Lucy Oster
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My name’s Lucy (they/she). I just started graduate school at Simmons this fall, and so I am one semester into my program, the Master of Library and Information Science: Archives Management Concentration. I’m taking three courses right now, and hope to continue at that pace throughout my time here so I can finish my degree as fast as possible. I love to be fast: as soon as I was legally allowed to work I started a shelving job at the Portland Public Library and it was always a point of pride for me that I was such a speedy shelver. Outside of the public library, I’ve also had professional experience in academic libraries (liberal arts-style), academic libraries (big research university-style), historical societies and sites, government archives, and even some volunteer hours in art museums. In my free time I love to read (theory, contemporary fiction, etc.), see older and/or foreign films, bike around listening to music and play soccer very badly. In my happiest moments, I’m probably spacing out in the sunshine. 🙂
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It’s my first semester of graduate school, and everything’s been pretty solid so far. However, it is still early days, and I know that the Roadrunner-style crash could be just around the corner! But, hey, that’s what keeps me running. I relish being busy when that busyness is all about what I’m interested in, which is to say: LAM (libraries, archives and museums.) I also like lambs! I’m taking three courses this semester: the introductory LIS 407 and LIS 415 online, and LIS 439 Preservation Management in-person. I’m doing the archives management concentration here at Simmons, and Preservation Management is the first course I’m taking for that. The course is pretty interesting, and I’ve learned that a lot about preservation management ultimately comes down to, guess what, management and resources. Every type of physical and digital resource has its own special little requirements to live for as long as an archivist wants it to. This is, to quote my professor, “until the sun explodes.” The most interesting aspect of LIS 439 for me so far…
