Hi to the List, I just joined. I want to introduce myself. My name is Amy
Kravitz and I live in New Jersey. I am a graduate of the Rutgers University library
school(1996). I have media specialist certification through the state. Approx. a
decade ago I was offered a position in a high school library in the area. I liked
the people, but I didn't like the job itself. One of my main responsibilities was
to be the audiovisual technician for the school. Whenever there was an
event/assembly/afterschool program, my staff and I had to test the equipment, set
it up and break it down. I eventually left because it wasn't what I wanted to do.
Originally when I went through the school media track I thought that basically the
media specialist teaches classes/orders library books, etc. I remember hearing from
other librarians on the list back ten years ago that they had extra duties such as
audiovisual work, running computer labs, wiring the school's computers, working in
a TV lab, etc. in addition to the original library work. Even though I have the
media specialist certification, I wasn't all that interested or comfortable doing
these extra tasks. Therefore I served for a number of years as a youth services
librarian in the public library before becoming a stay at home mom. I am now
looking to reenter the job market, but without much luck. Due to the economic
recession there is very little hiring of professional librarians in the public
library in my state currently. I am thinking about returning to a school but I am
exploring other options as well. It has been almost a decade since I worked in the
school environment, and I'm not sure it's what I exactly want. I was wondering if
I returned to a school environment, would I possibly be expected to do all of the
extra things that I listed above, such as running a TV studio, wiring the schools
computers, running a computer lab, filming school events, etc. etc.? Is it more
likely that one would have these responsibilities at the middle/senior high school
level or is this also possible at the elementary school also? Im just trying to
get an idea of what is out there. As the public library field is dismal I may
consider returning to school for something else non-library related altogether if I
find that the school positions aren't to my liking. Thanks in advance for any
help/insight of this group, Sincerely, Amy Kravitz Morganville, N.J.
amykravitz@optonline.net
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