So, You Want to be a Librarian: The Modern Librarian
Recently, I have been getting more questions about becoming a librarian- either from those interested in joining the field or who thought the field was dying...or dead. To celebrate the start of the academic year, I decided to type up my answers and expand them into a blog series: So, You Want to Become a Librarian . This series aims to help those who are interested in pursuing a career in Library and Information Science (LIS) or who want to find out what us modern librarians really do. In this post, I will be debunking some of the concepts of what libraries used to be like and revealing critical aspects of what makes up the modern librarian. Libraries are traditionally depicted as old buildings with just as old librarians. And those librarians are typically women shushing loud patrons from behind the desk where they protect and circulate their precious books. While those elements can still exist in libraries today, they have become so much more. Most likely, your local public libr...
