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| Becoming a Librarian...where do I start? |
| Author: | Gillian Kirby |
| Date: | Saturday, 31st Jul 2004 18:59 |
| Views: | 11,323 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Information Issues |
| URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b29530 |
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Hi, I hope this is in the right place...
I graduated in 2003 with a degree in Linguistics and Sociology, and after a year of temping, unemployment and wondering what I want to do with the rest of my life, I'm now considering a career as a librarian. My main interests are in the social sciences/popular culture, youth culture, or perhaps working in a sound or picture archive (my dream job would be record librarian!)
With this in mind, how would I best enter the profession? Not only am I not sure about whether to go for Information Management or Librarianship as an MA as I might prefer to work in a sound archive to academic librarianship, but I'm confused about becoming a trainee. Could I take a job in a public/academic library to gain experience as an assistant, or is it preferable to take a graduate traineeship? I feel I may have missed out this time round on the latter, and don't want to waste any more time than I have already after four months of unemployment...
The second question is referees-presumably one would be connected with your year as a trainee, but as far as academic referees go I didn't have a university tutor for the entire duration of my course, and as I got some bad results in my final year due to health and financial problems (I got a 2:1 in the end) I'm wondering whether this will reflect badly on me. Similarly, I'm wondering whether having been a graduate for a year already and spending time unemployed might look bad when applying for a traineeship. Please help! Thanks. |
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I graduated in 2003 with a degree in Linguistics and Sociology, and ... |
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Gillian Kirby |
31/07/04 18:59 |
29530 |
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03/09/04 09:11 |
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Michelle Homden |
16/08/04 12:23 |
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Ernest BETHE |
11/08/04 00:39 |
29636 |
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10/08/04 14:44 |
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Ciara O Duinnin |
10/08/04 11:51 |
29623 |
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Jela Webb |
04/08/04 17:50 |
29580 |
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Karen |
04/08/04 13:22 |
29577 |
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Gillian Kirby |
04/08/04 17:46 |
29579 |
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Karen |
06/08/04 09:46 |
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Atalanta |
10/08/04 15:48 |
29626 |
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Angela Jones |
10/08/04 14:36 |
29624 |
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Shaun |
07/08/04 10:18 |
29599 |
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Karen |
09/08/04 16:24 |
29611 |
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Gillian Kirby |
11/08/04 01:28 |
29637 |
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Margaret McPhail |
03/08/04 14:31 |
29553 |
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Diana Nutting |
03/08/04 17:06 |
29561 |
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R.A. "Red" Lawhern |
03/08/04 13:31 |
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J Richardson |
04/08/04 10:16 |
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Gillian Kirby |
03/08/04 13:41 |
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Diana Nutting |
02/08/04 12:27 |
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Zena |
03/08/04 16:17 |
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Gillian Kirby |
02/08/04 13:46 |
29542 |
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Darren Jones |
02/08/04 14:28 |
29543 |
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Jonathan Crowhurst |
03/08/04 14:29 |
29552 |
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Gillian Kirby |
03/08/04 14:42 |
29554 |
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Katherine Ingham |
04/08/04 09:50 |
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Vicky |
27/08/04 12:42 |
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Trevor Harvey |
31/08/04 14:14 |
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