs.
> >> My previous work and educational experience have crystallized my desire
> >> to
> >> become a library scientist.
> >>
> >>
> >> My initial experience in the field of library science began in junior
> >> high
> >> school. I checked out books to both students and staff. I was amazed at
> >> the
> >> sheer number of books, yet they were all organized and easy to find. As
> a
> >> student at Northeastern Illinois University, I worked as a student aid
> >> and
> >> assisted in the library reserve, interlibrary loan, and circulation
> >> services. Specifically, I searched the shelves for the material
> >> requisitioned by the requesting library and packed the books for
> >> Inter-library loan delivery. I also checked in returned material shipped
> >> via interlibrary loan. While working at the circulation desk, I realized
> >> that circulation desk clerks are on the front lines of library customer
> >> service, servicing the patrons, checking in materials, and collecting
> >> fines. Fortifying Patron relationships at the circulation desk, where a
> >> happy patron is a returning patron. Through my work experience in
> >> college,
> >> I realized that I wanted to become a librarian because I was so
> attracted
> >> to the challenge of organizing information to make it accessible to the
> >> end
> >> user.
> >>
> >>
> >> After graduating from Northeastern Illinois University with my B.A. in
> >> Liberal Arts, I began my five-year career with the American Medical
> >> Association (AMA) as a project assistant in the Office of the General
> >> Counsel’s Information Center. As a project assistant, I created a filing
> >> system, or file bank, from a controlled vocabulary using the AMA news
> >> publication. After analyzing the printed articles, reports, and other
> >> materials to determine their subject matter, I added subject headings as
> >> necessary. Each attorney had his or her own specialty, which required a
> >> separate file bank. Attorneys from the Health Law and Corporate Law
> >> Divisions utilized the materials that I assisted in compiling.
> >>
> >>
> >> The Vice President of the Health-Law Division promoted me to Research
> >> Assistant in 1997 within the department. My responsibilities included
> >> reference and research requests from member physicians and association
> >> staff. Document delivery services were also available to staff and
> >> members.
> >> In addition to these duties, I managed the daily activities of the
> >> library,
> >> including ordering materials, was responsible a yearly budget of
> $25,000,
> >> labeling, shelving, routing materials to attorneys, as well as other
> >> projects as assigned. One of my other projects was scanning amici
> briefs,
> >> Latin term meaning, “friend of the court” making them website
> accessible.
> >> These briefs were only available to AMA staff. Since  the association
> >> served member physicians, this was not a particularly user-friendly
> >> system.
> >> This led me to realize that information is useless unless made available
> >> to
> >> the people who need it in a comprehensible format. Print format is only
> a
> >> small part of presenting information. Podcast, websites, and audio files
> >> are a few examples of the modalities that require professional
> >> organization.
> >>
> >>
> >> Presently, I am interning at SAAVI (Southern Arizona Association for the
> >> Visually Impaired). I am involved in organizing the SAAVI’s audio books,
> >> which number over 1,500, into a system that is accessible to blind and
> >> low-vision users. This project consists of sorting the audio books into
> >> different media formats, such as compact disc (CD) or cassette, braille,
> >> and large-print labels. Then, I catalog them in braille, large print,
> and
> >> electronic format. An Access Database will serve as the catalog
> available
> >> to both clients and staff. The library at Saavi, will house the audio
> >> books
> >> with both braille and large-print signage. By organizing, the collection
> >> by
> >> genre and alphabetically by the author will make the collection user
> >> friendly to everyone.
> >>
> >>
> >> I find my work at SAAVI to be an fascinating project because blind and
> >> low-vision users are part of a community, which has unique needs.
> >> Information needs to be accessible, in not only braille and large print,
> >> but also in electronic format. Interestingly, many visually challenged
> >> persons utilize screen readers to access this material. Screen readers
> >> pose
> >> specific challenges for conveying information to the blind and low
> vision
> >> user, one of which is interpreting the images on the audio book cover.
> >> Most
> >> screen readers do not read pictures, graphs or charts. Blind users often
> >> denied access to these data.  As a librarian with my MLS degree, I would
> >> like to work in the academic world, organizing information to ensure
> >> accessibility to special-interest groups, such as the blind. In view of
> >> the
> >> many limitations of technology, it is crucial that we make these data
> >> available in additional formats.   Without awareness to these special
> >> needs, we neglecting to communicate critical information to many unique
> >> needs
> >> groups.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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