:)

Rikker: Objection dismissed.

Janssen: Welcome. :) It is hard indeed to move on. (Though I just realized that if I do get a full-time position here at the BYU library in the fall, then I can take classes again. Probably just one or two a semester, but that’s enough to fill my need.)

As for the UNT MLIS program, the main reason I picked it was that this fall they have a $10,000 scholarship. :) Some of the librarians here have gone through it (which reminds me, I need to pick their brains about it sometime…), and the head of HR here recommended it to me, which also was a large factor in my decision. But the $10k was perhaps the biggest draw; in fact, I was planning on waiting a year to start library school, but when I heard about the scholarship, I changed my mind within about two days. :) I myself haven’t looked into it too much yet, but it’s entirely online other than four days in Vegas at the beginning of the semester. (But you’re in Texas, right? So you could go to Denton instead of Vegas, and depending on how far away you are, you could even do the classes in real life instead of online.)

In related news, I got an e-mail from them a few days ago saying that they’ll be releasing the names of the scholarship recipients the week of June 11. Forty will get the scholarship, and another 10-15 will be admitted to the program but without the money. (So even though I’ve been admitted to the SLIS, I guess I’m not in the online cohort until after the decision is made.) The e-mail had 68 people listed, so the chance of getting into the program is pretty good, and the chance of getting the scholarship is 59%, which isn’t as good as I’d like.

Anyway, good choice of a degree. Libraries are da bomb. :)

By the way, I’m looking into MLIS programs, and I’m seriously considering doing the program you’re doing (assuming I can get in). I’d love to hear about why you picked it, details about the program that I might not know yet, etc. Thanks!