What comes after my MLIS?

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  • Опубліковано 26 лис 2018
  • Now that I'm finishing Grad School with my MLIS, what am I going to do with my life? Well, it turns out that it's... complicated. It's been a busy month -- I went to two conferences and also moved house -- and on Friday I'm done with school... FOREVER (probably). I haven't found a job yet, but I've got some ideas... !
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    This video was shot and recorded on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam people.
    Music: "Lola" performed by the United States Marine Band, in the public domain.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 28

  • @bookishsabrina
    @bookishsabrina 5 років тому +10

    I love the sentiment "it's an exciting time to be me." I think that's a thing we should acknowledge more often! Congrats on all the exciting things that happened and are still to come.

  • @AlthenaLuna
    @AlthenaLuna 5 років тому +5

    Being "done" with being a student is SUCH a weird feeling. When there were breaks - actual ones between semesters or the much longer one before I went back to college - there was always that lingering "but wait, there's more!". DONE-done is...different. Sure, more might happen, but it's no longer the plan or internal expectation, and it was an unexpectedly strange transition. Still not sure about me, but I'm sure you'll continue to do cool and helpful things as your non-student self.

  • @whatpageareyouon
    @whatpageareyouon 5 років тому +4

    I just submitted all of my app materials for a MLIS program. I know the feeling of job hunting all too well! I just graduated with my MA in English this Spring. I got lucky with a cozy office job, but looking for something a bit more demonstrative of my skills I've gathered in grad school. Your channel, in part, gave me that push to research and try to see if getting my MLIS is right for me.
    Congratulations and good luck!

  • @danielaosegueda4712
    @danielaosegueda4712 5 років тому

    How exciting that you’re almost DONE! I look forward to seeing where you go from here.

  • @KathyTrithardt
    @KathyTrithardt 5 років тому +1

    You've had a fantastic month and I am so pleased for you 😊

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому +1

      Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and lookit you, coming up on the big 1-0-0!

    • @KathyTrithardt
      @KathyTrithardt 5 років тому

      @@StacksFacts Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. I also forgot to mention that I surpassed 200 books read this year in my last wrap up.

  • @jayshulamith3032
    @jayshulamith3032 5 років тому +1

    Surely it's too early to have a Christmas tree up!
    Oh and good luck with finishing!

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому

      OK but like
      what is Christmas, REALLY

    • @jayshulamith3032
      @jayshulamith3032 5 років тому

      @@StacksFacts in your hemisphere it's a midwinter festival! Is it midwinter yet? :p

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому

      Lol okay but, like, Christmas itself only happens 4 days into the winter.

    • @jayshulamith3032
      @jayshulamith3032 5 років тому +1

      @@StacksFacts true, so that definitely means it's too early right :p

    • @jayshulamith3032
      @jayshulamith3032 5 років тому

      @@StacksFacts but you know, you do you!

  • @eghomwanremonica2588
    @eghomwanremonica2588 4 роки тому +1

    I’m currently studying library and information science in the university

  • @gailandburrows6371
    @gailandburrows6371 5 років тому +1

    Ive been looking at getting into information science and i was wondering where do you work when you graduate?

    • @gailandburrows6371
      @gailandburrows6371 5 років тому

      What jobs do can you do outside of the library?

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому

      It really depends on what you want to do, and what you end up studying during your MLIS. I talk a bit about some of the jobs that MLIS folks can end up doing at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/pfP7AjwIZI8/v-deo.html
      but you might also want to have a quick google search of "MLIS job titles" to find a good post on Syracuse University iSchool's blog for more variety.

    • @anthonyurbina607
      @anthonyurbina607 4 роки тому

      Dont do it its a waste of money if your going to college get a major that makes alot of money

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  4 роки тому +3

      @Anthony Urbina I mean, that's one take but my first job out of grad school paid $44/hour as an entry wage, so like I guess it's a matter of perspective?
      Regardless, you *can* earn a lot of money with this degree if that's what you want to do -- but you have to put some work in at the front end. Look at what industries are experiencing growth or projected to do so, take a business class or two, and seek out work experience opportunities during your masters in industries that pay more. Natural resources, investments, tech, etc...
      The bigger point that I think you're missing is that most folks who go into LIS aren't doing it to make a lot of money. Different strokes for different folks.

  • @CityBeautiful
    @CityBeautiful 5 років тому +3

    Never say never -- you could get a PhD! It happens to the best of us...

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому +1

      Don't you put that curse on me, Davey Dobbie! :P

  • @bigredone1030
    @bigredone1030 4 роки тому +1

    Did you do an online curriculum for your MLIS?

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  4 роки тому

      Not for my MLIS, bit I did a number of courses online for my bachelor's!

  • @greeshmag7689
    @greeshmag7689 2 роки тому

    I am south Indian, currently studying Library and information science

  • @zoilalulu3798
    @zoilalulu3798 5 років тому

    Wow I thought you were already done with your master's and were working as a librarian.

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому +2

      I've been working in a library, and I do some librarian work for an online community I'm in, but not graduated yet! So close!

    • @zoilalulu3798
      @zoilalulu3798 5 років тому

      Stacks & Facts Me too. I’ll be done with my MLS in August and I currently work at a public library...for almost 4 years.

    • @StacksFacts
      @StacksFacts  5 років тому

      Nice! Here's hoping the MLIS gets you what you're hoping it gets you :D Was it career goals that made you decide to go for the MLIS?