Librarians!!

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 13th, 2005, 9:44 pm

So how many librarians or future librarians do we have here? I'm about halfway through my Master's degree and I loooove it! I work at a small public library, it's a great job.

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » December 13th, 2005, 10:51 pm

*raises hand* ... cataloger here...

Izze · Post by **Izze** » December 13th, 2005, 11:09 pm

I was a student librarian in middle school and high school, and over a few summers at the local public library, does that count? 8)

Vlooi · Post by **Vlooi** » December 13th, 2005, 11:58 pm

Me four

Corporate librarian with a relatively new (received it in May last year) B.Inf.

The M.Inf. will have to wait till my life settles itself into a remote semblance of normality again.

I know I've mentioned this to death in other threads but I'm going to mention it again. Infomagicians

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 12:24 am

Izze - That's good enough for me.

Betsie - Why am I not surprised you're a cataloger? LOL, you've got that super organized, over achiever mentality that works so well for a project like this! I just had cataloging this summer and loved it, I'll probably take more classes on it in the future.

Vlooi - Corporate librarian, eh? That's a bit more unusual in the library science field but I hear its also the most profitable!

johngon · Post by **johngon** » December 14th, 2005, 1:09 am

umm... I'm a library Junky? Don't get paid to go there, I just dig hanging out in them? Does that count?

Post by **hugh** » December 14th, 2005, 5:34 am

i'm on the board of the last active mechanics institute in Canada, now called:
http://www.atwaterlibrary.ca

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » December 14th, 2005, 7:08 am

Part-time library job for a couple of years as a student.

Gesine

Kristen · Post by **Kristen** » December 14th, 2005, 8:56 am

I shelved books in my local library when I was a kid. Now my mother's on the board of directors of her local library in Ephrata, PA.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 14th, 2005, 9:23 am

johngon wrote:umm... I'm a library Junky? Don't get paid to go there, I just dig hanging out in them? Does that count?

Heheh me too. Whever I go on vacation, stopping in at a new, unfamiliar library is a huge treat.

I volunteered in the children's department when I was a kid.

Kara

pberinstein · Post by **pberinstein** » December 14th, 2005, 10:09 am

I'm a former librarian with an MLS from UCLA. I worked in the Engineering Library there, then at Rocketdyne and the LA Times.

I had my own research company after that for a long time. I did research for the film industry and a variety of other clients. Have I got stories!

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » December 14th, 2005, 10:33 am

LibraryLady wrote: Betsie - Why am I not surprised you're a cataloger? LOL, you've got that super organized, over achiever mentality that works so well for a project like this!

*grins* yea...well, too bad it's just the appearance of organization and over achievement...

However, I think this series of comic strips sum me up:
http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051026
http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051027
http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051028

Though, I don't work in a public library... i work for a library cooperative that supports the public and school libraries in our region. I do a lot of training/consulting and work with the digitization of historical resources in our area.

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 11:12 am

Great comics!

Sounds like a great organization you work for. My sister's boyfriend goes to school in upper peninsula Michigan, I hear you guys have had a lot of snow already!

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » December 14th, 2005, 11:29 am

LibraryLady wrote:My sister's boyfriend goes to school in upper peninsula Michigan, I hear you guys have had a lot of snow already!

Some snow... not a lot for this time of year tho. It was misty-rain this morning though... and we're expecting a big storm tomorrow...

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 11:38 am

thistlechick wrote:
LibraryLady wrote:My sister's boyfriend goes to school in upper peninsula Michigan, I hear you guys have had a lot of snow already!
Some snow... not a lot for this time of year tho. It was misty-rain this morning though... and we're expecting a big storm tomorrow...

Yes, I heard. My sis's b-f is worried his last couple finals will have to be postponed and he might not make his scheduled flight. The same thing happened last Christmas and he had to pay 300 bucks for a new plane ticket!

(That's a lot for us poor college kids

)

Look, I've managed to go off topic within the off topic board!