Library World Upgrade

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Been trying to find a good university that offers an online Library Science masters program. Given the dumb shit our Liberry administration is pulling right now, I will not be getting much in the way of promotions anytime soon anyway, so I might as well go ahead and become more qualified for any less dysfunctional libraries out there.

I’m still pretty damn sick of academia, but less so than I was when I graduated. And at least if I start doing school stuff I won’t have to feel quite so guilty about my continued existence—at least, that’s what I’m hoping, because right now THE GUILT IT BURNS US, and that is tiresome.

I considered doing an on-site school program, but Utah doesn’t have one, and, y’know, money. Unless someone knows of a full-time job I can get while going to the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, it’s pretty much online school for me.

And hey—maybe by the time I’m done with a Masters, the Liberry staff will have pulled their heads out of their asses and I can get a better job!* Anything is possible


*Although frankly, I would not object to being a full-time, benefits-packaged, high-paid book shelver.

Comments

[gryphart.livejournal.com]

Hm. Have you thought about going into something related, rather than investing in a masters? There seem to be a lot of Library Sciences people out there who are struggling to find work in the academic field, so they turn to something like law librarianship/copywriting/etc.

I know how you feel - I'm having to learn/relearn a lot of stuff in graphic/web design in order to diversify, as the illo market is pretty bleak at the moment.

[thewrongcrowd.livejournal.com]

... like law librarianship

heh. Not only is the ML(whatever)S required for law library positions, but you will also need a J.D. And there are buttloads of unemployed lawyers who keep thinking, "hey, I'll go get that 1-yr masters and get off the dole."

[gryphart.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know jack squat about library sciences other than the quantity of "NEED JOB NOW PLZ" from out-of-work/underpaid librarians that seems to come up on Ask.Metafilter, as is probably obvious.