tl;dr NO
Wow, it's been a really long time since I have posted something. Since my last post my jadedness and disenchantment with the public library and librarianship peaked. Budget cut after budget cut, with no hope in sight. Maybe I should have kept up my online ranting sessions for my own sanity. Either way, here I am typing away.
Every week or so, there's a post on /r/Libraries asking if the OP should get an MLIS degree. The characteristics of most thread starters are unshockingly similar:
- young
- about to graduate from college/just graduated
- has no idea what to do
- degree in History/English
- has never worked in a library before
- loves to read books
- library-delusional: thinks it would be cool to be paid to read all day
- already made up their mind about getting an MLIS, but just wanted affirmation from online strangers
9 times out of 10, I do not think that they should waste their time on an MLIS. Let me count the ways:
- "The greying of the profession" is complete crap
- if the library actually chooses to fill any open full-time positions there are two things that usually happen now: turns into 1, maybe 2, part time positions and/or make the positions paraprofessional so ultimately getting an MLIS is moot
- if your only experience in the library world is as a patron, you have no idea what it's like behind the reference desk
- the majority of library jobs lies in the public library field, and they are struggling to stay afloat
I will upvote every person who cautions the OP to reconsider and downvote those that openly and enthusiastically encourage people to obtain an MLIS. I find it completely reckless and moronic to do the latter. Usually the encouragers give the following reasons:
- they had a full-time library job lined up before they graduated
- they weren't regionally restricted, so they took a job across the country
- they love books too!
- they used their network connections they made by being members to every god-forsaken library-related association out there
-you can totally use your MLIS degree in other places outside of a library
These people are the 1%, the exceptions to the rule. For every one of these boasters, there are hundreds of those who are quietly disgruntled and underemployed. Sure, take a job in the middle of no where, with such an overabundance of MLIS job-seekers, there's a reason why those library positions are open. Honestly, I've always thought the idea of working in a library just because someone loves books as utterly ridiculous --- you do know that you'll have to weed the collection right? I hate when people say that joining ALA/SLA/PLA/your state library association is the key to finding that dream job. If the return on investment for this was truly as good as these people make it out to be, EVERYONE would be a member of these groups and employed. Again, this is the vocal 1%.
Do you know why so many people with MLIS don't work in a library setting --- BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND A LIBRARY JOB. People that say that their MLIS is helpful and worth it in non-library settings is in the biggest state of denial ever. As it currently stands, and maybe always has in the library world, you cannot take someone with just an MLIS and no library experience and throw them behind the reference desk and think they'll do just fine. What makes you think an MLIS can better prepare you for a non-library job if it can't even properly prepare you for a library one??
The only rare times I would say investing in an MLIS is worth it, is if your employee is paying for it and/or you already are in the library and you're in a position for a promotional opportunity for getting the degree. Other than that, save your money and go for a paraprofessional positions, it's the exact same work minus the crippling tuition debt!
Showing posts with label Greying of the Profession Conspiracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greying of the Profession Conspiracy. Show all posts
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
Patrons that make you say, 'Awwww....'
A semi-regular elderly patron came up to me at the desk last week and asked if I could help him on the internet computers. I told him that I would be glad to help him out again. When we got to a computer he pulled out a letter mailed from his bank and he had written instructions on the outside of the envelope. He wanted to print up his last year's credit card statement but he never set up an online account.
He told me that he would try it himself but he had eye surgery and could not see the screen. So long story short, he had to call his credit card and verify who he was and they set up a temporary password for his first log in and account creation. I helped him set up his account, including all of the security questions and man, does Bank of America require a lot of security measurements. When it came to setting up a password, he looked at me for suggestions. It's nice to see that people trust librarians, not that there shouldn't be any reason NOT to. It's not like there's a secret black market ring run by public librarians who steal trusting patrons'... right??
After it was all said and done, he tried to sneak me a $5 bill at the info desk on his way out. I had to decline it numerous times, telling him that it was no problem, that I was doing my job, that's what we're here for...etc. He then asked if he could walk over to McDonald's and buy me lunch, it was one of the nice patron interactions that makes you shrug off the really bad ones.
It isn't all doom and gloom as I make it out to be, but I would still advise against people pursuing an MLIS.
