Conclusion
In late 2022, I left my short-lived career as a public interest lawyer to pursue my goal of becoming an archivist. I loved helping people through the law, but I burned out quickly. I started law school ten years ago, and in my first semester I began thinking about library school when I learned law librarians have law and MLIS degrees. While law librarianship is not the route I have explicitly pursued, I am grateful that it led me here.
I have learned so much in the past two years, and I am extremely grateful to all of my professors and classmates for helping me get here. While I have been interested in some areas of LIS, like archives in general, throughout my time here, I have also discovered some new interests. As someone with a Bachelor’s degree in sociology, I found learning about information communities and how people learn to be especially fascinating. While taking INFO 285, I realized just how much I love researching and preserving web archives. Publishing my first article this year in Archeota showed me how passionate I am about researching and writing.
I hope to find a position where I can perform archival or digital preservation work, but whatever the future brings me, I am so happy I got my MLIS education at San Jose State. Someday, I hope to get out to California and visit the campus in person!
Affirmation
All introductory, reflective, and evidentiary work submitted is mine alone (except where indicated as a group or team project), and has been prepared solely by me.
I am protecting the privacy of the contents of my e-Portfolio by password protecting it or by sharing the URL only with my e-portfolio advisor.
Before making my e-portfolio public I will respect the privacy of others by removing mention in this e-Portfolio of information that could lead to the identity of individuals (team members in group projects, internship supervisors, interviewees, etc.) and institutions
Erica Leff