On the upside, lots and lots and lots of people get that degree part time (the vast majority of programs are designed to work that way, so what kind of a nationally-recognized program IS this??). Ont he downside, lots of areas are poor for local library programs -- Boston has only 1, and it is Simmons, which is hella expensive. On the upside, distance learning is the Next Big Thing of library education. On the downside, you didn't move all that way to wherever to have distance from people. On the upside, I am living proof that you don't have to stay a librarian if you don't want to. On the other upside, I could get back into the volunteering habit, take 4-5 courses of continuing professional ed, and get back into the profession if I wanted to.
I think you'd probably be happy as the reference librarian in a medium-sized branch -- enough hard questions to keep you stimulated, but enough stupid questions about how to look up the weather online that it wouldn't stress you out.
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Date: 2005-04-14 09:03 pm (UTC)On the upside, lots and lots and lots of people get that degree part time (the vast majority of programs are designed to work that way, so what kind of a nationally-recognized program IS this??). Ont he downside, lots of areas are poor for local library programs -- Boston has only 1, and it is Simmons, which is hella expensive. On the upside, distance learning is the Next Big Thing of library education. On the downside, you didn't move all that way to wherever to have distance from people. On the upside, I am living proof that you don't have to stay a librarian if you don't want to. On the other upside, I could get back into the volunteering habit, take 4-5 courses of continuing professional ed, and get back into the profession if I wanted to.
I think you'd probably be happy as the reference librarian in a medium-sized branch -- enough hard questions to keep you stimulated, but enough stupid questions about how to look up the weather online that it wouldn't stress you out.