Emily's comments (member since Dec 06, 2008)

Emily's comments from the Public Librarians group.

Thank you for all the responses!!

That's interesting that public libraries pay less than schools, i would have assumed it was the other way around. I have already come to terms with the fact that no matter what I do I'm not going to have a high paying job (child development is the lowest paying undergrad degree at my school...haha)

I would love to know where everyone went to school! I keep hearing that you need to get an MLS from an ALA accredited school. Is that true?? unfortunately there are only two in CA!

Hi!

I already posted this on other group discussion boards, but I thought perhaps I would get some good insight here!

I'm not actually i librarian, i just joined this group in the hope of talking to some librarians about their experiences with their career and getting to where they are.

I'm an undergrad getting a degree in child development and thinking about becoming either a childrens librarian at a public library or a school librarian.

I'd love to hear any stories or advice!

As a young teen i really enjoyed books by Avi (esp. Beyond the Western Sea) He wrote a lot of historical fiction/mystery

I really enjoyed "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Its about a girl who gets raped and how she deals with is.

other "tough issue" books that i found inspiring are:

"Smashed: story of a drunken girlhood" by Koren Zailckas, although I wouldn't recommend that to young teens!

and "Girl, Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen