For new librarians in public libraries, some career advice from a bunch of veterans sitting around having one too many beers. Thank goodness one of us was ...
Actually, there is an easier way. You can configure the group so that only new members are moderated for their first several posts. If their messages are ...
As sad as this advice is, it is mostly true. What I always find interesting about the ongoing Atlanta Fulton debacle is that what is going on there is NOT...
chimichanga700
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Mar 4, 2004 3:23 am
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The advice I just read does indeed make me sad. Sadder still that I may soon be accepted into a Master of Library Science program. I don't want a corporate...
nevinnevin2001
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Mar 7, 2004 5:09 pm
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I'm in my second semester of library school, and I have a lot of the same concerns. It's hard not to worry that we're pursuing an endangered profession...
Politics exists in just about any place you work. I think that if you are a sole librarian, it can make it easier, but it depends if you want to be promoted to...
I don't know that it matters that much which school you went to, most places just look at degrees or lack of. For example, UCLA would be considered more ...
UNC-CH's library school is a NATIONAL school; people come from all over to get their MLSs--and then they go home. However, the presence of UNC-CH in NC has...
Being willing to move is a very key point in the job hunt. After all, in a lot of librarys you get the whole lifer/die in the stacks thing going on. One thing...
I just interviewed for a job at Georgia State. What are their issues?...
wolliplib
spillow1@...
Mar 13, 2004 11:39 pm
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I saw in earlier posts that people described GSU as a place with high turnover and "issues." What specific issues do you know of? I just had an interview there...
wolliplib
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Mar 13, 2004 11:39 pm
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... <spillow1@u...> wrote: Hi back! It depeds on what sorts of issues? Mostly, this area is very transient ad peple come and go due to spouses. Like many...
mockgator
mockgator@...
Mar 14, 2004 5:20 pm
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Numbers 3, 5, and 7 particularly apply to the Broward County Library system here in Florida. A colleage was telling me about a class for supervisors called...
At the risk of sounding dense, i'm going to post and ask people who obviously know what they are doing. I'm working on my undergrad degree still, and I would...
... Depends on what you want to do with your MLS after you graduate. Most people with an MLS have an English degree, or something similar. It's not a real ...
I would figure out where you want to go and see what the requirements are. The place I went (SJSU) did not have an degree specified other than that they didn't...
I can't offer much, but I talked to the director of my town's library about what to major in before. She told me two things - don't major in librarianship...
Odds are it won't matter too much what your undergraduate degree is in unless you want to specialize in a certain area of the library profession. For example...
kcmax9
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Mar 30, 2004 12:48 am
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Well, there is no one correct path to set yourself for the MLS. People come from all backgrounds and degrees. However, most all of the librarians I know...
It's false stories like these that got me started in this career in the first place. I would like to know where these shortages are, because they sure aren't...
kcmax9
kcmax9@...
Mar 30, 2004 12:49 am
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In fact, from what I hear from corporate librarians, libraries are one of the first things companies cut in rough times like these. And they probably don't...
Kind of sad to say it is a lie. I'm now a corproate librarian (wasa public librarian for 10 years) and while it pays more than the public salaries, you still...
I was recently informed that the job I accepted required ME to do all the ordering for Junior (we don't say "Juvinile" any more!) Easy books and Easy Readers...
It (undergrad degree) definately doesn't matter if you go into public libraries or even academic libraries (to some extent...the music libraries on campus did...
you would say, thus, that you do not recommend colleagues from other areas of librarianship attempting to transfer to the corporate/ special world? If one...
Thomas Roche
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Mar 30, 2004 10:54 pm
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Are your branches 'really' that diverse? Really that segregated? Interesting Sheri ... From: sirjimce To: contrarianlibrarian@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
I would think it depends on the special library. For example, legal and medical are often affiliated with government or universities and wouldn't be as likely...
It doesn't seem that unusual to me. In my system, we also have branches in widely diverse areas. Some are in very poor neighborhoods, and some in very wealthy...
... A government or university library may be a special library, perhaps, but they are very different from corporate libraries. One of the big drawbacks to ...
I'm all for everyone trying different areas of librarianship. But it's not just the corporate world that's hard to break into. I left the public system because...
