Don’t pay too much!
I know a couple of librarians who paid to go to private institutions or otherwise very expensive schools to get their MLIS. I would advise you not to do this. The MLIS that you receive is pretty much the same no matter where you go and the big difference is the debt you have when you’re done. You probably won’t get paid more if you go to a prestigious school and the starting salaries for librarians are pretty sad. However, you might come out feeling well trained or that you got a good education, but most librarians I talk to and many of the ones that paid for those expensive schools said that they learned more in their first week on the job then their entire academic career. I would suggest (as sad as it is) to select your library program on price.
” P.C. Sweeney, Advice for Choosing a MLIS Program (via thepinakes)How Authors Should Use Tumblr, A Five-Step Guide by Rachel Fershleiser
This is also how YOU should use Tumblr.
PS-Rachel is super cool.
A debate on Archives and Archival Education
You Ought to be Ashamed is a blog dedicated to archival students and the market we will be dealing with. They just came out with a series of posts on the value of an MLIS.
How to become an archivist in ten short years: take one.
In defense of the MLS (Sort of)
I suggest the whole blog, though it is a little depressing.
Attention Library Students!
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learning resources. Through networking with your peers, sharing
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Yes, librarians are required to have master’s degrees.
Preparing MLIS to be ready for the Future
Tomorrow’s information professionals, who are in graduate school today, need to be ready for the rapid changes facing our profession. When they complete their degrees, will they be prepared to enter a profession that’s evolving so quickly? I encourage students (and those who mentor them) to start thinking creatively and flexibly about future career opportunities as early as possible in their graduate program.
This isn’t going to be what I do, but it’s still one of the many reasons what I’m getting into is important.
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I really love Henry Rollins.
Hack Library School
Welcome to Fall 2011! Whether you’re just beginning your library school journey or you’re hitting that home stretch, the folks at Hack Library School offer their congratulations. We’re kicking off our Fall Semester, too, and we’d love for you to come check us out and add your voice.
Hack Library School is a blog by, for, and about library school students: from our Hack Your Program profiles of library schools to insightful conversations on professional associations, student organizations, and courses, Hack Library School examines the state of IS education outside of institutions, outside of specializations.
How would *you* hack library school? Join us!!
Thank you, and good luck!
The Hack Library School Team
Gale launches Librareo, an online community to power up the next generation of superhero librarians
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Library Journal/School Library Journal magazines today announced Librareo (http://www.librareo.com), a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies (LIS) programs with free access to the professional resources they’ll rely upon following graduation.
LIS students in the U.S. and Canada who sign up for Librareo will get free, unlimited access to the most-requested online Gale resources throughout their library school career, such as Academic OneFile, Gale Virtual Reference Library – including access to 115 ebooks commonly used in libraries today, Powerspeak Languages and several In Context products, among others. Before starting their library careers, students will be able to explore and master in-demand resources currently being used in libraries around the world. LIS students will also have access to the Librareo message board and forum, operated by library thought-leaders and LIS faculty, giving them the opportunity to make contacts and solicit timely advice and best practices from experts.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/03/3956346/gale-launches-librareo-an-online.html#ixzz1ZjyB3GrQ
shhh! no running in the library!: Guys & Reading
A brief snippet of my presentation for today on ways to engage young men in libraries and classrooms:
1) Don’t tiptoe around the issue: address gender differences. Guys and gals are different. They learn and mature at different rates. They’re interested in different stuff. Talk to your kids. Pay…
These tips are fabulous! And she’s right in pointing out that the ya adolescent lit market is currently being run by female readers right now. Even Barnes & Noble has acknowledged this, dividing teen lit into strict “genres” of: teen fiction, teen action & adventure… and teen paranormal romance. There is stuff out there for boys, I know it!
Another thing I’d like to add though, boys looooooove science fiction. Haven’t met a teen boy that didn’t enjoy at least one sci-fi book. So I’d brush up on your sci-fi knowledge if it’s not very good, and checking out famed authors of the genre (Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Neil Gaiman, Robert Heinlein, Neal Stephenson) - all of those authors each have something different completely to offer and I guarantee at least one of them will be exceptionally appealing to an adolescent male reader. For all the flack it gets, a lot of science fiction can be quite deep without your realizing, and would also offer a lot of interesting discussion opportunities.
