Dian Hauser's MLS portfolio summarizes her goals in the MLS program and artifacts that reflect learning outcomes and professional values from selected courses. The portfolio includes a patron interview artifact from a course on information search processes and a government documents website presentation from another course. Hauser explains how the program has helped her intellectually, professionally, and personally by making her more willing to consider diverse viewpoints, apply new knowledge at work, and express herself with more confidence. Her professional philosophy is to serve patrons by applying what she learned in the MLS program.

1. Dian Hauser
MLS Portfolio
Summer 2009

2. My Portfolio
My goal as a MLS candidate was to learn to provide
better service to the public library patrons I assist.
I also wanted to better combine my life as an artist
with my career in the field of Library Science.
The artifacts I have chosen reflect these aspirations.
I have also shown how selected learning outcomes
and professional values of the MLS program
dovetail with these artifacts.
 http://dianhauser.weebly.com

3. Artifacts
LI802 Patron Interview:
The information search process
LI813 Government Documents
Website Presentation

4. LI802 Patron Interview:
The Information Search Process
Outcome:
Articulate a philosophy of client-centered information
services.
Value:
Exhibit professional behavior, knowledge, and
attitude based on client-centered philosophy and
ethical guidelines.
http://dhauserli802.googlepages.com/home

5. LI813 Government Documents
Website Presentation
Outcome:
Lead using collaborative, communication, and
organizational skills.
Value:
Demonstrate creativity in problem solving.
LI813 Govdocs

6. Changes Due to the MLS Program
 Intellectually:
I’m much more willing to consider
diverse viewpoints.
 Professionally:
I have applied my new knowledge
to my work environment.
 Personally:
I am more confident in my ability
to express myself.

7. Professional Philosophy
I believe that we best serve ourselves and
our growth by giving service to others.
As a librarian, I want to take what I have
learned in my MLS studies and use it to
better serve the patrons at my library.

8. Questions?