The Chronicle of Higher Education has posted an interesting article about the nature of academic library job searches.
I don’t know what I find most interesting about the article: the “oh, snap” quality of it or the idea that it’s an applicant’s market in the academic world. That’s not what I’ve heard, although I am, [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2006
Job Searches in Academic Libraries
A Daddy’s Girl Speaks
It has been a scary few weeks. In June, my dad had a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). TIAs can be a precursor to a big honkin’ stroke. When I first heard this, I started doing a little research on TIAs and found that more than a third of people who have a [...]
A Thinly-Veiled Attempt to Legalize Discrimination
Well here’s a terrifying bit of proposed legislation. I wonder why I haven’t seen anything about this on the blogs and news sources I monitor. Thanks to beSpacific for pointing it out. There’s so much about it to dislike, but calling it the We the People Act (HR 5739) turns my stomach.
It’s entirely [...]