We Now Return to our Regularly Scheduled Program

And as it's almost been a week since my last post, a quick run down of last week is in order.

From Wednesday to Friday I was at a Statistical Literacy Institute, which was actually a lot of fun and really interesting.

Then we hit Oscar weekend and I was focusing on getting my last few movies watched before the big event...

So here we are, Monday morning, and it's all going to go back to normal, so don't worry, I'll be chatting about my regular reading, viewing, etc. every day for the rest of the week to make it up to you.

Thanks all!
Bookmonkey

My MLIS Degree: facts and figures

From September 2011 to April 2014 I've been balancing work and homelife with my attempt to get a Masters degree in Library and Information Studies.

Having finished up the course work yesterday, I thought it would be nice to look at some of the facts I came up with regarding my time in Grad School:

Basics

Student Type: Part-Time, Course Based

Time to Complete: 32 months (2.66 years)

Total Courses: 18 (15 3-credit and 3 1-credit)

Course type breakdown: 37.5% Daytime, 37.5% Night/Weekend, 25% Online

Textbooks purchased: 10 (favourite? Work the Pond, by Darcy Rezac)

Required Reading purchased: 10 (favourite? Saga volume 1 by Vaughan and Staples)

Coursework

Presentations: 12 (favourite? Comic book-themed poster session)

Group Assignments: 11 (favourite?  Using a Monkey puppet in 501)

Times I Used my blog for coursework: 2 (I can’t believe this is for Grad school moment? Researching a “Saw”-themed reality TV series)

Times I made a YouTube videos as project: 1 (I’m particularly proud of the bear)

Times I used ice cream as work incentive?: 6

Ice cream still owed to other classmates? 1

Popular culture purchased and left to wait on my selves

Untouched Games: 5 (4 video, 1 board – First Up, The Wolf Among Us)

Untouched TV seasons: 12 (Oldest Unseen? Season 4 of The Unit)

Untouched Movies: 10 (Oldest Unseen?  Castle in the Sky)

Untouched Books: 8 (boxes of books sitting in my garage)

Untouched Comics: 18 (Largest Unread Collection? Fatale by Brubaker & Phillips)

Book and Articles recommended by other MLIS Candidates I still want to read

Untaken Course Reading lists: 3 (top of the list – LIS 510: Storytelling)

Recommended Books: 31 (most books recommended by @GreatStuffDiego)

Course Textbook I’ll reread: 4 (starting with Reality is Broken)

Most recommended book: Bowling Alone, by Robert Putnam

Most recommended comic: Batman, by Scott Snyder