Project: Ask Us. This project that has been in the works for
quite some time is finally coming to fruition and I’m very excited about it. At
the start of the semester it was very unclear what my project would be in this
wide-world of librarianship and how to relate it back to the Reference
Desk. Luckily for me the Reference
department has been undergoing a sort of marketing revival and I get to
help. Admittedly, I knew nothing about
how to market the skills of reference librarians but after reading many
articles, I think we have a winning strategy.
It will hopefully be up and running in the next month, right before
finals; I will be interested to see if the desk gets much more business but it
is unclear if will be from the marketing strategy or the rush to save some
grades.
Speaking of finals and the end of the semester it has been
interesting, as a Senior, to try and figure out; what next? I am applying to
graduate school in Library and Information Science but I still need to get
experience and some dollars in the bank.
Thanks to some of the reference librarians here I have found a great site that posts a
majority of the open librarian positions in each state. It is incredibly useful but at the same time
it is a bit frustrating. As any Senior
knows, we are over-educated and under-qualified for a vast majority of
these jobs but there are some opportunities and some are close to home. The
real world is looming but with this internship I do feel confident that I will
be able to find a job that will provide me with experience and eventually to a
job I really enjoy.
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