[Publib] Re: Why Librarianship?

[Kathryn Bloomberg - Rissman]

Here's my story- in 1987 my husband went to library school, afterwards
he got a position at the University of California, Riverside.  We moved
there with the proviso that I could work part time (2 elementary school
aged children).  I found a job at the high school library as a clerk,
after all I knew about libraries I had just lived through 2 years of
library school.  After one year the job became full time and I figured
out that the only thing holding me back from making sort of decent money
was the MLS so off to library school I went, with plans of working at a
university.  But once out of school the only jobs in the area were in
public libraries, so that's what I did.  Public libraries were the
perfect place for me.  I loved it and never tried to move to a college
or university.  And then the old Peter Principle went into action and I
kept being promoted until viola -- here I am a director. 

Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman
Director
Upland Public Library
Upland, CA