Monthly Archives: March 2007

University of Michigan Library Associate Phone Interview

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When I applied to the University of Michigan, I also sent an application for the Library Associates program. This program allows MS students to work in one of the university’s libraries and get real life work experience while also paying for school. The associates receive:

  • Full tuition waiver
  • Half-time, two-year appointment at University Library (1035 hours per year)
    with a salary of $21,657.80 per year (adjusted annually)
  • Eligibility to attend Library-sponsored workshops and training events
  • Eligibility to choose from several health plans
  • Enrollment in group life insurance
  • Wages are exempt from Social Security tax
  • Librarian borrowing privileges at the University Library, including free
    access to the 7-FAST Delivery Service
  • Sixty hours of sick time per year

Pretty much you get tuition waived and a nice salary. While I didn’t apply in the Library & Information Services specialization of the Information School, I still think the associate position would be really interesting and rewarding.

Specifically, I think that emerging technologies could really make libraries more efficient. Since I have an interest in the information technology side of things, I think I could really contribute to the way that the library works.

I got an email a few days ago to schedule a phone interview for the position. I guess they liked the essay that I wrote. While I think that being offered the associate position is a long shot (there’s only one position open), I’m pretty glad they liked me enough to even set up a phone interview. Hopefully they’ll see me as a good fit for the position with my background in social computing programming and problem solving. I’ll be interviewing with them tomorrow, though I probably won’t know about a potential offer for a week or so.

University of California, Berkeley iSchool: Rejection!

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I just got an email from the iSchool at Berkeley. It reads:

The admissions committee of the School of Information has reviewed all of the materials submitted with your application. I regret to inform you that you have not been accepted for admission to the Fall 2007 entering class.

Oh well! I’m pretty happy that I got accepted to Michigan already. Berkeley looked like a pretty good school, but it was my “probably too hard to get in” one, so I don’t feel too bad. I wonder if all of the schools will be sending these admission messages through email… Seems to be a new trend.

Michigan School of Information Scholarship Update!

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I got an email today from Michigan offering me a half tuition merit scholarship! This brings the cost of tuition down to the same amount that an in-state resident would pay. Scholarship students also get travel expenses refunded in order to visit the school on the SI: Visiting Days.

The visiting days include an optional tour of the campus, housing, or libraries, and then a few activities with some of the student groups. It seems like fun, and I’d really like to be able to visit a school before committing to going there.

Hopefully everything will work out and I’ll be able to visit on the scheduled day. I’m actually going to be out of town on the day before, so I’d have to fly directly to Michigan. I can probably make it work, though.