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Hello, For the past few months I've been perusing the Internet for information and opinions on the current job market for MLS graduates. I currently hold a...
oc9399
awgarland@...
Feb 26, 2006 5:57 pm
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It would be impossible in good conscience for me to recommend anyone get an MLS today. There are simply not enough professional librarian jobs to go around, ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Feb 27, 2006 4:20 pm
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Are you on crack? Have you even looked at the job postings? Granted not everyone is going to find their dream job right away and some may choose not to...
I would say that if you are thinking about getting into librarianship, that you get a clerical or paraprofessional position in some library, to see if you...
... I have done more than look at them. I am an MLS, have professional experience-- albeit in crappy environments-- and I have applied for literally hundreds...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Feb 28, 2006 2:42 pm
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Well, yes. People who are considering medical or nursing school become 'candystripers;' sometimes they work as nurse's aids or LPN's before taking courses to...
I agree with this completely. I also agree with the previous post not to go into librarianship. The time and money spent on library school is not worth the...
If you are considering librarianship, do your homework first (read job ads, volunteer, talk to professionals, etc.). Also, you need to be flexible in the type...
I find this new strain of emails beyond sad. I too, am a degreed Librarian for about 18 years now. I have worked in some awful environments for some crappy ...
Here here! A voice of reason! laurieshaina@... wrote: I find this new strain of emails beyond sad. I too, am a degreed Librarian for about 18 years now....
... into this ... this sort of ... ALONG AND MAKE ... better SPEAK UP, ... who are making ... grunges. ... Even better, if you're working somewhere horrible,...
Has this always been the case with librarianship and the MLS degree?...
oc9399
awgarland@...
Mar 4, 2006 6:18 pm
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Certainly not forever, no, but for the last five years at least, since the bubble burst and was further deflated by 9/11, yes. Hard to see these things ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Mar 7, 2006 4:52 am
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The county library I work for has just instituted a new policy. We may no longer point to show patrons where to find things - we must get up and show them....
Shuttlebug, why is it "extremely awkward"? I do this (walk them to the area in the stacks where the books they want are) all the time and do think it is good...
The real problem here seems to be administration setting out a dictate apparently without training the new skills to carry it out. Having a backup when you're...
Kevin W. Merriman
kevin.merriman@...
Mar 11, 2006 8:07 am
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Change is difficult, I'll admit. But if we are honest, we'll also agree that librarians (especially when pulling desk duty) often do not project an 'active'...
... I can't speak for Shuttlebug, but in my library, that's *exactly* what we have: people constantly asking for things in plain view. The official policy is...
