D. Today I spent about 3 hours at Family Support Network. Essentially almost all of that time was spent in preparation for a presentation I will be giving them next week. I brought in my laptop today because I can save files on it and that way I can still have Internet access, but don't have to go through their systems (and therefore their long training). Sandra helped me get my laptop set up and then I spent the rest of the time working by myself in my cube. I am trying to make this presentation as professional as possible so first I sent out a Google calendar invite to Tami, Sandra, and Kelly, who I will be presenting to next week. Then I used the Presentation program on Google Docs to create a presentation. The presentation basically covers: a summary of the FSN needs in a resource center, Koha, LibraryThing, a comparison of the two, and then a formal recommendation that LibraryThing. After reading the articles Dr. Bird sent me and the time I spent in LibraryThing yesterday and today I strongly feel that it would be a great program for them and would meet their needs. I also looked at the word document where FSN has listed all of their resources. I counted their resources to get a ballpark figure about how many records they had. They had about 320 pamphlets, 40 books and videos, and 60 websites, so just about 400 total. These numbers are necessary because of the limit of records that LibraryThing has (5,000). After I completed the presentation I went to check in with Sandra and Kelly before I left. Both of them were very excited to be this far in the process and Sandra told me that she had sent a blurb about the project to the FSN main office for North Carolina in Chapel Hill. That office was also very excited about this project.
E. My major emotion today was excitement. I really enjoyed making the presentation and I tried to make it very professional, hopefully next week when I present they three listeners will agree with my suggestion. I feel like this week I have really been in the role of a consultant and now I am making a recommendation to the board. I feel that I need to present koha to them to explain what I originally thinking, although I will be honest and hope that they are not interested in it at all and that they can see why LibraryThing is better for their needs. I tried to be honest in my presentation mentioning and showing the pros and cons of both software choices. But I ended the presentation with a recommendation of LibraryThing and clear points as to why it is a better system.
AL. Sometimes it is hard to describe my learning when I spend my time alone with just me and my computer. I guess today I did learn the ins and outs of the presentation software on Google Docs. I don't like it as much as PowerPoint, but because FSN uses Google Docs almost exclusively for their documents I decided that Google Docs would be the best presentation program. This way I can also share the presentation with them so that they can keep it if they need it for future use. On a more personal note, I learned or had reconfirmed, that I work so much better when I am out of the house and in a desk space than when I am at home. Home has way to many distractions.
Overall I am very excited and looking forward to next week when I will be presenting my recommendations.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Koha vs. LibraryThing
D. Between last Thursday's work at the Family Support Network (FSN) and today many emails have been exchanged and conversations had. First I conversed with my advisor, Beth about my nervousness about KOHA and its technical demands. Her suggestion was to try to find an IT person in the FSN building to install koha on the server for me. After that Dr. Bird emailed me suggesting that using LibraryThing could be a better solution to manage FSN's collection. She sent me three articles to read. Today I spent about 1.5 hours reading those articles and looking up supplemental research on LibraryThing.
For those who many not know, LibraryThing is a social cataloging website. You can enter a personal or organizational collection into the website and share it with others, thereby seeing other's library collections as well. You can enter 200 items for free, or pay a small fee for a yearly or lifetime membership. I personally use LibraryThing and therefore was familiar with it when Dr. Bird suggested it, however my further research today has provided many other good reasons why LibraryThing would be a better option for FSN.
E. Today's emotion was excitement! When Dr. Bird first suggested LibraryThing I remembered thinking about using it at the very beginning but being worried that it wasn't "high-tech" or sophisticated enough, or "librariany" enough. I felt that perhaps using Librarything would be a cop-out choice, the easy way out of a difficult situation. However as I did more research today my mood began to improve. Using LibraryThing to manage FSN's collection would definitely be easier then learning to use KOHA, but additionally my research finding prove that it also could be much much more useful. The different features that LibraryThing has (that I describe some of below) would in my opinion provide better service to FSN and the families it serves without the technical hassles that koha has. I feel that my personal agenda has been modified, because a couple days ago I felt that LibraryThing was not "worthy" of consideration because of its easy and lack of technical requirements. However being a true information service provider and 'consultant' in this case doesn't mean giving them something fancy that they definitely could not have done on their own, it means giving them something that would be the best fit for their situation.
