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Library School
Oct. 25th, 2002 07:52 pmI have just discovered that the University of Bristol offers an M.Sc. programme in Library and Information Science, and that there is a part time option.
The bad news is, they expect you to already be working in a library. There is no way I can afford to take the pay cut that doing a non-qualified job in a library would entail, even if I could find one that would take me.
Manchester Metropolitan University run a course that's *very* similar (except it has more emphasis on electronic stuff) which requires a good first degree but no library experience. I hate these Catch-22 type courses. (Many Museum Studies courses are the same).
It'll be a few years before I'll be in a position to even think about doing it - I need to be out of debt and much healthier, but it's really frustrating to know that I can't get onto the course to do the one thing I really want to do. If I ever get around to it, I'll apply anyway, as I can probably make a case for having relevant experience, especially if I start doing medical journal searches and stuff in my current job.
But chances are if I'm ever healthy enough to be studying again, I'll be in Toronto, and their library science/archiving course doesn't require that you are already employed in a library.
The bad news is, they expect you to already be working in a library. There is no way I can afford to take the pay cut that doing a non-qualified job in a library would entail, even if I could find one that would take me.
Manchester Metropolitan University run a course that's *very* similar (except it has more emphasis on electronic stuff) which requires a good first degree but no library experience. I hate these Catch-22 type courses. (Many Museum Studies courses are the same).
It'll be a few years before I'll be in a position to even think about doing it - I need to be out of debt and much healthier, but it's really frustrating to know that I can't get onto the course to do the one thing I really want to do. If I ever get around to it, I'll apply anyway, as I can probably make a case for having relevant experience, especially if I start doing medical journal searches and stuff in my current job.
But chances are if I'm ever healthy enough to be studying again, I'll be in Toronto, and their library science/archiving course doesn't require that you are already employed in a library.
