[Publib] "entry level" positions

[Sharon Foster]

I had a side conversation about this, and we were thinking maybe some
jobs aren't being advertised widely enough. I know I've seen a few
positions that had to be reposted, presumably because there weren't
enough qualified applicants the first time.



On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Tony Ross <rosseroo at gmail.com> wrote:
> "I've been studiously reading the job postings nationally for the last 4
> years, and the only real entry-level jobs I see in public libraries are for
> children/youth/teen librarians."
>
> I can't speak to what's going on nationally, or whether or not the system I
> work for has been posting notices nationally, but I can tell you that I was
> hired as an adult services librarian straight out of my MLS program two
> years ago without any prior library experience beyond a few brief
> internships.
>
> Since then, I've seen plenty of vacancy announcements from our system for
> adult services librarians, and they all have had the same requirement: MLS
> -- that's it. At the moment, we don't have any full-time adult services
> positions available, but there are part-time ones, and the "Qualifications"
> section of the announcement is identical to the full-time listings:
>
> http://www.dclibrary.org/node/1499
>
> T. Ross
>