He told me that he would try it himself but he had eye surgery and could not see the screen. So long story short, he had to call his credit card and verify who he was and they set up a temporary password for his first log in and account creation. I helped him set up his account, including all of the security questions and man, does Bank of America require a lot of security measurements. When it came to setting up a password, he looked at me for suggestions. It's nice to see that people trust librarians, not that there shouldn't be any reason NOT to. It's not like there's a secret black market ring run by public librarians who steal trusting patrons'... right??
After it was all said and done, he tried to sneak me a $5 bill at the info desk on his way out. I had to decline it numerous times, telling him that it was no problem, that I was doing my job, that's what we're here for...etc. He then asked if he could walk over to McDonald's and buy me lunch, it was one of the nice patron interactions that makes you shrug off the really bad ones.
It isn't all doom and gloom as I make it out to be, but I would still advise against people pursuing an MLIS.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
"Good News: Library Job Growth Exploding!" ... et tu Library of Congress?
According to this blog post on the Library of Congress website, library job growth is exploding. Exploding? Really? I'm not quite sure the blog author is using the right term.
This is an example of something exploding:
This would mean the contents were expanding so quickly and/or vastly, that this poor lemon could not contain it.
I personally would describe the "growth" of library jobs as imploding:
The internal structure was weakened to the point where the whole structure and everything attached to it crumbles unto itself.
The reasoning behind that blog post is that there are other jobs titles that share the same characteristics as librarian positions. Using this thought process, librarians would make great "Computer and Information Systems Managers." Let's see what tools and technology are related according to the same source that links the top 4 tasks between the professions.
Librarians:
CIS Managers:
Tools used in this occupation:
Librarians:
Technology used in this occupation:
CIS Managers:
Technology used in this occupation:
O*Net Sources: Librarians, CIS Managers.
The blog author mentions that that they personally know more librarians who match the CIS Manager description more so than the Librarian one. You don't say, you work at the LOC. You're not going to see the regular, run of the mill librarians. Let's face it, the public library sector employs more librarians than any other flavor of libraries. Also, a lot of my core MLIS courses were also public-library centric as well.
Oh, and yes, even though the position description may seem "parochial" and outdated, but librarians still use "cash registers, microfilm readers, photocopiers and public address systems and technologies such as email, spreadsheets and desktop publishing software." I'll say it again, "Librarianship" is so damn broad that you cannot try to define it efficiently and succinctly without alienating one facet or the other. I would also question the currency of the CIS position, "floppy disks"? Are you serious?
On a related note, I think it is a double edge sword when librarians try to sidle their way into core IT positions. There is just no way librarians can compete with academically disciplined computer science grads. Library schools that offer these so-called "tech classes" are a joke. I took some of these classes and what they taught was basic 101 undergrad material. Leave the IT/Comp Sci stuff to those graduates.
With that kind of article title and overstatement of facts, I would expect this sort of erroneous and out of touch library propaganda to come from the likes of ALA but not the LOC --- for shame.
This is an example of something exploding:
I personally would describe the "growth" of library jobs as imploding:
The reasoning behind that blog post is that there are other jobs titles that share the same characteristics as librarian positions. Using this thought process, librarians would make great "Computer and Information Systems Managers." Let's see what tools and technology are related according to the same source that links the top 4 tasks between the professions.
Librarians:
Tools used in this occupation:
| |||||
Tools used in this occupation:
| Computer servers — File servers; Mid-range computers; Netware servers; Web servers |
| Facsimile machines — Fax Machines |
| Floppy drives |
| High end computer servers — Workstations |
| Network analyzers |
Librarians:
Technology used in this occupation:
| Data base user interface and query software — Ex Libris Group Aleph; Microsoft Access; Saora Keepoint; Thomson Scientific Dialog |
| Information retrieval or search software — Classification Web; LexisNexis software; Westlaw |
| Library software — Online Computer Library Center OCLC; RCL Software Media Library Manager; Surpass software; WorldCat * |
| Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver; Really Simple Syndication RSS; Wiki software; Yahoo Flickr |
| Web platform development software — Cascading Style Sheets CSS; Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML; Hypertext markup language HTML; PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor * |
CIS Managers:
Technology used in this occupation:
| Customer relationship management CRM software — ACT! software; Microsoft Dynamics CRM; Oracle Siebel Server Sync; Performance Solutions Technology ManagePro |
| Development environment software — C; K2 Business Process Automation; Microsoft Visual Basic; Progress OpenEdge ABL |
| Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Infor ERP Baan; Microsoft Dynamics AX; Microsoft Dynamics NAV; Oracle E-Business Suite |
| Object or component oriented development software — Borland Paradox; C++; Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS; Practical extraction and reporting language Perl |
| Web platform development software — Hypertext markup language HTML; JavaScript; Progress WebSpeed Workshop; Ruby on Rails |
O*Net Sources: Librarians, CIS Managers.