AL. Most of what I learned today dealt with the amazingness of LibraryThing. Although it is geared towards personal and small organizational collections, the more I learned about it, the more it seemed to fit the needs and wants of the Family Support Network. First, it is accessible from anywhere and already online. There is no technical overhead and no server space needed. Copy cataloging can be done from Amazon, the Library of Congress or bunches of other libraries, it can be used in different languages (which FSN will like because some of their families are native Spanish speakers). Also LibraryThing has the code for a widget which can put a catalog search box directly on a website. You can add information about FSN and link FSN to the local community, which can help them meet other families who many need their services. Also if families use this catalog they can directly see reviews and suggestions for other books they may like which can help to give these families more information about the disease or disorder their child has been diagnosed with.
The only downside is that there is a price, $25 for a lifetime membership. And one area that I will have to work with Kelly and Sandra about it the searching capabilities. LibraryThing searches your catalog by title, author, ISBN or tags. So I need to work with my directors to make sure that we create great tags that will be the topics that families are likely to search for, so that they can easily find what information and resources they need.
For those who many not know, LibraryThing is a social cataloging website. You can enter a personal or organizational collection into the website and share it with others, thereby seeing other's library collections as well. You can enter 200 items for free, or pay a small fee for a yearly or lifetime membership. I personally use LibraryThing and therefore was familiar with it when Dr. Bird suggested it, however my further research today has provided many other good reasons why LibraryThing would be a better option for FSN.
E. Today's emotion was excitement! When Dr. Bird first suggested LibraryThing I remembered thinking about using it at the very beginning but being worried that it wasn't "high-tech" or sophisticated enough, or "librariany" enough. I felt that perhaps using Librarything would be a cop-out choice, the easy way out of a difficult situation. However as I did more research today my mood began to improve. Using LibraryThing to manage FSN's collection would definitely be easier then learning to use KOHA, but additionally my research finding prove that it also could be much much more useful. The different features that LibraryThing has (that I describe some of below) would in my opinion provide better service to FSN and the families it serves without the technical hassles that koha has. I feel that my personal agenda has been modified, because a couple days ago I felt that LibraryThing was not "worthy" of consideration because of its easy and lack of technical requirements. However being a true information service provider and 'consultant' in this case doesn't mean giving them something fancy that they definitely could not have done on their own, it means giving them something that would be the best fit for their situation.
AL. Most of what I learned today dealt with the amazingness of LibraryThing. Although it is geared towards personal and small organizational collections, the more I learned about it, the more it seemed to fit the needs and wants of the Family Support Network. First, it is accessible from anywhere and already online. There is no technical overhead and no server space needed. Copy cataloging can be done from Amazon, the Library of Congress or bunches of other libraries, it can be used in different languages (which FSN will like because some of their families are native Spanish speakers). Also LibraryThing has the code for a widget which can put a catalog search box directly on a website. You can add information about FSN and link FSN to the local community, which can help them meet other families who many need their services. Also if families use this catalog they can directly see reviews and suggestions for other books they may like which can help to give these families more information about the disease or disorder their child has been diagnosed with.
The only downside is that there is a price, $25 for a lifetime membership. And one area that I will have to work with Kelly and Sandra about it the searching capabilities. LibraryThing searches your catalog by title, author, ISBN or tags. So I need to work with my directors to make sure that we create great tags that will be the topics that families are likely to search for, so that they can easily find what information and resources they need.
Catch up on Practicum Postings
It was suggested to me by my advisor that it would be advantageous for me to connect my blog that I am working on for my practicum to my capstone website. However the blog I am writing for that class is on a password protected drupal site. In order to share my experiences with the rest of the online world I will be reposting my blog posts here, in my personal blog.
This semester I am completing a practicum class (like an internship) at the Family Support Network of Mecklenburg County. Essentially what I am doing is setting up a resource library for them. I will post all of the entries made prior to today in this post. Future entries will be posted on the day they are written.
published by Michelle Bridges on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 21:17
Hello all!
I am Michelle Bridges and I (like some others) will be finishing my degree in May of this year. I am very excited to be starting my final semester. I am originally from the Washington D.C. area but I moved to NC to go to college. I went to Davidson College and earned a degree in Biology. After that I taught middle school and high school science for a couple of years before I decided to go back to school to get my MLIS. Now, I am an educator at the Discovery Place (still teaching science) in downtown Charlotte.
