This camp really is the most intensive 4 days I have ever had... It was also the most interesting and informative sessions about the kind of work libraries do to keep operating. So here goes for my last report about library camp!
Interviewing & Tenure
Jerry Heverly gave us a quick run down of the job hiring process. It is only slightly more lengthy than a regular job hiring, taking anywhere from 6months to a year or more. It's also more of a group hiring process. One great tip I learned: if you fit 2/3 to 3/4 of the advertised qualifications, you should definitely apply! What they list is for the ideal candidate, who doesn't exist. One thing I'm worried about is the "Job Talk" which seems to be a popular thing now. You have to prepare a 20-30 minute talk on some topic that they'll give you. Sometimes, there's even a required writing sample.
Nadaleen came back for another session and talked about tenure. NYU has two tenure tracks: 6yr and 9yr, and both require that you are active in the community, have 2 master's degrees at least, and publish. One great piece of advice: a portfolio -- keep track of everything you're doing because it's so easy to forget. It seems if you're hired, you need to figure out if it requires tenure or not. If you don't get tenure, they give you a year before you're forced to leave (sounds pretty intense, doesn't it?).
Library Technology
Bill Jones, the Systems Librarian, gave us a rundown of what a systems librarian does. It requires a lot of tech-savy-ness. He described a systems librarianship as "the art and science of combining the principles of library science with the abilities of computing knowledge." I definitely lack the kind of skill needed for this position, but it's not what I'm looking for so that's ok. =)
Digital Projects
David Millman came to talk to us about the digital projects going on. He showed us some websites created to host archive material. The biggest issue is money for such projects. I think it's really cool that they're putting their collections up on the web for the world to see.
Development
Paula Jennings and Sally Cummings did a joint presentation on fundraising and how they work to get donors to contribute their time and/or money to help finance the library's endeavors. They pretty much wine and dine you with the expectation that you'll give something back, which sounds vulturous but they make it clear that they are after something so you can always just say no at the beginning. They said sometimes it takes years to court a donor!
Dual Degree Student Reception
The last event of bootcamp! They really pulled out the works for this one. There were several kinds of wine and fruits, cheese, wraps...
Interviewing & Tenure
Jerry Heverly gave us a quick run down of the job hiring process. It is only slightly more lengthy than a regular job hiring, taking anywhere from 6months to a year or more. It's also more of a group hiring process. One great tip I learned: if you fit 2/3 to 3/4 of the advertised qualifications, you should definitely apply! What they list is for the ideal candidate, who doesn't exist. One thing I'm worried about is the "Job Talk" which seems to be a popular thing now. You have to prepare a 20-30 minute talk on some topic that they'll give you. Sometimes, there's even a required writing sample.
Nadaleen came back for another session and talked about tenure. NYU has two tenure tracks: 6yr and 9yr, and both require that you are active in the community, have 2 master's degrees at least, and publish. One great piece of advice: a portfolio -- keep track of everything you're doing because it's so easy to forget. It seems if you're hired, you need to figure out if it requires tenure or not. If you don't get tenure, they give you a year before you're forced to leave (sounds pretty intense, doesn't it?).
Library Technology
Bill Jones, the Systems Librarian, gave us a rundown of what a systems librarian does. It requires a lot of tech-savy-ness. He described a systems librarianship as "the art and science of combining the principles of library science with the abilities of computing knowledge." I definitely lack the kind of skill needed for this position, but it's not what I'm looking for so that's ok. =)
Digital Projects
David Millman came to talk to us about the digital projects going on. He showed us some websites created to host archive material. The biggest issue is money for such projects. I think it's really cool that they're putting their collections up on the web for the world to see.
Development
Paula Jennings and Sally Cummings did a joint presentation on fundraising and how they work to get donors to contribute their time and/or money to help finance the library's endeavors. They pretty much wine and dine you with the expectation that you'll give something back, which sounds vulturous but they make it clear that they are after something so you can always just say no at the beginning. They said sometimes it takes years to court a donor!
Dual Degree Student Reception
The last event of bootcamp! They really pulled out the works for this one. There were several kinds of wine and fruits, cheese, wraps...
I asked if we could take a group photo. The quality of this picture isnt that great because I did some cropping in paint and it saved it funny... In any event, the Dean of Libraries Carol Mandel came to talk to us. She was so happy to see us and realize that this program is so wonderful that she was tearing by the time we finished our individual introductions. The Dual Degree program would not be possible if it was not for her innovation and push to develop it.
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