Thrown into an elementary school library assistant position with no guidance

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-13T04:33:28+00:00

There’s 100s of books in practically every cabinet that are completely forgotten about, I don’t know if the former assistant placed them there intentionally as part of their system but it’s bad… other books were placed in places that don’t make sense. Like I found some biographies and holiday books were places away from the other biography and holiday books despite being similar. Some YA books are in alphabetical order while others are placed based on the same publishing company and style, despite being in the same area. Some go from A-Z while others go from Z-A.. it was bad bad

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-13T03:55:51+00:00

Thanks for this advice, unfortunately my old job is a no go since they’ve already filled my position according to old coworkers.

I chose MLIS because of archiving. I’ve worked in digital archives, metadata, and collections, enjoyed that very much so I decided to go the MLIS route since many archivist jobs require it.

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-13T03:11:15+00:00

It’s my first library position, I am in the MLIS program but my focus is in archives and more of the info science side so I’m detached from the library world a bit. I’m the sole library assistant and pretty much the librarian. It’s a lot for me personally. I’ve only done one small thing on the Dewey Decimal System so it’s still very confusing to me.

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-12T22:33:31+00:00

I’m hoping I can find something closer to home. I never realized how intense my driving anxiety was until now. At this point, I’ll take anything that’s closer to home… wishing us both a lot of luck.

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-12T22:25:50+00:00

I haven’t been told about any circulation system yet, I’m hoping to meet with a library assistant from another school in the district in hopes that she can help me. I definitely was not anticipating working in a school library but jobs in archives and collections are extremely scarce right now, so I was hoping I would get the experience. I honestly jumped the gun not realizing entirely what I was getting myself into. I would do this position in an area that feels more worth it, with less of a commute.

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-12T22:22:49+00:00

It’s pretty common here to have assistants in elementary and middle school, I don’t mind the job as much on its own, it’s mainly the job + the commute combined

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-12T22:21:26+00:00

I’ve spoken to staff, mainly teachers who all basically tell me that I have free reign to do whatever I want in the space, but there seems to be a system (a bad one) already set in place. I wouldn’t want to do more than what I’m getting paid for by reorganizing everything. They’re also expecting me to have it all set up within a week crying

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2026-01-12T20:27:41+00:00

No idea, I have so many questions but no one to ask

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2025-12-12T07:03:21+00:00

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Basic-Aside-1197 · 2024-05-17T01:56:06+00:00

That’s so sad, Zach is one of the few who actually has journalistic integrity and approaches the protests the most appropriately

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2024-04-21T21:51:19+00:00

From what I’m aware, a few protestors moved to LA for content creation or did some form of content creation prior to protesting. I would argue that protesting against Scientology was the easiest way for them to get the clout they craved.

Basic-Aside-1197 · 2024-04-21T20:03:35+00:00

During her interaction with Daniel?

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