So our tech services folk settle on a new circulation/acquisitions/OPAC product, which we'll call Ralph, to protect the guilty. We manage the torturous data...
You're absolutely correct! It happened here, too. The new system was an absolute horror. It simply did not do what was promised. For example, it does not ...
What the name of your system...is it Horizon son of Dynex which USED to be good but isn't anymore....thats what we are STUCK with that doesn't work [Non-text...
I'm still in grad. school, but I'm curious about this problem. When a patron gets one of the messages like "error in retrieval" and then comes to a librarian...
... Ironically, the our Patron computers are in some ways superior to the system that staff uses. Generally, the only time the OPACs will get an error message...
Young woman approaches the reference desk. "I need something about the Renaissance. I know it was some time before the Depression." I say, "Well, it was ...
Hell, that's fairly specific for our more vacant students: Right before semester's end we'll get a batch asking "I need books on a controversial topic in...
If anyone is familiar enough with APA documentation to help me whip a paper into shape, please contact me off-list. The professor requires APA, which I have...
I thought you might find this interesting. ... From: lawrence81@... [mailto:lawrence81@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:00 AM To: Wilson, Bruce Cc:...
Sir, Myself is Pralhad R Jadhav, i just completed my Master in Library & Information Science. Sir i want the information regarding our field and information...
What would you like to know? Where did you get your MLS? Where do you want to work? What kind of library? What kind of job? We need to know more, please. ... ...
All of them together still paint a far rosier picture of the overall employability of PhDs in librarianship, even academic librarianship, and even when those...
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May 26, 2005 10:04 pm
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Perhaps. Not being a Ph.D.-to-MLS myself, I can't say; however, the author did go this route himself and was able to land a good position out of library...
Hi myself is Hrushikesh Bairagi i just completed Master of Library & Information Science i want to join the group thanks with regards Hrushikesh Bairagi ...
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Though this to some degree reflects the perspective of an academic librarian, worth reading for employees of all sorts of libraries. ...
You're right-- all types of libraries/ians would benefit from this excellent article, especially from the cogent questions she suggests be asked by candidates...
Thomas Roche
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Jun 7, 2005 9:06 pm
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Why would someone not ask these questions in an interview? I have asked many of these questions in my interviews in the past. I would not ask them all of one...
This is a great article! You're right: it applies equally to public libraries.... The list of unhealthy attributes describes my library to a "t". Best...
This may sound awful but as a manager now, who has interviewed a lot of librarians, I find that when I am on an interview panel with other professionals ...
I never ever feel comfortable when I get asked the inevitable question: 'is there anything you'd like to ask us?'. Usually, there isn't, and, although these ...
Thomas Roche
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These questions are not about showing how smart a person is. They are about finding out if you would be a good fit within the organization. Personally, if...
None of the questions in this article were inane. They are thoughtful questions that would help a person determine whether he or she would be a good fit for a...
... Amen. If you don't want to answer any questions, don't ask the interviewee if s/he has any! If you *do* ask, don't get all pissy when you have to answer....
I agree. I think it is interesting the variations in the "culture" of different libraries ... I have been on countless search committees in 4 very different...
Hello, soul as a bitter-sweet, purifying influence. The love that is neverhis own purposes.guards, his momentary truculence utterly spent.Levasseur.offer. If...
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Could someone please explain what, if anything, this is supposed to mean? [Moderator's note: Had several on-topic posts in a row, and apparently I hit the...
