Midlife change??

[malkin]

I'm no expert, but since Library Sceince became Library and Information Science, I think the field has been growing and there is quite a demand.

[Red Rock]

After I posted my question, I did some searches on the net and was able to get some information. At least enough to satisfy my ponderings for now. I do not how excited I am to go back to school for a masters. uugh!

I think I will let life happen for a while and then perhaps come back and check this out again.

Thankyou for all your help.

Red Rock

[Tuckervill]

Well, I keep thinking this thread is about menopause!

I don't know anything about library science, though.

Karen

[vinbek]

You can get a degree in Library and Information Technology. Big law firms, large companies and dot coms all need help with file retention and storage.

[malkin]

I'd go back to graduate school in a minute!
Trouble is, I'd have to get a Ph.D, because another masters degree would make three, and that would just be too silly!

[Red Rock]

Malkin-I have been one of those perpetual students. After I got my first degree, I went back to certify to teach. Then a few other courses here and there. Just recently, I went back to do the Medical Technology stuff until everything came to head and I figured the "job" was not right for me so now I have stopped that. I am looking for something else that meets my life/living requirments and is not as stressful.

I have always had fears of getting into grad school. Studing for the GRE looks like a bear. Then you throw in my GPA from college and I was not super smart there. I passed but was not an A plus student to say the least. Would they even let me into a program???

Are these "normal" fears of people or am I just not thinking straight?

Thankyou,

Red Rock

[michelem]

Red Rock,

My hubby did not do well as an undergrad. Years later when he decided to pursue a Master's, he was accepted as "probationary" student. Well, he ended up graduating with all A's and one B.

Something you might want to think about doing is interviewing people in the career in order to get a feel for whether this is something you really want to do. Public library jobs are being cut left and right in our neck of the woods (can you believe that all of the librarian positions in our school district have been cut??? CRAZY). No sure how the job market is for librarians who work for private companies though . . .

Good luck to you!