Here are some entirely-satirical classes I would have liked to see in my MLIS course catalogue. This list is based on my program, so your curriculum might have actually included a few of these. Jealous!
Fantastic Cardigans and Where to Find Them
Dunking on Dewey
Printer Mechanical Engineering 101
Soapboxing About Libraries at Dinner Parties
Mentally Singing Your ABC’s
Reluctant-But-Viral Librarian TikToking
Finding Gainful Full-time Employment With A Masters Degree and Zero Experience
Special Topics: Too-Sexy-for-GoodReads Romance
Archival Field Work with Brendan Fraser
Canva Graphic Design Fundamentals
Ballistic Boolean Operators
Roblox For Millennials & Gen-X
Herding Cats: Marketing for Improving Teen Program Attendance
Guest Lecture: Meeting Room Enforcement for the Shy
Shushing: A Retrospective
3D Printing Airborne Microplastics
Bacon Bookmarks: A Survey On Weird Stuff Found in Books
Sustainable Management of James Patterson Shelf Space
Lyndsay Wasko is an online MLIS student at the University of Alberta with an undergraduate degree in Communication Design from the Alberta University of the Arts. Outside of school she works as a designer and illustrator at Daughter Creative, where her work has been internationally recognized in Applied Arts and Communication Arts publications. In 2020 she was selected as Calgary Public Library’s Children’s Illustrator in Residence which inspired her to pursue an MLIS degree. In her spare time Lyndsay enjoys long YouTube video essays, D&D, and generally aspires to the life of a Beatrix Potter animal: baking, sewing, gardening, and exploring nature. Learn more about Lyndsay at https://linktr.ee/lyndsaywasko.
FEATURE IMAGE: Lithograph by J.B. Sonde
Categories: for fun
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I never comment on here, but this list was hilarious!!
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I also never comment, but I did enjoy this. As someone in academia, I think something about committees needs to be added to the list – any ideas?
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Very cute suggests! I would adore those classes.
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