Beverly Slabosky's MLIS
Portfolio [Spring 2004]
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| This Site is a sample of the skills and experiences I gained while earning my MLIS degree at the Information School (iSchool), University of Washington. I spent two years focused towards transforming my skills and experiences in Human Services to excelling professionally and intellectually in the Information field. I entered the iSchool with the desire to learn new technologies that could bridge the information gap in lower income communities. I had worked the previous five years for a local Seattle nonprofit as a Program Coordinator. The program's goal was to build community trust and support between residents in federally subsidized apartment buildings. We accomplished this by coordinating educational and social events. I was often called upon to provide residents information on a variety of topics, but it was difficult because I found there was little trust of social workers and people outside of the community. I became excited when residents began using their neighborhood libraries for Internet access. They became more involved in finding their own information, but they needed practical evaluation tools for assessing content on the Web. I really felt the Web and other information technologies were going to bring communities everywhere into a more engaged and enlightened era. I know there are problems with receiving "good" information on the Web, but I still believe that information technologies need to be embraced by libraries and should be provided in low-cost forms to underprivileged areas across the globe. Please browse my portfolio, which includes a summary and synthesis of how I have grown in the areas of Service, Leadership, Teaching, Scholarship and Technology. Each page contains an explanation of how each experience contributed to my individual intellectual and professional development. |
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