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...
I have no problem with walking people over to the stacks to show them the books they need. I normally do that anyway. It's the other things - "where do I ...
I became a "new" librarian as a second career when I was in my late 50's. I retired from another job where I took the "early out" plan. As I am now finishing...
AJL SCHOLARSHIP The Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce a scholarship of $500 to a student enrolled or accepted in a graduate school of...
While I agree with a lot of the comments, some of the problems encountered by the patron is: - they don't read signs (lets be honest here!!) - you know what...
Helen
library@...
Mar 20, 2006 4:41 pm
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and often, let's admit it, the signs that libraries do have... aren't accurate, or are too confusing.. take for example something in our library... We not...
Connect Your Career to the Ocean County Library Teen and Children Librarian Job Fair "Connecting People . . . Building Community" is the vision of the Ocean...
Wait a minute... I remember the cover of an LJ issue not too long ago with the library director sitting astride a huge motorcycle wearing leather pants and a...
Hi, This is Nitin Sharma from India...this is my first mail to Contrainalibrarian...I am an MLIS...and doing a job in National Forest Library and Information...
Well, there certainly has been a wide range of opinions on this topic, and while I wish I could pull up meaningful statistics, I don't come across any and...
Greetings, I have been working as a post MLS librarian for about 18 months in a small public library. Its very clear to me that this is a dead end job with no...
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Full-time, high school library media specialist position beginning late August 2006 for Ephrata High School in Lancaster County. 1350...
I would say that it is time to move on. At least brush up your resume to highlight your skills as best you can. You might not be able to get back "home", but...
I'm beginning to wonder about same as my community college has let go all 4 part time librarians in the last 6 months and apparently has no plans to hire any...
I think it depends on the financial stability of the library or school. I work at a research university and only have been there for a year. My colleagues that...
