Our last class of the LIB432 module brought a bittersweet feeling to me, while I had a feeling of great accomplishment for completing the module, and having learnt about the various digital and information literacies it was sad that as a final year student the last of the race is being run for this degree, it took me back to my first year where I was akin to Harry Potter entering Hogwarts for the first time, inexperienced and eager to learn I was not prepared for what awaited me with trying to figure out what a Module Block was or how you needed a certain amount of CAM in order to write exams and progress through the degree. It is fitting that this final year and final module dealt with digital and information literacies as looking back I can see how much I have learnt and grown academically, and whilst I know that there is always further learning to be done with M.Lis I cant help but feel the same nostalgia I felt saying goodbye to high school. The COVID-19 pandemic was impactful on levels not fully understood, in this LIB432 module which was conducted in an online environment proved to be a blessing and a curse, a blessing in the fact that classes could be held online which made it easier for students like me who work and study full time, and a curse in a sense that it removed the “in person” aspect of learning and teaching, not to mention having not had ability to formulate friendships with fellow final year students. This module was challenging and enjoyable, it cast out the shadows from my mind, and illuminated the possibilities that this degree and being a librarian could bring.
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