10-05-2005, 01:06 PM
Count Duckula,Oct 5 2005, 02:06 AM Wrote:I attend the University of South Florida for my MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science, not to be confused with the business-oriented Library and Information Technology) and I hate that too. I came from one of the tiniest schools in the nation and graduated from a close-knit department. The LIS program has just as much people as Hollins had English majors, but we're not well-connected at all. I take one course in Sarasota (a 20-minute drive every week), one course in Tampa (an hour drive each way every two weeks), and an online course, and they're not in any of my other classes. Plus, the workload is intense. Graduate-level work is more difficult than undergraduate-level work, I know, but a library chronology due a week after classes start? Come on![right][snapback]91089[/snapback][/right]
Hi Count Duckula - what are you planning on doing with your MLS? Public, College or Private Libraries? At present I work in a public library and find it the most fun of any of the libraries I've worked for. Mostly this is because I never know what a patron is going to ask me or what is going to happen next. The downside of this is that frequently we have patrons ask completely off the wall questions that are impossible to answer. Or they bring their personal problems off the street. I like to joke that I got outta police work because of the social issues I had to deal with. Today I am still dealing with those same social issues without benefit of body armor OR sidearm. :blink:
Count Duckula,Oct 5 2005, 02:06 AM Wrote:I also got a job at a big box bookstore. The only thing I like about my job is my employee discount. Their scheduling isn't flexible around my classes and studying. They hired me to be the salesbook specialist--inventory the merchandise, display it properly, etc.--without informing the current salesbook specialist that I'd be taking her place. And the number of employees that aren't jerks don't quite balance the number that are. So I'm hating my job too.
[right][snapback]91089[/snapback][/right]
I don't know if you have explored the option (I'm betting you have) but if at all possible get a job in a library of some sort. When it comes time to move on to your chosen profession it carries a great deal more weight than working in a bookstore. :)
Good luck in your studies and I wish things were going smoother for you. :)