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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BA, English
MFA, Creative Writing
MLIS, Library Science[/quote]

I’d love to do this. I did BA and MA in English Lit. What do you do for work?[/quote]
I was a librarian, branch manager and then administrator for a large public system, 30+ year career. It was always interesting. During the first 2/3 of my career I was able to write and pursue that world too. Administration was a lot more work but I really enjoyed managing people and the buildings, as in, remodeling them, etc. I worked with interesting people. I learned a lot about government and I think an MPA and some management jobs in other parts of government would have been interesting career paths too.

You will never make big bucks, but I never got sick of it and always felt I was making a good contribution to the community. However, a lot depends on where you work, the clientele you serve and how the economy is going. It was bad after 2008, but the last ten years were great. It's actually an ever-changing field that adapts constantly to new technology, social trends, etc. and I definitely used my writing skills every day in large and small ways in administration. Many people enter the career as a second career.

There is a concerted effort against public libraries going on right now by some activists and that's depressing. It may die out or public libraries may be de-funded. It's sad, but as I said, libraries adapt and change. There may just be fewer of them. We'll see.[/quote]

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