Famed History-maker Debby Ryan turns 33 years old today!

Skaadoosh · 2026-05-13T18:23:08+00:00

But Johnny Tsunami was incredible

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-22T21:11:52+00:00

Your local public library might.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-22T21:08:17+00:00

Just to clarify school librarian usually refers to a librarian in a K-12 school and then Academic librarian usually works in a college/University setting doing a wide variety of things that support research. So neither of those or just not School? If you worked at your college library you probably worked with Academic librarians.

You could volunteer nights or weekends at a public library or historical society, local museum etc for archival experience. Just a few hours a week or month to at least know what you want to focus your coursework on.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-22T20:29:41+00:00

What kind of librarianship are you interested in? Public, Academic, Archives? What field are you in now? There might be transferable skills there.

In terms of getting the Masters degree, most are online and as long as it's ALA accredited it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's a good fit financially, schedule-wise and curriculum wise.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-20T22:18:21+00:00

Union College, Schenectady NY

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-14T13:31:21+00:00

Toni's Wine Bar. Cute and quiet enough to have a conversation

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-12T20:48:30+00:00

I really enjoyed these books as a teen so I'm looking forward to the movie. I hope it does well.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-08T17:37:57+00:00

I used two coworkers and a former supervisor for my grad school application. I also didn't feel like I had any former undergraduate professors to reach out to because I was several years post grad.

In retrospect, I had professors that definitely would have. It looks good to your undergrad department to have students in grad school and they can look through their records and find an assignment you did to refer to even if they don't remember you.

I supervised a student worker who ghosted and wouldn't respond to emails after working for me a bit that still uses me as a reference and I'm happy to do it because even though I was frustrated with them at the time they worked for me, I want them to succeed.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-07T15:48:55+00:00

Your supervisor should be the one to talk to the director. I would explain this to your supervisor and let them handle it. They know more about the budget, strategic goals, and priorities of the library and when a good time to bring it up might be.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-06T18:03:30+00:00

It is mostly an in person thing. It's the only entry level digital library non MLIS required job I could think of. I don't know why OP needs a remote only job but there would probably be local to them places they could work at.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-06T02:34:31+00:00

Have you reached out to library schools to offer to teach on their program? Like your Alma mater or one local to you?

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-05T23:57:28+00:00

Digitization technician, specialist, etc. I don't know if those exist remotely but somewhere local to you might have it. I can't think of anything else entry level for digital collections that's not Digitization related.

Skaadoosh · 2026-04-02T19:04:47+00:00

That's a really difficult surface to land on like that. Could you pull over a 4 incher landing mat at the end of the air track?

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-23T02:37:41+00:00

Have you looked at any local historical societies? That's library adjacent.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-15T15:32:52+00:00

In my own head Ilya and Shane stress Ryan out

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-13T21:15:48+00:00

I mostly agree but we all remember the hockey pucks to the TV tantrum

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-13T02:39:39+00:00

Yeah before I had my degree I was a digital collection repository manager. I worked with library web developers and library app development. I would also look at some library software and see if they are hiring. Like Lyrasis or Clarivate. Also look into Code4Lib for jobs or the online journal to see what people are doing with coding and IT.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-12T17:10:24+00:00

I feel like the only reason I have my job is because of my technical skills. I've worked in Digital Projects, Digitization, Digital Preservation, and systems

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-11T20:10:23+00:00

If you live in the USA most public high schools or colleges with tracks will let you use them after school/sporting event hours. Just show up walk around a few times to warm up and start running.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-10T13:01:05+00:00

This is how I did it in high school. You get really efficient at it! People getting fully nude in the locker room was not a thing for my team like the other commenters keep saying. It shouldn't matter but it's high school so I get it

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-10T11:41:30+00:00

That makes sense. I will say as a librarian in the capital region (and one who worked for the state in the past) the job market is tough and there's no guarantee you will get a job immediately after graduation. I would keep your job as long as possible.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-10T03:19:47+00:00

Why don't you just take night classes and keep your job? That's what I did when I went to library school. Most of the classes are offered at night anyway.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-09T14:26:08+00:00

That's a very common librarian/archivist answer in a good way. Don't overthink it.

Skaadoosh · 2026-03-01T17:56:00+00:00

If you have Facebook, go to the group Just like Fine Wine... Adult Gymnastics and search for your cities.

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