The latest verse
New Librarian has not one, but two interviews scheduled. I’m guessing the cover-letter makeover did its job. She has also applied for a conference scholarship and is working on an online portfolio, sprucing up her web skills in so doing.
I confess to a sneaking desire to slap her father silly, however. One of her interviews is with a community college, the other a regional four-year school with a decent research program. “Why would you ever take a job at a community college as opposed to a research institution?” he is reported to have asked.
Well, gosh. Because the working conditions are better? Because the job is more varied and interesting? Because the people are nicer? Because the area is nicer? Because the area is cheaper? I can think of dozens of reasons.
Prestige of institution? Is honestly pretty darn low on my list of job-appeal factors, and to do New Librarian credit, it doesn’t seem to be high on hers either.
So that’s the latest verse in the saga.