Category: Trends

  • More on getting hired: It’s not passion, people!

    I’ve confessed to being addicted to HR blogs in the past. One of my favourites, nö, my favourite is The Cynical Girl Laurie Ruettimann. Tonight’s she’s giving a presentation at NC State about getting a job after you graduation. How To Get A Job: It Has Nothing To Do With Passion View more presentations from…

  • If you want to work in libraries…

    you should look at this presentation by Ned Potter. If you want to work in libraries View more presentations from Ned Potter. Hat tip to Stephen Abram. I especially like the part about factoring the cost of the degree into your decision and recognizing that competition is fierce. (Hey, ALA, stop acting like everybody is…

  • The job market sucks, how are you supposed to compete?

    Imagine my surprise today when I was catching up on my HR blogs when I see a post from Ask A Manager featuring a question from a recent LIS grad. Of course this is a tired topic on library blogs (I know I’ve talked about it a lot from many different angles), but to see…

  • Online Education – When the Ivory Tower goes to Bits

    reading, originally uploaded by kendrak. (That’s me, lo almost 4 years ago doing course work for my online MSLIS/MSIS program.) I’ve never been able to (or really tried) to hide the fact that I went to school online. Was it my first choice? Not exactly, but given my options and my field I think it…

  • Tenure and Academic Freedom: Times are changing.

    Last week I asked if academic librarians should be faculty. The issue of academic freedom came up, as faculty status (and tenure) should protect librarians. Is that really the case though? Is tenure the only way to achieve that? According to the American Association of University Professors it is. The bottom line is that librarians…