Career Strategies for Librarians. Slow Down: Making the Most of Library Schoolby Patricia Katopol Sarah was a decent student.
Of course she showed up to class and even participated during most sessions. She turned her homework in on time and it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. When you saw Sarah in the halls, she was either running in from her internship in the university’s library, or running out to her part-time job at a local restaurant. While other students were hanging out in the lounge or discussing the effect of the economy on jobs for new grads, Sarah was nowhere to be found.
Librarian Courses. It’s a common misconception that librarians are just there to help you check out the books you want to borrow. While this can be part of the job description, the role of a librarian is a lot more complex than most people realise. And with so much information now available electronically rather than just in books, librarians have to be tech-savvy too.
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Information and Library Services - University of Maine at Augusta. Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine. In the June 2011 Forbes online edition, Jacquelyn Smith ranked a Master’s degree in Library Sciences as the one of worst Masters Degrees a student could invest in.
She based the rankings on employment projection data and average mid-career pay compared to other people in similar jobs. I can understand Smith’s conclusions: based solely on statistical data, librarianship on average does make less than engineering, mathematicians and physicists. My issue with her analysis is that statistical data alone does not provide a complete picture of the opportunities presented by obtaining a degree in librarianship. I disagree with the assertion that a degree in information sciences in an information age is a poor investment. So, let me provide a counter perspective to supplement the statistical analysis and create a more complete picture of the benefits for those considering the degree.
Career Opportunities Outside the Library. Do I Need a Library Science Master's Degree? Obtaining a master's degree can involve a large investment in time, effort, and money.
There is no question that having a degree is a positive sign of accomplishment, but it may not always be feasible or practical for an individual to obtain. The factors that weigh most heavily on this decision include: Type of position. If you reviewed the " types of jobs" section on this website, you can then learn if a degree is typically required of the type of job you desire.
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The right career can provide years of enjoyment, challenge and personal enrichment. Programming skills could transform librarians' roles - LIBRARIAN SKILLS. To keep pace with information changes and the needs of users, librarians need some programming skills, argues David Stuart Recent ICT innovations have led to the reappraisal of our understanding of library and information services.
The traditional vision of the library as a provider of physical documents has been superseded by the library as a provider of access to information – virtual and physical. However, until now the focus has still primarily been on the concept of the document. If librarians are going to continue being relevant in the age of Google and Google Scholar, they need to move beyond the document and facilitate access to the increasing amounts of data that is being made available on the web. To do this effectively, librarians need to develop their programming skills. The Shifted Librarian: 20 Technology Skills Every Librarian Should Have. « My Alma Mater Is Blogging!
| Main | PDAs or Tablet PCs for Wireless Reference Work? » Thursday, July 21, 2005 20 Technology Skills Every Librarian Should Have Last month, T.H.E. Word Processing Skills Spreadsheets Skills Database Skills Electronic Presentation Skills Web Navigation Skills Web Site Design Skills E-Mail Management Skills Digital Cameras Computer Network Knowledge Applicable to your School System File Management & Windows Explorer Skills Downloading Software From the Web (Knowledge including eBooks) Installing Computer Software onto a Computer System WebCT or Blackboard Teaching Skills Videoconferencing skills Computer-Related Storage Devices (Knowledge: disks, CDs, USB drives, zip disks, DVDs, etc.)
Of course, for librarians I would make it a top 25 list and add blogs, RSS, IM, wikis, and audio ebooks right from the beginning. I'd like to see MLS do a series of workshops, either online or f2f, that would help librarians learn all 25 skills. TrackBack URL for this entry: Technical Skills & the Librarian « Life as I Know It. What type of technical skills do you need to be a librarian?
A tough question to answer. Specific skills will vary depending on type of library one works in, will vary by departments within a library, will also vary from library to library – and will most definitely change rapidly. Most libraries do not have a tech support person in the building during all hours they are open – many do not have one in the building at all. Skills for the 21st Century Librarian. A few weeks ago, I finished a chapter I was writing (not for my book — another one) on the topic of technology in LIS Education.
I think Rachel asked me to write it because I had complained about my own library school education in the past and the fact that many schools create this false dichotomy between “library work” and “information science work”. I see so many schools that seem to promote the view that learning about technology is not necessary in library schools if you plan to go into “traditional” librarian roles such as reference, instruction and other public service areas. At my school, you could easily go through the whole program without ever having taken a technology class and our traditional classes certainly didn’t have tech subjects integrated into them at all.
658.8 – Practical Marketing for Public Libraries. Accreditation. The ALA Office for Accreditation (OA) serves the general public, students, employers, and library and information studies Master's programs through the promotion and advancement of education in library and information studies. The ALA Office for Accreditation: