Remembering Allyson Carlye’s lifelong work as a cataloger through her 2010 appearance in the iSchool’s “Librarians Do Gaga” video.
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April 17, 2020 at 2:56 pm
Allyson was one of the best teachers I ever had, and she's a big part of why I'm still at the iSchool. When I was a couple quarters away from graduation, I asked her if there might be a cataloging class I could teach while I was figuring out what professional direction I wanted to take. She told me she'd look into it, and then a couple of weeks later asked if I'd be willing to teach full-time. I said I'd be glad to do it for a year. That was about 18 years ago now. I owe her so, so much, as do all of us who were lucky enough to work with her.
Allyson always managed to balance being direct, emphatic, and kind, even when feeling stressed out by deadlines, students, and colleagues, and lived an incredible life aside from her work as a teacher, scholar, and leader. I miss her greatly.
Allyson always managed to balance being direct, emphatic, and kind, even when feeling stressed out by deadlines, students, and colleagues, and lived an incredible life aside from her work as a teacher, scholar, and leader. I miss her greatly.