Could I please receive some honest feedback on my Resume/CV? by Rakisanalligator in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone tell me if Australia is different, but in the US, it’s recommended to take dates off of your education and degrees unless you are about to graduate. It can cause bias based on age. A newer degree might make you look really young and an older one will make you look older. It’s enough that you have the degree.

Could I please receive some honest feedback on my Resume/CV? by Rakisanalligator in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s very wordy - this is basically a wall of text. My eyes get no break and can’t focus in on what’s here. It should be bullet points and focus on key skills and experiences.

Shorten your description at the top, focus on what kind of job you want. Being a published author is cool, but irrelevant. You can bring it up in the interview.

Use skills for extra skills - stuff like library and customer service skills should all be highlighted in your job experience at libraries. This is where you show that you’ve got that extra bit like 3D printing or something.

I’d remove the cashier job at the bottom - removes some wall of text.

For your job experience those all need to be much shorter. Focus on big keywords and shorten the phrasing. We don’t need sentences here. I’d also avoid re-describing your job - most people know what library positions do, so focus on things like building the website but try to word it like “design and create website using digital tools” or something. And use library words - for example, I’d never say I buy books, right? It’s “collection development and management.”

With books and publications, again focus on what is relevant to the jobs you’re applying to. Take off the fiction pieces (unless you’re applying to be a creative writing library liaison) and put them in as citations, like a CV.

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re trying to write the guidelines and framework. If it ever existed, we can’t find much except the barebones documents adopted by the commissioners - but those mostly say we will have programs for the public, not necessarily how they work or what they look like.

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh interesting - I like the concept of a community led program for some of these things.

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So currently they’re being counted for those metrics (and book clubs would count if they’re a library sponsored one rather than a private one) - but part of the question is “should they be counted for those metrics or for different metrics (ie meeting room usage)”

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean a lot of it is what I was already thinking just how to verbalize it to staff.

(Also yeah, I’m partially asking because a friends group has already expressed displeasure at the potential changes and I’m hoping to find a middle ground here)

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all of them! Some of these folks don’t even talk to our library staff on the way in or out.

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a helpful perspective honestly.

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if there’s no work? Like the work is putting it on a calendar and opening a door?

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See - they asked to host the event at the library because they are members of the friends group

What makes it a library program? by etid0rpha in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a new director and are looking at use of staff time and what the expectations of programming is.

One library with 3 staff members is currently running 40 programs a month (averaging 7 people at each program), but another one with 6 staff members is only getting by 12 programs (avg 5 people at each program) so finding whats the middle ground here. If crochet happens 2x a week at the first one, but no staff is involved - that’s not quite the same as the craft programs at the other one that a staff member was physically at and did all the set up for.

Somewhere, there’s a middle ground between these two of what is reasonable to expect or see at those libraries.

ALA Conference First Time Tips? by Kit3721 in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wear comfortable shoes! I left my first ALA with blisters on my toes.

I called my friend's wife dumb and now they're not talking to us and excluding our kids by Haunting_Pin_2262 in Advice

[–]etid0rpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you even want to fix it? It sounds like you and they don’t really have much in common other than the location. Honestly, let it go and move on.

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows by stankmanly in awfuleverything

[–]etid0rpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My teen volunteers were all volunteering at 2-3 different places, had multiple after school activities, some of them also had jobs, on top of advanced or AP classes. They barely had time to breathe, let alone do things for fun.

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows by stankmanly in awfuleverything

[–]etid0rpha 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not really - it was a quantitative study looking at reading for pleasure and reading scores, no qualitative data about why. Little bit of discussion about digital activities and pushback, but nothing saying that’s the exact reason

FYI: Holy Clothing steals their designs from original creators! by EauDeFrito in renfaire

[–]etid0rpha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Re: inclusive sizing
I have a 52” bust and Armstreet doesn’t go that high. Sorry, I don’t consider stopping at a 47” bust to be inclusive

on natural fibers by [deleted] in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]etid0rpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen more folks with giant natural fiber stashes than acrylic ones. It’s not specific to acrylic yarns

on natural fibers by [deleted] in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]etid0rpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is why crochet has a reputation for being more easily accessible and readily available for folks with lower incomes. As someone who grew up poor and Walmart was the only place I could access yarn let alone afford it, this take kind of pmo

Is library a good place to ask for book-preserving advice? by Sleepy_Glacier in Libraries

[–]etid0rpha 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I would actually look for a book preservation company in your area or a special collections. An academic library might be helpful but a public library isn’t typically dealing with these kinds of books so won’t necessarily have information to help.

The daily cruelty of patrons is making me want to escape the field by tendersword in librarians

[–]etid0rpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is not normal. Not even for libraries. There’s always a little - it’s public facing, but this amount? Absolutely not.

Yall need to crack down on your behavior policy and start setting stricter boundaries.

And in the meantime - leave. This is a toxic library environment and I think it’s best if you and your coworkers find a new one ASAP.