The blog author mentions that that they personally know more librarians who match the CIS Manager description more so than the Librarian one. You don't say, you work at the LOC. You're not going to see the regular, run of the mill librarians. Let's face it, the public library sector employs more librarians than any other flavor of libraries. Also, a lot of my core MLIS courses were also public-library centric as well.
Oh, and yes, even though the position description may seem "parochial" and outdated, but librarians still use "cash registers, microfilm readers, photocopiers and public address systems and technologies such as email, spreadsheets and desktop publishing software." I'll say it again, "Librarianship" is so damn broad that you cannot try to define it efficiently and succinctly without alienating one facet or the other. I would also question the currency of the CIS position, "floppy disks"? Are you serious?
On a related note, I think it is a double edge sword when librarians try to sidle their way into core IT positions. There is just no way librarians can compete with academically disciplined computer science grads. Library schools that offer these so-called "tech classes" are a joke. I took some of these classes and what they taught was basic 101 undergrad material. Leave the IT/Comp Sci stuff to those graduates.
With that kind of article title and overstatement of facts, I would expect this sort of erroneous and out of touch library propaganda to come from the likes of ALA but not the LOC --- for shame.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Old Librarians vs. New Librarians, What about the Middle?
I only thought that a few select readers visited my blog, because quite frankly, this blog is generally all over the place. My personal thoughts and views mostly come off as negative and snarky, and the majority of librarians/library workers disagree, sometimes vehemently, with me. So it was a nice surprise to see a reply from Miss Gina Milsap about a post I made about her comments when she was running for ALA Presidency this past year. I really do believe there needs to be more open discussion and debate within the profession if it is to make any progress in the digital world.
I wanted to make my reply a post instead of a comment to bring this to "The Front-page" so to speak. Seeing as how comments on this blog are open to the public, I'm going to repost the comment here [edited to insert line breaks]:
I wanted to make my reply a post instead of a comment to bring this to "The Front-page" so to speak. Seeing as how comments on this blog are open to the public, I'm going to repost the comment here [edited to insert line breaks]:
"Sorry to be so late to the party. I just found your post. With
respect, you've misinterpreted what I meant. That's the problem with
not having a real conversation and not seeking clarification. In my
library, we've created a cohort of librarian leaders. None of them are
in formal leadership at this time, but we are investing in them with
training and assignments to be leaders and to demonstrate the value of
librarians within the institution and in the community. I had wonderful
mentors as a new librarian and I'm paying that forward with less
colleaguesin my own library and around the country.
Here's what I meant with my statement about new graduates moving into management. Look at the data --- we are graduating more entry level librarians than there are positions available. So, what does a new graduate do? He or she either seeks a job out of the profession or seeks a position for which they may not have all the qualifications, specifically experience. My point was that we need to look to library education to help prepare newly graduated librarians for the reality of the workplace they're coming into. If the only job available is supervisory, how do we help them improve their chance to stay in the profession?
That is what I'm seeing as a library administrator with 35 years of experience in the profession and 16 years as a public library director. Not all librarians will make good managers, regardless of their tenure in the profession. The goal should be to identify those folks whether they're already in libraries or in library school and make sure they're prepared to lead and manage effectively. Thanks for the opportunity to comment."
Here's what I meant with my statement about new graduates moving into management. Look at the data --- we are graduating more entry level librarians than there are positions available. So, what does a new graduate do? He or she either seeks a job out of the profession or seeks a position for which they may not have all the qualifications, specifically experience. My point was that we need to look to library education to help prepare newly graduated librarians for the reality of the workplace they're coming into. If the only job available is supervisory, how do we help them improve their chance to stay in the profession?
