And see also the lyrics I wrote and sang on the last day of that class, most of which refer to questions from Allen's list. I should probably annotate the text, since many of the references are obscure unless you're a Reference Librarian, but the annotated version would be three times as long...
I resolved to be the sort of student I'd always said I wanted, and I went into overkill mode. I did a research paper on cross-disciplinary citations of Clifford Geertz, took the required courses in Management and Cataloging, and realized that I couldn't bear to go back to Acadia. The opportunity to manage the computer lab at Simmons (for tuition credit and a small assistantship) arose at just the right moment, so I resigned my tenured position and continued for another year as a Masters student in Library and Information Science. I took a course in Science Librarianship from Jay Lucker, Head Librarian at MIT, and once again found myself in my element as I explored Boston's library world. I graduated in Spring 1992 and started to search for employment as a Reference Librarian, sending out more than 50 letters of application before I got any responses. Washington & Lee University offered me a job as Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Library Instruction, starting in August, so I moved to Lexington VA and plunged in gleefully. By 1996 I was Science Librarian, with my own satrapy.