Scholarship Update

I was able to get in touch with the Business Manager at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information.
Very sweet (and helpful!) lady: Louise Forman.

She was able to pull up the scholarship amount for the past few years. Looks like about $4000. I'm very excited about this number as it will mean two free classes. Paying out of state tuition can be hard on students, especially after graduation once you have to pay it all back!


I feel very fortunate and I am very appreciative of the award.

Masters of Library Studies Service Scholarship

So, I've been awarded the Masters of Library Studies Service Scholarship for next year (2011-2012). 

I'm very excited about the whole thing. I haven't actually been awarded a scholarship that wasn't given to just anybody who applied previously. 

Also, I don't think I've ever applied to a scholarship that I had to compete for. So.. Hurray! 

Funny- I have no idea how much the scholarship is actually worth. I suppose I'll find out in August when my term bill comes. 

Those who know me also know I love the adjective/descriptor "outstanding". So I was particularly happy to see this bit 

"...outstanding academic achievement, dedication to service, and commitment to the disciplines and professions..."

They spelled my name wrong on my letter, so I had actually assumed I didn't get it. Usually award letters spell your name right and rejection letters just kinda toss out a name similar to that of the applicant. So imagine my surprise when it said I had been selected. Woohoo!

I've included the letter below:

May 3, 2011

Dear Jacqueline Woolcott,

We are very pleased to announce that you have been selected by the Master of Library and Information Science scholarship committee as the recipient of the distinguished Masters of Library Studies Service Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year.   Given the outstanding academic profile of many of our students, this year’s scholarship review was very competitive and your selection is testimony of your outstanding achievement in the Master of Library and Information Science program.

The Master of Library and Information Science program prides itself on the tradition of presenting these awards to acknowledge and reward students for their outstanding academic achievement, dedication to service, and commitment to the disciplines and professions within the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University.  We hope this award affords you more opportunities for success throughout your continued matriculation in our programs.

As part of your scholarship award, we will be honoring you at the 2011 SC&I Scholarship Reception. Although you will be receiving a formal invitation this summer, please save the date for Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 6pm-8pm in Livingston Hall of the Livingston Student Center. We strongly encourage all scholarship winners to make arrangements to attend. You will also be invited to bring two additional guests to the event, and we look forward to celebrating your achievements together!

If you intend to accept this award, please send an email confirmation to scholarship@comminfo.rutgers.edu no later than May 10, 2011. If you accept the award, the scholarship money will be applied directly towards your fall 2011 term bill.  Please note that for some awards, the exact dollar amount will not be determined until August (but before the August 10^th term bill due date).  If you do not intend to enroll in the Fall 2011 semester, or if for any other reason you cannot accept this award, the scholarship committee may present this award to an alternate candidate in the scholarship applicant pool.  If you have any questions, please contact the Student Services office at (732) 932-7500 (press 2 @ prompt).  Congratulations once again!

Sincerely,

Kevin J. Ewell

Assistant Dean for Student Services

On behalf of the Master of Library and Information Science Scholarship Committee

Building Digital Library

I've been working with a local museum who needed a bit of help digitizing photos in efforts to make a quality digital library for my Digital Libraries class at Rutgers.

The process has been long, but putting everything together I'm now finally able to see my work in one spot and looks nice. Even for a cookie-cutter type website.
I had to abandon the website I had built from scratch due to it showing up on search engines. My robot.txt file just wasn't working at the student web page level, and the museum wanted to keep the photos from being findable due to copy right concerns.

So, I started a Google Site so it wont end up on a search engine, but I can still have it accessible to people I want to share it with. I must say- working with Google Sites has been a pleasure! I'm thinking of using one to build my e-portfolio.

Aside from the tech stuff (which I am loving), the meta data and learning Past Perfect has been so much fun. The software is user friendly and versatile. My boss said it's widely used so it will be a benefit to me if I'm comfortable using it. There's a lot of repetitiveness of filling in information with digitizing the photos while building a library in Past Perfect and also for my assignment, so I'm fortunate my assignment is due this week.

I'm also sad my assignment is due this week. It's been one of the most enjoyable and rewarding assignments I've worked on in my year as an MLIS student. I'm hoping to see more creative, technical based, and overall rewarding tasks in my future.