That is what I'm seeing as a library administrator with 35 years of experience in the profession and 16 years as a public library director. Not all librarians will make good managers, regardless of their tenure in the profession. The goal should be to identify those folks whether they're already in libraries or in library school and make sure they're prepared to lead and manage effectively. Thanks for the opportunity to comment."
First off, thank you for the reply! Better late then never and thanks for the dialog.
Okay, I wish I had more library mentors. I have latched on to my supervisors and more experienced librarians and I constantly pester them with questions and bug them for their opinions about the library and the profession as a whole. I love that they all have completely different backgrounds; ie, not an English or History major, worked outside of the public library realm, etc.
I still have to disagree with the idea of hiring newly minted MLIS grads with library management positions, and this is coming from a recent MLIS grad (Dec 2011)! Even if there were drastic changes made to MLIS curriculums, which I doubt would ever happen, it would be foolish to do this. I know this isn't a direct comparison, but you don't see recent MBA grads stepping into CEO positions. Book smarts =/= Branch smarts. I never believed that a MLIS grad could go from the classroom straight to the info desk successfully and efficiently.
Personally, I believe there are many issues with the current state of MLIS schools; letting everyone in and graduating everyone. There are A LOT of MLIS students who have no experience working in library, I am not saying that they don't belong in MLIS school. It is just that they have no idea how the library day-to-day goes. Okay, so we both agree that there is a deluge of MLIS holders and a drought of entry-level jobs. Even if there are only supervisory positions open, what about those who aren't technically "old librarians" nor "new librarians." There is black and white, but there's also a lot of gray in between. It's not like MLIS schools haven't been continually pumping out MLIS's. There has always been a steady stream of graduating librarians every year. There are a lot of librarians with between 5 and 10 years of solid working experience in the library. I am sure that some of them would be excellent for these supervisory positions. It would be a huge disservice to this select group of qualified librarians to not promote them. Especially after all the crap they've gone through with the recent and on-going budget cuts, changing hours and procedures, trudging through this "new normal" and "doing more with less." I was with the library before it all hit, I have seen staff morale take a nose-dive. How much more damage will be done when you bring in a new graduate to supervise older, more experienced librarians? Or does library management not even care about its greatest asset --- the employees, not the branches or collection.
I have also seen several of these "middle librarians," for a lack of a better term, jump ship to other places because library management is doing nothing to retain and nurture them for their positions. I am extremely worried that libraries do not seem to have a solid succession plan in place for when this "greying" takes place, nor do they care to seriously consider it. They seem to be more obsessed with the right now and not about the near future.
Now, I'm not saying that just because someone has worked in the library for x amount of years that they should automatically become a manager. I'm saying that the odds of finding library management material already within the library ranks is astronomically higher than someone sitting in the classroom right now or in the future. I also believe that current library management is to blame for the lack of entry-level librarian jobs because they are the ones who have begun hiring paraprofessionals instead of librarians. Is this the future plan for libraries now? MLIS holders for management only positions and paraprofessionals for the info desk. But that is another blog post for me to rant in.
I admit that I'm only a lowly info desk worker who doesn't know what upper management does during the day. But I see first-hand how their decisions affect the bottom-line. Again, I really am grateful that you responded, it is nice to hear from upper management, I doubt that my library director would have been so open to discussion. Thanks again Miss Gina!
Personally, I believe there are many issues with the current state of MLIS schools; letting everyone in and graduating everyone. There are A LOT of MLIS students who have no experience working in library, I am not saying that they don't belong in MLIS school. It is just that they have no idea how the library day-to-day goes. Okay, so we both agree that there is a deluge of MLIS holders and a drought of entry-level jobs. Even if there are only supervisory positions open, what about those who aren't technically "old librarians" nor "new librarians." There is black and white, but there's also a lot of gray in between. It's not like MLIS schools haven't been continually pumping out MLIS's. There has always been a steady stream of graduating librarians every year. There are a lot of librarians with between 5 and 10 years of solid working experience in the library. I am sure that some of them would be excellent for these supervisory positions. It would be a huge disservice to this select group of qualified librarians to not promote them. Especially after all the crap they've gone through with the recent and on-going budget cuts, changing hours and procedures, trudging through this "new normal" and "doing more with less." I was with the library before it all hit, I have seen staff morale take a nose-dive. How much more damage will be done when you bring in a new graduate to supervise older, more experienced librarians? Or does library management not even care about its greatest asset --- the employees, not the branches or collection.
