[78-L] Beardsley's work and the associated site and other assorted musings

[Michael Biel]

On 4/21/2011 1:38 PM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:

 > how does one get gainful employment as an archivist/transferer of 
material, etc?
 > Libraries around here demand 'academic library experience' (I had an 
application
 > for Digital Project Facilitator at Denver University shot down 
because of that, not
 > to mention it was dealing with printed-material archiving using 
Fedora and Fez...)...
 > howabout an archive that could use someone with a good ear, knowledge 
of the music,
 > and how to meld analog source material into the digital age? Dream 
job, or just a dream...
 > I'm available (and it beats working 3 night a week at the stop-n-rob)!

This has come up a number of times on the ARSCLiat where occasionally 
there are job listing posted.  Our own Steve Barr has been the most 
vocal complaining about the Library Science Degree requirements and 
other similar nonsense.  Following that there have been a few postings 
where there are notices that the requirements are flexible, but I bet 
when it would get to a committee with all the print oriented library and 
archive bosses, these applications would get rejected.  They tend to 
want to hire only their own kind.  In other words, BIGOTS.

On the other hand, George Blood HAS been good about wanting "our kind" 
in his employ, and a great job offering last year was just up my 
daughter's alley, but I couldn't get her to apply because she does not 
want to leave New York City -- even for Philadelphia!

Mike (retired and not looking for work!) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com