When I graduate in May I would love to just have a job in a library. Period. I am not that picky, but if I did have a choice I would love to combine biology and librarianship either in a college or university library, a medical library, or a special library.
My practicum this semester is with the Family Support Network of Mecklenburg County. They are a small nonprofit who helps to provide information to families who children have been diagnosed with a medical condition or illness. Essentially I will be setting up a resource center for them. I forsee my main goals of this semester being choosing a good open-source ILS for them to use, learning how to use the ILS myself, and then cataloging all of their resources and putting them into the ILS.
My first main goal is to choose an ILS that meets the needs of the Family Support Network. I essentially have no budget for this ILS, therefore we (Dr. Bird and myself) were thinking along the lines of an open-source ILS to manage their collection. Dr. Bird suggested emailing Dr. Oguz, which I have done to ask for his advice about open-source ILS systems. Next I forsee myself doing some research and reading reviews to try to determine what ILS would be best to use.
That is about all I have for right now. I will be writing down more about my first week there later!
published by Michelle Bridges on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 20:24
I really wanted to complete a blog post, because I have been at my site twice now (I am going onsite about once a week and then doing more work from home as well). The first time I went was technically before the semester started, on January 6. I am going to combine those two trips into this one blog post.
D. On January 6, I have my first meeting with Kelly and Sandra from the Family Support Network. Essentially our meeting was an interview of me and my chance to understand the project that they wanted accomplished. Our meeting was about an hour long and we discussed what they wanted in their resource center, what had already been done and what resources they had available. Also they gave me some backgroun on what FSN is. To fill you all in, Family Support Network (FSN) is a tiny (4 part time staff) nonprofit that serves families of children with medical diagnoses or illnesses. They serve these families essentially by providing them with information - information about what services they can receive, information about the disease or disorder their child has, information about support groups, camps, other agencies that can help them, and also information about other families whose children have the same disease or diagnosis so those families can talk and help support each other. This resource library they imagine will be a way to keep better track of their information and how they lend out their resources to families.
The following week I had a second meeting at FSN, this meeting was included Kelly from FSN, Dr. Bird and Dawn from UNCG, and Tami from the Children's Developmental Services (who owns the building FSN is in and will also be a part of this resource center). During this second meeting we further clarified roles and objectives of what this resource center would be. Also on this day I worked out my schedule with Kelly that I will be coming in to FSN every Thursday morning and I got a pass card to enter the building myself (so I don't have to be buzzed in every time).
E. Essentially my first meeting with Kelly and Sandra was scary, not because they are scary people, but because they were looking at me like I was the expert, like I knew what I was doing. However I feel that I presented myself well and Kelly is especially personal and friendly so I felt as if she was really excited to have me on board. I left this first meeting though still confused about my exact role, because Dr. Bird is spliting up part of this project with another student, Dawn, and therefore I was not sure exactly what portion I was to be doing.
The second meeting I felt much more comfortable, because after that meeting I came away with a very clear expectation of my goals. I am still somewhat nervous about the project because ILS systems and cataloging are two things that I know very little about. (I haven't even taken cataloging yet, I am taking it concurrently this semester). I am looking forward to learning as I go.
AL. Because my contacts at FSN look to me as the expert, I am not sure what I learned in those first two meetings. The learning that I think I took away was not necessarily LIS related. I learned a lot about how services are given to children and families with diseases or disorders in Mecklenburg County and a lot about FSN. I think I also learned some about meeting etique and professionalism in terms of how things are done in the public/non-profit sector.
Overall I am looking to going in tomorrow to start my research about open-source ILS systems.
published by Michelle Bridges on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 14:22
Today was my third visit to the Family support Network (FSN). I stayed for about 3 hours or so.
