Re: Job Training / Your Horror Stories

[Alice Yucht <AliceInfo@AOL.COM>]

Gail -- and all the others who have sent me comments on this topic,
and horror stories about how the glaring gaps in their own Library Education:

I agree that we "oldies" need to give the "newbies" a clearer sense of the
realities.
What worries me is that, as a workshop presenter and compiler of the
*Elementary School Librarian's Desk Reference* "Survival Guide",
I hear from/about too many new librarians scrambling to survive in
job situations they were not prepared to cope with, because their
coursework in library school implied that all school libraries are
fully automated, fully staffed, and fully funded.
We in the trenches know that's not true;
so why aren't these students being taught about the realities,
AND HOW TO COPE WITH THEM,
instead of being shown just the ideal conditions?

I *KNOW* that my viewpoint will not be popular with many Library School
Professors, but that's tough -- they are being paid to prepare professionals
who can handle any job situation, not more theorists.

Alice H. Yucht