http://librarygarden.net/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://librarygarden.net/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-1778 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-1778 Well, Jill, these are certainly serious issues to be discussed/addressed in the library world. I’m not going to reply to all of that here, but I will say that in my mom’s case, she went into librarianship as a third career, later in her life, and got a job (full-time) right away which was better for her than her previous job b/c that job did not have ANY benefits or pension, etc….. I will also leave you with this final thought/comment – I truly and deeply believe in librarianship and despite having these issues to deal with, I would NOT ever personally hesitate to recruit someone into it. I don’t believe that having fewer librarians will be anyway to “fight” for better working conditions/situations.

]]> http://librarygarden.net/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-4917 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-4917 Well, Jill, these are certainly serious issues to be discussed/addressed in the library world. I’m not going to reply to all of that here, but I will say that in my mom’s case, she went into librarianship as a third career, later in her life, and got a job (full-time) right away which was better for her than her previous job b/c that job did not have ANY benefits or pension, etc….. I will also leave you with this final thought/comment – I truly and deeply believe in librarianship and despite having these issues to deal with, I would NOT ever personally hesitate to recruit someone into it. I don’t believe that having fewer librarians will be anyway to “fight” for better working conditions/situations.

]]> http://librarygarden.net/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-1776 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:44:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-1776 Inspired to comment on this somewhat-old (for the Internet) post by finding out that yet another library in my radar is now hiring exclusively part-time. One never knows exactly what level of fun/irony a smiley conveys, so I’m not sure how serious your line about recruiting is. Is it truly ethical to recruit new people into a profession where so many positions are accessible only to those who don’t need the salary or benefits of full-time work? (A further issue is those libraries who’re replacing retiring full-time professionals with several paraprofessional part-timers, eliminating the idea of professional positions as well as the idea of positions that include health insurance, paid sick time, and so on.)

]]> http://librarygarden.net/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-4915 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:44:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/ive-been-tagged/#comment-4915 Inspired to comment on this somewhat-old (for the Internet) post by finding out that yet another library in my radar is now hiring exclusively part-time. One never knows exactly what level of fun/irony a smiley conveys, so I’m not sure how serious your line about recruiting is. Is it truly ethical to recruit new people into a profession where so many positions are accessible only to those who don’t need the salary or benefits of full-time work? (A further issue is those libraries who’re replacing retiring full-time professionals with several paraprofessional part-timers, eliminating the idea of professional positions as well as the idea of positions that include health insurance, paid sick time, and so on.)

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