D. When I arrived I showed Kelly and Sandra the goals and timeline that I had originally worked on. They both looked it over and had no additional critiques or comments on it. Then they showed me the two options I had for a place to work. We chose the second option as my workspace. So now I have a cubical with a computer and a phone where I will be working at when I am at FSN. It is a very open cubical and I only plan to be in the building once a week so most of my documents will probably be either on a thumb drive or on Google Docs and I plan to save my important websites via www.delicious.com. After I got settled in, Kelly logged me into the computer and I set to work. Essentially I spent the next few hours investigating a couple of different concepts: how to set up a small library, what is open source software and what are its advantages and disadvantages, and which open source ILS systems would be good for FSN. I started with the ALA fact sheet - How to set up a library and then jumped off on links that originated from there. A couple of different websites that described open source initiatives in libraries kept showing up, including webjunction.org. I thought the "Open Source Application Primer" by Eric lease Morgan from that website was especially useful for backgroun information.
From my research I today I took note about what features an ILS needs to have, how to evaluate an ILS and some top open source ILS systems and their pros, cons, and requirements. At the end of the morning I emailed supervisors to tell them about what I had found and warn them about possible issues with installing open source software on the Mecklenburg County server.
E. (I am still kind of confused about what exactly examine is supposed to mean, but here I go anyway.) To be completely honest I walked into this morning very confident and excited and walked out of this first research experience nervous and apprehensive. My research this morning, was yes somewhat unfocused and haphazard however I still felt what I discovered to be very useful. Since this was my first time really looking into open-source products I now have a much better idea of what is involved and I am nervous about it. I am not sure if I have the technical expertise to be able to set one of these up! I found an article (http://www.pakban.net/koha/tut/newbie.html) and it talked about how to set up KOHA, one of the most popular open source ILS products. Most of it sounds fine I am just really nervous about the initial installation onto the server. The server where we will be installing this is a Mecklenburg County government server, so I guess I am worried about all of the red tape involved. I am personally hoping that Dr. Bird will read this post and tell me that she knows how to do this, or that she can offer some great advise about how to install these types of things. :)
I still feel almost caught between a rock and a hard place, because Kelly and Sandra look to me as if I know exactly what I am doing, but I feel caught because I don't know what I am doing and I am not sure who exactly will be helping me. I feel a little like I am floating on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Perhaps I am overexagerating there, but I guess I feel a little bit alone at the moment. I know when I am done I will be immensly proud of myself though.
AL. Today, simply put, I learned a lot. Especially about open source software and ILS systems. I learned that while open source is free, that price tag comes with other costs, such as learning how to use and set it up. I will be trying to supply all of those things myself without going out and above and trying to find another contractor or consultant. I learned a lot of different open source software applications and programs, and especially learned the names of a good number of open source ILS systems (koha, evergreen, Openbiblio, PhpMyLibrary, Enilda, newGenLib, Learning Access ILS). I learned what modules to look for in an ILS (acquisition, cataloging, circulation, OPAC, serials). Finally the Public Library Association's website had a great article on criteria to evaluate an ILs on, which was another source of useful information that I hope to use to recommend on ILS above the others. (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plapublications/platechnotes/opens...)
So far my research is leading me towards the KOHA ILS software, and that is what Dr. Oguz also suggested, however I am still worried about the technological aspects of installing it. I plan to continue my research at home this week and then next week begin a presentation to present the best option or options to Kelly and Sandra.
This semester I am completing a practicum class (like an internship) at the Family Support Network of Mecklenburg County. Essentially what I am doing is setting up a resource library for them. I will post all of the entries made prior to today in this post. Future entries will be posted on the day they are written.
published by Michelle Bridges on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 21:17
Hello all!
I am Michelle Bridges and I (like some others) will be finishing my degree in May of this year. I am very excited to be starting my final semester. I am originally from the Washington D.C. area but I moved to NC to go to college. I went to Davidson College and earned a degree in Biology. After that I taught middle school and high school science for a couple of years before I decided to go back to school to get my MLIS. Now, I am an educator at the Discovery Place (still teaching science) in downtown Charlotte.
When I graduate in May I would love to just have a job in a library. Period. I am not that picky, but if I did have a choice I would love to combine biology and librarianship either in a college or university library, a medical library, or a special library.
My practicum this semester is with the Family Support Network of Mecklenburg County. They are a small nonprofit who helps to provide information to families who children have been diagnosed with a medical condition or illness. Essentially I will be setting up a resource center for them. I forsee my main goals of this semester being choosing a good open-source ILS for them to use, learning how to use the ILS myself, and then cataloging all of their resources and putting them into the ILS.
