Re: GEN: attention: new librarians

["Dr. Dana McDougald" <dmcdouga@COE.UGA.EDU>]

But don't all programs require an internship? That's where you learn the
practical.

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Sharon McLarney wrote:

> I understand what Alice was trying to say.  She did not mean to offend.
>
> I think there is a reason why so many new librarians are asking the same
> questions over and over again.  It is because library school is not
> practical.  Despite the fact that I went to an ALA accredited school, in the
> Top 10 of the country, I did not learn how to get books back at the end of
> the year, how to run book fairs, how to run freshmen orientation.  I have an
> excellent theoretical base-- Drexel University did a great job at that.  But,
> it fell short in the area of teaching me what I really needed to know to get
> through my day to day things.  This is why we see the same questions over and
> over again-- because we get out of school with all that education only to
> realize we know so little about what we need to know to do our jobs.
>
>
> ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~   ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~
> Sharon Ann McLarney
> Librarian, Peer Leadership Teacher
> Head Advisor, Class of 2002
> Sayreville War Memorial High School
> Parlin, NJ
> Luv2Read74@aol.com
>
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Dr.Dana McDougald, Librarian
CSHS Library, A National Award-Winnning Library
Cedar Shoals H. S., A National Blue Ribbon School
1300 Cedar Shoals Dr.
Athens, Ga. 30605
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