First post

So I feel a little behind on posting my research blog, even though I know that it's okay to progress through this at my own pace.  I just seem to be having a hard time getting into the back-to-school mode, even though this is week 3 of the course.  I suppose it's because I was also on vacation from work during the first week, which while wonderful, definitely made starting school difficult.  Oh well, I see myself starting to slowly slide back into school mode for what will hopefully be the last semester of my MLIS degree.  I am also taking SLIS704, the Intro to Management class, if anyone wants to talk about that course as well.

I had two topics originally in mind for research, either something with research therapy dogs or something having to do with storytimes for babies and early literacy. I have decided to definitely go in the directon of storytimes for babies, since that is my weekly 'duty' at the library I work at.  I don't consider it much of a duty actually, since I really enjoy working with babies.  Now I have to decide if I want to do something about baby sign language, which I often consider adding to my story times but find it difficult to do as I am not familiar with sign language myself, or something about how going to story time increases literacy skills.  Either way, I see this research proposal as helping me get better at something I already love to do, but sometimes have difficulty explaining all the justifications of why you should bring your baby to the library for a story time.