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
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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...
Well, you should be fine if you go to IUPUI - if you are at all interested in librarianship, then DO NOT go to Bloomington. The current dean hates library...
... The newish (2001) dean of the Buffalo 'School of Informatics' is also a non-MLS. No way he ever should have been placed in charge of a library school, but...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
May 16, 2004 6:28 pm
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I too am another applicant. Anyone have any other tips on MSLIS programs pro or con? Which programs/departments are active and up-to-date? Which are stagnant? ...
... They did sort of the same thing in Broward County before the current director was hired. The previous director brought two people in who had corporate ...
I graduated from San Jose a little over a year ago. I was very impressed with the faculty, they really seemed to care about our success. My first job out is as...
I am a director at a community college library. I will be in a position to hire a 19 hour a week person. (Right now the only employees are me and work study). ...
Oh, absolutely! A competent administrator should be able to placate a patron, while still supporting staff. In our system, the preferred method of placating...
Having had so many of these bogus quota interviews, I can almost spot 'em when offered. Almost. Anyone got a better system for doing so? ... ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
May 19, 2004 2:22 am
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Good interviewers: 1)never offer anyone an insincere interview 2)always send rejections in a timely fashion ... __________________________________ Do you...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
May 19, 2004 2:22 am
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Hi Judy, I am finishing up from SJSU and feel your pain. That is such a shame to hear that you had such problems with said administrator. I was actually...
... Like it or not, PLs are not businesses, and patrons are not customers. Customers have to buy things, or risk being asked to leave. Customers are also ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
May 19, 2004 2:24 am
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... You're better than I am! I can't usually spot them until the interview.... Years ago, I got three in a row from Nova University here in Florida! In the ...
