I received an information packet for the MLIS program I will be starting in two months at UCLA. It made me quite excited about school. I already emailed my Faculty Advisor to introduce myself and started sending out my resume for potential jobs.

I’m required to take two core courses in my first quarter: Information in Society and Information Access. Since I’ll be a full-time student I will take one more class of my choosing. There is a class called “Metadata” (!!), though that one is not recommended for new students. Being offered this quarter is a class called “Digital Preservation” that I don’t think I can pass up. It is described:

Introduction to the problems and possibilities of long-term preservation for digital objects ranging from cultural expressions such as music, video games, and media art, to applications such as databases and 3-dimensional architectural and engineering drawings. Topics include the challenges of technological evolution, questions of re-creation and authenticity, and conceptualizing information systems to manage the preservation process.

I get to go to school for this!

technorati tags: mlis, ucla, school