{"id":217,"date":"2005-05-05T07:36:47","date_gmt":"2005-05-05T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=217"},"modified":"2005-05-05T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2005-05-05T12:36:47","slug":"for-those-who-think-there-is-a-librarian-shortage-and-those-who-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/05\/for-those-who-think-there-is-a-librarian-shortage-and-those-who-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"For those who think there is a librarian shortage (and those who don&#8217;t)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>FINALLY<\/em> there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/article\/CA527965\">thoughtful article<\/a> on the entry-level library job shortage!  Finally, there is an article that actually uses current <em>research<\/em> to describe the job market rather than statistics that are based on projections that are based on fallacies.  I urge everyone to read this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/article\/CA527965\">Library Journal article<\/a> by Rachel Holt and Adrienne Strock, which paints a realistic picture of the job market for new librarians.  This more closely resembles the reality I&#8217;m living in than anything else I&#8217;ve read.  <\/p>\n<p>One thing Holt and Strock mention is the lack of mentors for new graduates.  I completely agree that this is a problem.  I went to a recruitment conference a few months ago where one speaker said &#8220;the reason most experienced librarians don&#8217;t become mentors is because they don&#8217;t think they have anything to offer.&#8221;  Trust me, you do.  What I wouldn&#8217;t give to have a mentor myself, an experienced librarian who could offer advice, encouragement, critique my cover letters, give me the dirt on places I&#8217;m applying, etc.  And that is stuff that any experienced librarian could offer.  I, and other new graduates, are basically going into this job hunt blind, and at least having a mentor would make us feel more a part of the profession and would give us some direction in becomming professionally involved.<\/p>\n<p>I urge all experienced librarians to become mentors.  Whether it&#8217;s through a formal program or just informally mentoring a new librarian you know, you have the ability to do someone a tremendous amount of good.  You <em>do<\/em> have something to offer!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINALLY there is a thoughtful article on the entry-level library job shortage! Finally, there is an article that actually uses current research to describe the job market rather than statistics&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}