The hunt for library employment continues. I really didn’t think it would be so difficult to find work doing something I love. Who knew? I have to believe that something will turn up. I think I will be added to a relatively close library’s substitute roster sometime this fall. And perhaps I should pursue that type of employment as a way to get inside and known. There is also a Michigan Oral History seminar coming up that I will attend, both because I’m interested in oral history work and because there will be librarians to talk to there who might have ideas about how to find work.
Meanwhile as I watch the crisis on Wall Street brought on by the mortgage debacle I am grateful to be out of that business. Yet I find myself wondering what my future will hold and if I will have to go back to that world someday. I truly hope I can make a go of library work. I just need to stay focused.
Change Is Hard 
September 16, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I hope you do get on that substitute roster! A library director recently told me that’s a good way to get into a public library system.
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September 17, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Yes – good luck with being a substitute. Have you thought about volunteering in a library to keep your skills up – and remind yourself that you like libraries more than banks?
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September 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm
When you least expect it wonderful things happen – that is what my mom says and that is how she got me!!!!!! We know the right thing will come along……and knowing the way things work….you will probably get a couple of offers at once and have a hard time choosing which one you want!!!!
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September 17, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Thanks everyone. I will try to stay positive!
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