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MussoliniB posted:I’m not sure where to post this, so I’m going to give it a try here (it seems somewhat appropriate). the thread you want is this one, but the short answer is that academic jobs are extremely competitive, and they are very difficult to get even if you are geographically flexible. given what you're looking for and the constraints you're under, I would strongly advise against going down this route
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I would strongly advise against moving to Portland unless you work in computers or programming or whatever tech bros do. I grew up in Portland and it is not the same place that it was even a few years ago. It's crowded and dirty and there are no jobs. I wasn't able to start a career until I moved to another state.
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MussoliniB posted:I’m not sure where to post this, so I’m going to give it a try here (it seems somewhat appropriate). You might also try the K-12 teaching thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3563040 I applied for jobs in Portland. I can't find my spreadsheet, but some of the districts, the salary - insurance premiums and rent was pretty good. Some it was pretty bad. So that's something to consider if you stay in teaching and go there. They also replied to me really late in the hiring season, after I'd already taken a job. (Might be that I didn't have experience) What kind of SPED are you in? Maybe changing to a different specialty would help. I mean changing from Emotionally Challenged to Learning Disabilities would really lower the stress level. And if you really did mean to come to the library thread, look into the requirements of the states you are interested in. Some states, to be a school librarian, you just need a library degree and licensed teaching experience, some you just need certain classes, some you need a library degree specifically in school libraries. If you are looking to get a library job, schools are where most of them are.
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It took me way too long to get the answer to this crossword clue because I was wildly overthinking it. MARC? EADA? What the hell is it? Also, did anyone read this ARL article on hiring trends? Get that second master's, kids, so you can call yourself a subject specialist and get a sweet job. It paints a pretty rosy picture of job prospects, but it's based on self-reporting rather than statistical sampling so things could be worse than this predicts. Cognac McCarthy fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Nov 29, 2017 |
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Nov 29, 2017 15:10
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What is what? The Oxford English Dictionaries?
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Nov 29, 2017 15:28
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Yeah apparently people go to the library to get their hands on that sweet, elusive dictionary information.
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Nov 29, 2017 15:29
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Actually the OED is one of the very few subscription-worthy online reference resources that libraries still get access to!
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Nov 29, 2017 15:57
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Cognac McCarthy posted:
The only jobs to be had in academic libraries are subject specialists. That's all that matters don't you know? 
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Nov 29, 2017 16:29
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lmbo no
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Nov 29, 2017 21:47
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Yeah, come on kids, take out more student debt, don't'cha'know that a job here at the college is just waiting for you once you get another degree from us?
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Nov 29, 2017 22:15
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Toph Bei Fong posted:Yeah, come on kids, take out more student debt, don't'cha'know that a job here at the college is just waiting for you once you get another degree from us? -every employed librarian who is out of touch
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Nov 29, 2017 22:27
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Insane Totoro posted:-every employed librarian who is out of touch So pretty much all the academic librarians, in my experience. The public librarians, on the other hand, have almost universally lodged their head up their rear end with a healthy dose of the lube known as demographic analysis. Don't give the public what they say they want, that would be silly! Give the public in your mostly rural small town county what's trendy in public libraries in places like New York, Seattle, and San Francisco!
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Nov 30, 2017 04:44
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Makerspaces for everyone!
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Dec 2, 2017 01:34
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VideoTapir posted:Makerspaces for everyone! And 3D printers! Because that's clearly just the thing in a county with more cows than people!
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Makerspace is the buzz-word for 3D printer setups. Or it was. Remember that for your next resume.
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VideoTapir posted:Makerspace is the buzz-word for 3D printer setups. Or it was. Remember that for your next resume. Oh, I know. Makerspace is the buzzword in general for every public library I've worked at whether they can afford a 3D printer or not.
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