I was in a bit of a tizzy last night, and cooler heads have reminded me that sometimes rebuttals happen. Still, the rebuttal (which made a few sweeping statements of its own, I thought) was pre-economic-downturn. The special libraries that decreased the size of the applicant pool are no longer…
Did you know there are roughly 5000 MLS/MLIS graduates per year? And if the 2-month sample of job openings discussed in this article in Library Journal is representative, there are roughly 400 full-time entry-level jobs being offered per year (this was circa 2005–imagine what it is now). Yet, Pitt’s iSchool…
I’ve started a few posts in my head, but only today did I realize that I didn’t, you know, post any of them. It turned out that I didn’t have the kind of down-time I expected to have during the break: classes (and projects) ran until the 11th, work kept…
I am, for all intents and purposes (give or take a moderated post to a discussion board or three), done with LIS 2700, Pitt’s not-so-briefly-named “Managing Libraries & Information Systems & Services.” I have a “management portfolio” to show for it–an environmental scan, needs assessment, budget, staffing plan, and business…