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

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

I do have to add, now that I've thought about it, that if you can manage to get to a place with your current library and job where it's basically "finish the degree, we might give you a little bit of financial support to finish, and we can pretty much guarantee an upgraded job when you're done", then it becomes worthwhile. Or in your current library system, if not your specific branch. However that goes. But it sounds like right now they're dealing with crazy and it may take a long while before they're up to taking that step.