I have also seen several of these "middle librarians," for a lack of a better term, jump ship to other places because library management is doing nothing to retain and nurture them for their positions. I am extremely worried that libraries do not seem to have a solid succession plan in place for when this "greying" takes place, nor do they care to seriously consider it. They seem to be more obsessed with the right now and not about the near future.
Now, I'm not saying that just because someone has worked in the library for x amount of years that they should automatically become a manager. I'm saying that the odds of finding library management material already within the library ranks is astronomically higher than someone sitting in the classroom right now or in the future. I also believe that current library management is to blame for the lack of entry-level librarian jobs because they are the ones who have begun hiring paraprofessionals instead of librarians. Is this the future plan for libraries now? MLIS holders for management only positions and paraprofessionals for the info desk. But that is another blog post for me to rant in.
I admit that I'm only a lowly info desk worker who doesn't know what upper management does during the day. But I see first-hand how their decisions affect the bottom-line. Again, I really am grateful that you responded, it is nice to hear from upper management, I doubt that my library director would have been so open to discussion. Thanks again Miss Gina!
Monday, July 30, 2012
The Rules of the Library #4: Fans, Fans Everywhere.
Rules of the Library #4: Fans, Fans Everywhere.
They don't call it the "Greying of the profession" for nothing. With older coworkers in every branch, a lot of them experience hot flashes on the daily. Usually being the lone male in the library, I have heard way too many jokes and references to menopause from my coworkers. That usually isn't the worst of it, it's the jokes about Viagra and their husbands which I usually cringe at.
 |
| Right at your hoo-ha |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Supply and Demand of Librarians/MLIS Degrees...
During my last semester of my MLIS coursework, I came across this report from SLA/IMLS on "The Future of Librarians in the Future." Okay, so I know that this presentation is dated 2009, but if my running 3 year memory serves me correctly it was not a good time for libraries.
An archived search for "libraries" on Google News during 2009 brings up these results:
Libraries Fighting Proposed Budget Cuts
Strickland puts libraries on the chopping block
City budget plan: 30 layoffs, 1-week closure for libraries
Bad year for Pittsburgh's libraries with cuts and closings
Do I really have to add more links?
The Greying of the Profession is a conspiracy which I will always rant about no matter what. I find it completely reckless that ALA and Library Schools continue to put out propaganda that "everything is just fine in the library world." People will argue for both sides, but let's keep it real, those that believe that library schools should continue to pump out MLIS degrees at an alarming rate are delusional. Now on to the lovely figures and graphs!
The purpose of this particular report was to study the demand and supply of the career, the future prospect of the career.
Supposedly, this slide shows the demand for librarians each year across all libraries. I really find it hard to believe that these numbers could be this high: public libraries needed/hired 2,759 librarians last year???
Four slides from the previous one, we are met with this one graphing the demand for librarians, but not just any demand --- Effective Demand, sounds sexy, no? I was forced to take economics class in undergrad and no where do I remember learning about effective demand, do you know why? Because it is not Econ 101 material, which is exactly why librarians should not try using it to rationalize this "great need for more librarians."
Here is Wikipedia's page on Effective Demand. Put simply, it's the total demand for goods and services at a given time and price. Apparently, MLIS holders must be so cheap to explain that enormous demand; they can be placed in any job: baristas, waiters/waitresses, fast-food joints, receipt checkers at Wal-Mart.
Here are the two demand slides overlaid. Sorry for my poor photo-manipulating skills, the image is not to scale perfectly, but it seems good enough to me so it will have to be for you. I had to re-size the canvas area numerous times during my attempts to scale each slide to one another.
This would leave one to believe that librarians are more in demand than the [insert current hot book title]The Hunger Games trilogy. I do not think using 'Effective Demand' is helpful or really truthful in this particular situation, I believe it was purposefully used to inflate and exaggerate these numbers and further push the conspiracy.
To get these figures, they must have started with a ZERO as the initial supply of librarians.
"4,500 Graduates Going Into Library Jobs," yeah right, they left out the slide titled: "Graduates Going Into Non-Library Jobs Because There ARE NO LIBRARY JOBS."
