Category Archives: Library School

Keeping Yourself Sane While Job Hunting

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

As anyone who has spent time job hunting can tell you, the process has a nasty way of threatening to take over your life.  It’s easy to get wrapped up in searching for new leads, obsessively trying to make contact … Continue reading →

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On Being a Librarian and “Loving Books”

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Recently, another librarian’s blog post made the rounds.  She had a friend who was considering going to library school, and one of her reasons for doing so was that she loved books.  She also reported that many people had told … Continue reading →

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A Year Before You Graduate…

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

I think the best piece job-search related advice I received during library school was to make sure I didn’t wait until the last minute to start compiling a resume and look at job ads.  In fact, Louise Robbins, Professor at … Continue reading →

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Be Focused but Well-Rounded in Course Selection

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

Darcy brought up a great point in the comments yesterday about taking different kinds of classes, so I thought I would address that next.  While you’re still in library school, you want to have a plan, but also be well-rounded.  … Continue reading →

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Library Work Experience

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

If you’re currently in library school, you’ve probably already discovered one of the profession’s dirty little secrets.  That promise that there would be plenty of jobs available soon?  That there are all of these aging librarians out there who are … Continue reading →

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