My first main goal is to choose an ILS that meets the needs of the Family Support Network. I essentially have no budget for this ILS, therefore we (Dr. Bird and myself) were thinking along the lines of an open-source ILS to manage their collection. Dr. Bird suggested emailing Dr. Oguz, which I have done to ask for his advice about open-source ILS systems. Next I forsee myself doing some research and reading reviews to try to determine what ILS would be best to use.
That is about all I have for right now. I will be writing down more about my first week there later!
published by Michelle Bridges on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 20:24
I really wanted to complete a blog post, because I have been at my site twice now (I am going onsite about once a week and then doing more work from home as well). The first time I went was technically before the semester started, on January 6. I am going to combine those two trips into this one blog post.
D. On January 6, I have my first meeting with Kelly and Sandra from the Family Support Network. Essentially our meeting was an interview of me and my chance to understand the project that they wanted accomplished. Our meeting was about an hour long and we discussed what they wanted in their resource center, what had already been done and what resources they had available. Also they gave me some backgroun on what FSN is. To fill you all in, Family Support Network (FSN) is a tiny (4 part time staff) nonprofit that serves families of children with medical diagnoses or illnesses. They serve these families essentially by providing them with information - information about what services they can receive, information about the disease or disorder their child has, information about support groups, camps, other agencies that can help them, and also information about other families whose children have the same disease or diagnosis so those families can talk and help support each other. This resource library they imagine will be a way to keep better track of their information and how they lend out their resources to families.
The following week I had a second meeting at FSN, this meeting was included Kelly from FSN, Dr. Bird and Dawn from UNCG, and Tami from the Children's Developmental Services (who owns the building FSN is in and will also be a part of this resource center). During this second meeting we further clarified roles and objectives of what this resource center would be. Also on this day I worked out my schedule with Kelly that I will be coming in to FSN every Thursday morning and I got a pass card to enter the building myself (so I don't have to be buzzed in every time).
E. Essentially my first meeting with Kelly and Sandra was scary, not because they are scary people, but because they were looking at me like I was the expert, like I knew what I was doing. However I feel that I presented myself well and Kelly is especially personal and friendly so I felt as if she was really excited to have me on board. I left this first meeting though still confused about my exact role, because Dr. Bird is spliting up part of this project with another student, Dawn, and therefore I was not sure exactly what portion I was to be doing.
The second meeting I felt much more comfortable, because after that meeting I came away with a very clear expectation of my goals. I am still somewhat nervous about the project because ILS systems and cataloging are two things that I know very little about. (I haven't even taken cataloging yet, I am taking it concurrently this semester). I am looking forward to learning as I go.
AL. Because my contacts at FSN look to me as the expert, I am not sure what I learned in those first two meetings. The learning that I think I took away was not necessarily LIS related. I learned a lot about how services are given to children and families with diseases or disorders in Mecklenburg County and a lot about FSN. I think I also learned some about meeting etique and professionalism in terms of how things are done in the public/non-profit sector.
Overall I am looking to going in tomorrow to start my research about open-source ILS systems.
published by Michelle Bridges on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 14:22
Today was my third visit to the Family support Network (FSN). I stayed for about 3 hours or so.
D. When I arrived I showed Kelly and Sandra the goals and timeline that I had originally worked on. They both looked it over and had no additional critiques or comments on it. Then they showed me the two options I had for a place to work. We chose the second option as my workspace. So now I have a cubical with a computer and a phone where I will be working at when I am at FSN. It is a very open cubical and I only plan to be in the building once a week so most of my documents will probably be either on a thumb drive or on Google Docs and I plan to save my important websites via www.delicious.com. After I got settled in, Kelly logged me into the computer and I set to work. Essentially I spent the next few hours investigating a couple of different concepts: how to set up a small library, what is open source software and what are its advantages and disadvantages, and which open source ILS systems would be good for FSN. I started with the ALA fact sheet - How to set up a library and then jumped off on links that originated from there. A couple of different websites that described open source initiatives in libraries kept showing up, including webjunction.org. I thought the "Open Source Application Primer" by Eric lease Morgan from that website was especially useful for backgroun information.
