Comments on: Membership: what’s in it for me? http://aaron.thelibrarian.org/blog/2008/10/19/membership-whats-in-it-for-me/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: AaronTheLibrarian http://aaron.thelibrarian.org/blog/2008/10/19/membership-whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-9891 AaronTheLibrarian Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:21:42 +0000 http://aaron.thelibrarian.org/blog/?p=157#comment-9891 Ouch; I'm hearing that in my social feeds, too. What needs changed? The answer to that may hint at the future. Ouch; I’m hearing that in my social feeds, too. What needs changed? The answer to that may hint at the future.

]]> By: Emily Ford http://aaron.thelibrarian.org/blog/2008/10/19/membership-whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-9858 Emily Ford Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:11:50 +0000 http://aaron.thelibrarian.org/blog/?p=157#comment-9858 Thanks for the shout outs, Aaron! What I get out of ALA-- CV padding. My job is a grant-funded limited duration position. My second Master's degree I got out of intellectual curiosity, but I'm convinced this and my extracurriculars are the only reasons I currently have a job. (Yes, living in Portland has something to do with this--there are several distance programs with cohorts in this town and people somehow see this town as a haven, despite the fact that library jobs here are ultra competitive.) I am involved on an ALAWO subcommittee. This is fulfilling and I learn a lot. Aside from that I don't think I've gotten much at all... Thanks for the shout outs, Aaron!

What I get out of ALA– CV padding. My job is a grant-funded limited duration position. My second Master’s degree I got out of intellectual curiosity, but I’m convinced this and my extracurriculars are the only reasons I currently have a job. (Yes, living in Portland has something to do with this–there are several distance programs with cohorts in this town and people somehow see this town as a haven, despite the fact that library jobs here are ultra competitive.)

I am involved on an ALAWO subcommittee. This is fulfilling and I learn a lot.

Aside from that I don’t think I’ve gotten much at all…

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