You want to be a what...?

Yes. I want to be a Librarian. Sure, it's not like being a rocket scientist, or a doctor...it's better than that, and doesn't include as much maths (always a plus for me). I don't plan on spending my life 'shushing' people and glaring angrily over spectacles that hang off the edge of my nose. If you want to make it sound more fancy, 'Information Specialist' is another word for it...but I kind of like the old-fashioned 'Librarian' title.

For those that don't know, seemingly lots of people (myself included until a couple of years ago), you need both a degree, and a postgraduate degree to be a qualified Librarian. I've got the former - I graduated with a BA(hons) Creative and Professional Writing degree this summer. So, one down, one to go. However, many places will not consider you for the postgraduate degree in Information Management and Librarianship, until you have a bit of experience (fair enough). So unless you happened to have worked in libraries before, getting said experience is the next logical step and the step I myself am currently sat on.

I'm working in the South of England, as the Resident Librarian's Assistant at a boarding school. Everything about this is new to me. 'The South' is new. The 'boarding school' environment is new. And a lot of the job is new too. I had a small amount of voluntary experience in a library environment, but had never been employed in one. Until now.

The posts on this blog will vary. I'll include what sort of work I'm doing in my assistant position. They'll probably be posts about books I'm reading. Posts about libraries and relevant news in general. And, (if I ever get there), eventually, posts to do with postgraduate courses and how I'm getting on with it all. There may even be pictures, you never know.

For now, Over and Out.