[Publib] Mythbusters II? Transition from Public to Academicsetting

[Judy Anderson]

Except for academic applications. generally people don't ask to see a 
transcript. All they care about is if you have the degree and some kind of 
education/experience relevant to the position.

I was hiring a children's librarian and some candidates were still in 
library school. So I asked about classes to see if they had some kind of 
background in providing children's services. I didn't care about the overall 
trend of the program.

At the school I went to, for many it was just a matter of getting a class, 
any class, because it was overcrowded and some classes weren't offered on a 
regular basis. So sometimes it has nothing to do with an interest so much as 
wanting to graduate in a reasonable time period (or keeping financial aid 
coming). Also, a lot of folks have one idea when they go into the program 
and discover something different part way through and switch emphasis, like 
you did. I think most folks understand that and you could even use it as a 
selling point.


Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "jamie babcock" <plainjame at gmail.com>
>To: publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: Re: [Publib] Mythbusters II? Transition from Public to 
>Academicsetting
>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:21:41 -0400
>
>On another academic/public transition note: as a student, I'm
>wondering about the effects of MLIS education on potential
>job-searching and job-obtaining. I began my program with an academic
>concentration and first worked in an academic library, but I've taken
>public library courses since starting work at a public library.
>Consequently, my advisor is concerned about the lack of "focus" in my
>electives, now split between academic (e.g., a class on academic
>libraries) and public (e.g., a class on storytelling).
>
>I also know an academic librarian or two who took courses that were
>exclusively public, and a few who were public librarians prior to
>becoming academic. As for the public arena, how concerned are
>libraries, administrators, etc., with regard to public
>elective/concentration courses? Can experience or willingness to learn
>trump individual courses (other than fundamentals such as cataloguing
>and reference)?
>
>Thanks so much,
>Jamie Babcock
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