{"id":5534,"date":"2014-09-25T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/literature-new\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2014-09-25T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:06:40","slug":"library-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/convening-group-webs\/english-literary-studies-major\/career-opportunities\/library-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers in Library Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past decade, more than a few Ramapo Literature Graduates have gone on to careers as Librarians. The English & Literary Studies Major is a great first step towards this rewarding career. To prepare for a career in Library sciences, students should talk to working librarians and consider what aspects of the field that are most interests them. Ramapo College Librarian\/Dean Liz Siecke and Ramapo\u2019s Instructional\/Emerging Technology Librarian Christina Connor offer some advice.
\nStudents should consider the variety of positions available. Archivists need a knowledge of older materials, though there are many different types of archived collections. Academic librarians need a knowledge of technology and should be comfortable teaching. Public librarians need ability to plan events, manage people, and be able to run an office. School librarians who work in K-12 environments may be called on to teach and should be familiar with children\u2019s literature. (Taking the literature course LITR 308 \u2013 Children\u2019s And Young Adult Literature is not a bad idea if you are thinking of working in a children\u2019s library).
\nIt\u2019s smart think broadly about the field. One must feel comfortable with technology and teaching in almost every context and understand the basic differences between public and private organizations. One of the librarians we spoke to was asked to chair the genealogy club and manage the local history room, something one might not think of as part of a librarian\u2019s job. Librarians need to be creative, flexible, and open to working with various personalities. Dean Siecke also mentioned having worked at the National Center for Children in Poverty. Here the library and publications\/marketing departments were closely linked. She did some field research, wrote entries for annotated bibliographies, proofread research papers, and traveled for the marketing department.
\n\"AnnaAnna Coats<\/a><\/strong> (class of 2005), adds some advice about the education necessary for librarians: To be a librarian one needs a Masters in Library Science from an ALA-accredited school. More and more librarians are required to have a 2nd masters \u2013 especially if they want to be academic librarians \u2013 but it\u2019s still possible to get jobs with only one Masters.
\nFor more information about Anna coats, read about her new position<\/a> as East Rutherford Memorial Library\u2019s first children\u2019s librarian.<\/p>\n

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\"GretchenBelow, Gretchen Kaser<\/a><\/strong>, Class of 2010 lists the opportunities in Library Science as well as the benefits of receiving a master\u2019s degree in library science.<\/p>\n