As I approach graduation from my program, the “Oh God, I need a job” panic is starting to set in. As I work on applications, I’ve found that having a game plan makes the process infinitely easier. HLS is full of awesome advice for the job search and everyone has a different process. Here are … Continue reading
In the past few months, I’ve been hustling to land a summer internship, endlessly trawling the internet for opportunities, incessantly bugging professors and mentors for recommendations, and rewriting my resume and cover letter over and over again. After getting rejection emails back for every single position, and in a sick and twisted turn of events, … Continue reading
On May 29th, I successfully defended my dissertation (yay!) and now can make all those around me call me Dr. Skinner (seriously, with that name, how could I not?) Soon after, I accepted my dream job as Rare Books Curator for Kennesaw State University’s Bentley Rare Book Gallery. I get to do the work I … Continue reading
Freaking out about finding a job after graduation? Consider applying for a residency, a temporary job appointment for recent library school graduates. Residencies are usually an academic library thing, but there have been a few offered in public libraries or archives. Though these are temporary appointments, keep in mind that residents are librarians with just … Continue reading
I just registered for my last semester of library school–advanced legal research and comps. The first time I mentioned comps to my previous therapist, she said “oh, I know someone who failed comps for [my program].” Thanks for the dose of reality that it is, in fact, possible not to pass. But now that comps … Continue reading
With the start of the fall semester about three weeks ago, I soon added, “And this is my last semester of library school!” to my conversations about library school with classmates, professors, work colleagues, and friends. It wasn’t long before people started responding, “So, what are you doing after graduation?” Suddenly, that became the million … Continue reading