From my research I today I took note about what features an ILS needs to have, how to evaluate an ILS and some top open source ILS systems and their pros, cons, and requirements. At the end of the morning I emailed supervisors to tell them about what I had found and warn them about possible issues with installing open source software on the Mecklenburg County server.
E. (I am still kind of confused about what exactly examine is supposed to mean, but here I go anyway.) To be completely honest I walked into this morning very confident and excited and walked out of this first research experience nervous and apprehensive. My research this morning, was yes somewhat unfocused and haphazard however I still felt what I discovered to be very useful. Since this was my first time really looking into open-source products I now have a much better idea of what is involved and I am nervous about it. I am not sure if I have the technical expertise to be able to set one of these up! I found an article (http://www.pakban.net/koha/tut/newbie.html) and it talked about how to set up KOHA, one of the most popular open source ILS products. Most of it sounds fine I am just really nervous about the initial installation onto the server. The server where we will be installing this is a Mecklenburg County government server, so I guess I am worried about all of the red tape involved. I am personally hoping that Dr. Bird will read this post and tell me that she knows how to do this, or that she can offer some great advise about how to install these types of things. :)
I still feel almost caught between a rock and a hard place, because Kelly and Sandra look to me as if I know exactly what I am doing, but I feel caught because I don't know what I am doing and I am not sure who exactly will be helping me. I feel a little like I am floating on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Perhaps I am overexagerating there, but I guess I feel a little bit alone at the moment. I know when I am done I will be immensly proud of myself though.
AL. Today, simply put, I learned a lot. Especially about open source software and ILS systems. I learned that while open source is free, that price tag comes with other costs, such as learning how to use and set it up. I will be trying to supply all of those things myself without going out and above and trying to find another contractor or consultant. I learned a lot of different open source software applications and programs, and especially learned the names of a good number of open source ILS systems (koha, evergreen, Openbiblio, PhpMyLibrary, Enilda, newGenLib, Learning Access ILS). I learned what modules to look for in an ILS (acquisition, cataloging, circulation, OPAC, serials). Finally the Public Library Association's website had a great article on criteria to evaluate an ILs on, which was another source of useful information that I hope to use to recommend on ILS above the others. (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plapublications/platechnotes/opens...)
So far my research is leading me towards the KOHA ILS software, and that is what Dr. Oguz also suggested, however I am still worried about the technological aspects of installing it. I plan to continue my research at home this week and then next week begin a presentation to present the best option or options to Kelly and Sandra.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Random Musings on a Snow Day
So today is Snow Day #2 here in Charlotte, so I decided that it has been forever since I updated my blog and therefore today would be an excellent day to write something.
I am entering my last and final semester of library school and I am looking forward to being done, although I have strong doubts about being able to find a librarian job in May. Moving is not an option since my husband just found a great job last October therefore limiting my job search to the Charlotte area. We are still feeling the effects of the "Great Recession" and therefore our local public libraries have not hired anyone new in more than a year and are preparing to perhaps lay off more workers in 2011. Basically I have very low expectations for this job search.
Just yesterday my expectations were met with disappointment when the first librarian job I applied for turned me down saying I did not have the required experience because I did not yet have my MLIS degree. I was hoping that since I am only 4+ months away they would at least consider my application. It is very hard to get library experience right now! Especially when I still have to work to keep paying the bills (leaving little time between work and school to volunteer at a library).
So I guess this is just a venting post to explain my dread for the librarian job hunt. Although hopefully there will be brighter days ahead!
I am entering my last and final semester of library school and I am looking forward to being done, although I have strong doubts about being able to find a librarian job in May. Moving is not an option since my husband just found a great job last October therefore limiting my job search to the Charlotte area. We are still feeling the effects of the "Great Recession" and therefore our local public libraries have not hired anyone new in more than a year and are preparing to perhaps lay off more workers in 2011. Basically I have very low expectations for this job search.
Just yesterday my expectations were met with disappointment when the first librarian job I applied for turned me down saying I did not have the required experience because I did not yet have my MLIS degree. I was hoping that since I am only 4+ months away they would at least consider my application. It is very hard to get library experience right now! Especially when I still have to work to keep paying the bills (leaving little time between work and school to volunteer at a library).
So I guess this is just a venting post to explain my dread for the librarian job hunt. Although hopefully there will be brighter days ahead!
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