I finished and passed my MLIS portfolio last week. While I am not yet finished with the semester, I am happy to be done with that part of the program. Demonstrating competency in fourteen areas of librarianship was a huge amount of work. As a working librarian, I was able to use some projects that I created for the library. Overall, I used a combination of work experience, past school projects, and presentations created solely for the portfolio. It’s all very practical and can be a chance to show off those mad library skillz.
For any current SLIS student I encourage you to start early, because it really does take a lot of time of time choosing and creating appropriate demonstrations for each competecney. I felt it was a pretty rewarding experience, forcing you to evaluate and communicate your knowledge, skills, and your abilities. I have no regrets about not choosing to write a full blown thesis.
It was entirely an electronic portfolio and I chose to create a web site instead of using the provided Plone content management system. I needed some detox time from the computer, which is still kind of hard since I’m finishing up a data networking class.
Okay, back to work!
Yay! Congratulations! That is really a fantastic achievement and it must be so nice to have that over and done with!!! Best of luck with the last few bits for class…