I hope I don't get stuck like that. I took a community college job because that's what was available and who hired me. When I was in library school, we had to...
... Thanks! :) ... Exactly. One of the most frustrating conversations I ever had was with the head librarian at an academic library when I served as a ...
Well, this sure is an interesting discussion. I am in the job market and I find pubiclibrarians don't sem to think those who have been in academic seetings...
mockgator
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Apr 2, 2004 5:04 am
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... Huh? Please resubmit this post, I don't understand what you mean. Todd Krueger Director Lyon Township Public Library New Hudson MI 48165...
To Whom it may concern, We all know that the job market is tight these days and you are seeing more applicants then ever for open positions. For recent library...
helhathno_fury
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Apr 3, 2004 6:42 pm
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Interesting, I never had problems like that on my job hunt. I wonder if it is regional? I did have a couple of interviews where they had already decided I was...
... I dunno. I thought much of what was in that open letter had real merit. The tremendously skewered buyer's market nature of library employment nowadays ...
Thomas Roche
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Apr 5, 2004 3:40 pm
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... After graduating from library school, and subsequent times that I was looking for work, this *has* to be my biggest complaint about the library world....
Thanks for the advice! I thought the PL where I worked was bad, but I should have realized their problems were endemic. I didn't know all these "rules", but in...
I have an interesting situation. when I applied for the job I now hold, I also applied for another job as branch manager in the same system, but when I was...
... subsequent ... Certainly it is that. I do not know what to do about it, however. I am currently looking, and I must say I am underwhelmed, especially...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Apr 13, 2004 4:12 pm
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Can I vent? Please? I promise I won't use any profanity! I had another I Hate My Job day. I got called on the carpet for how I answered an email reference...
Does anyone know anything about working conditions/management/funding at this system? They have several openings at the moment and the salary range is pretty...
ocs444
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May 6, 2004 3:28 am
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... Seems like library administrators tend to be uniformly inept at common-sense management, though this is supposedly their primary job. Situations like this...
I think they just built a new library and so they have lots of new positions. ... From: ocs444 To: contrarianlibrarian@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 05,...
... It sounds like you have at least two levels of administrators who don't know what the policies of the other are, or, one level that speaks out of both...
I worked for BCL for 14 years and it sounds like nothing has changed. I got up to the Librarian II level but offended those above me by not brown-nosing...
librariannomore
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May 7, 2004 2:20 am
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How did you go about breaking into corporate librarianship? You mentioned newspaper ads: what job titles should one look for here? ... ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
May 10, 2004 6:42 am
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Patrons aren't always right, but I don't think they were looking for a simple yes or no to that question. I think they were looking more for the win win...
Hello all, its Christopher The Curmudgeony Librarian Sorry for any crosspostings and if this is slightly off topic, but I wanted to cast a wide net for this ...
... It is my experience that some patrons are plain old-fashioned Nutjobs. There is absolutely NOTHING you can do to placate them, because they are looking ...
... Yep, nothing has changes at all. I'll bet I even know who the Assistant Director was. COuld be the same one who declared that library staff "should make ...
I'm not arguing the system is bad and I'm sorry if I came across as trying to contradict that. I was just trying to make a point that with a question like...
Hi, I just heard of this group from Christopher the Curmudgeon, so I thought I would join it. I graduated last May with my MLS from Indiana University. I am...
Hello, Saw this group mentioned on NexGen list, so thought I'd check it out. I'm Paul, work at a medium-sized public library in Lima, Ohio. Currently listed as...
What are your thoughts on the MLS program at IU? I am considering applying for the MLS program at the Indianapolis campus and would love some insider...