How the bloody hell does one see a 200-300% increase needed in the immediate future? I have no clue how these people came up with these crazy numbers (drugs, alcohol, used an abacus). If everyone was to follow this guidance you would end up with a glut of MLIS holders, worse than what we currently have. Really IMLS, really??? 200+% more librarians needed???
Do you know the last time anyone projected a 200% demand/need in anything was right before the dot com bubble burst. How are your Pets.com stocks doing now?
Luckily, we have more reliable sources for forecasting librarian demand.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' page for Librarians. They project an addition of 12,500 jobs between 2008 and 2018, just 8%.
I'm sure the people who completed this yet another horrendous example of librarian research just wanted to be on the safe side:
Librarian 1:"BLS says an 8% increase in positions between 08 and 18..."
Librarian 2:"Hmmmm, a 350% increase in MLIS holders ought to fix that!"
Librarian 3: "Genius!"
Here's what their slides were missing:
An archived search for "libraries" on Google News during 2009 brings up these results:
Libraries Fighting Proposed Budget Cuts
Strickland puts libraries on the chopping block
City budget plan: 30 layoffs, 1-week closure for libraries
Bad year for Pittsburgh's libraries with cuts and closings
Do I really have to add more links?
The Greying of the Profession is a conspiracy which I will always rant about no matter what. I find it completely reckless that ALA and Library Schools continue to put out propaganda that "everything is just fine in the library world." People will argue for both sides, but let's keep it real, those that believe that library schools should continue to pump out MLIS degrees at an alarming rate are delusional. Now on to the lovely figures and graphs!
 |
| Wait a minute, I thought librarians were retiring?? Demand y u no go up?! |
Supposedly, this slide shows the demand for librarians each year across all libraries. I really find it hard to believe that these numbers could be this high: public libraries needed/hired 2,759 librarians last year???
 | |
| Imagine how much greater the demand would be if they took into account all the MLIS holders who also bag groceries! |
Four slides from the previous one, we are met with this one graphing the demand for librarians, but not just any demand --- Effective Demand, sounds sexy, no? I was forced to take economics class in undergrad and no where do I remember learning about effective demand, do you know why? Because it is not Econ 101 material, which is exactly why librarians should not try using it to rationalize this "great need for more librarians."
Here is Wikipedia's page on Effective Demand. Put simply, it's the total demand for goods and services at a given time and price. Apparently, MLIS holders must be so cheap to explain that enormous demand; they can be placed in any job: baristas, waiters/waitresses, fast-food joints, receipt checkers at Wal-Mart.
 |
| Demand goes down = demand goes up WTF |
Here are the two demand slides overlaid. Sorry for my poor photo-manipulating skills, the image is not to scale perfectly, but it seems good enough to me so it will have to be for you. I had to re-size the canvas area numerous times during my attempts to scale each slide to one another.
This would leave one to believe that librarians are more in demand than the [insert current hot book title]The Hunger Games trilogy. I do not think using 'Effective Demand' is helpful or really truthful in this particular situation, I believe it was purposefully used to inflate and exaggerate these numbers and further push the conspiracy.
To get these figures, they must have started with a ZERO as the initial supply of librarians.
"4,500 Graduates Going Into Library Jobs," yeah right, they left out the slide titled: "Graduates Going Into Non-Library Jobs Because There ARE NO LIBRARY JOBS."
 | |
| Librarians and stats do not mix, unless they involve door counts or circs. |
Do you know the last time anyone projected a 200% demand/need in anything was right before the dot com bubble burst. How are your Pets.com stocks doing now?
Luckily, we have more reliable sources for forecasting librarian demand.
I'm sure the people who completed this yet another horrendous example of librarian research just wanted to be on the safe side:
Librarian 1:"BLS says an 8% increase in positions between 08 and 18..."
Librarian 2:"Hmmmm, a 350% increase in MLIS holders ought to fix that!"
Librarian 3: "Genius!"
Here's what their slides were missing:
 |
| FTFY |
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Push your MLIS Degree Mill somewhere else.
 |
| Reddit Thread |
I usually am a lurker on Reddit, but I actually replied to the post to let it be known that this is not a good time to pursue an MLIS. The "Greying of the Profession" is one of the worst conspiracies around and I will call it out every chance I get.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)