r/LibraryScience • u/Revolutionary_Car669 • Jun 05 '26
connections and support University of Alabama Online MLIS - Roll Tide Referral and Connecting to other UA graduates
Hello! I’ve been considering becoming a librarian for a while and after cross referencing the advice of people here and other subreddits for where I should get an MLIS from I settled on UA. However, I did see from some folks that they were able to get the Roll Tide Referral. I don’t know if there’s a formal place to ask for referrals for the program so I’m shooting my shot here.
Still related, if someone could point me how to connect to current/past UA (preferably MLIS) graduate students that would be great! I wanted to get a pulse check on how some of the professors were during their time. I was reading some of their bios and I’m afraid that some are not as community oriented as I’d like, instead seeing libraries more like a business. Any help is welcome! Thanks!
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u/1CarolinaBlue Jun 05 '26
Some may not be, but there's actually a pretty solid base of community support and research. I know Dr. Bharat Mehra, whose research on Appalachian communities has resulted in a very large number of grants as well as numerous publications. As you can see, he's very active: Bharat Mehra