David, Take a look a few weeks back at posts to this list. Meghan (from University of Delaware) sent out links to summaries of surveys we did a few years ago about the educational and experiential backgrounds of media librarians. I don't believe we asked what was required for their job, just what educational and experiential backgrounds they had, but it should be informative all the same.
mb Michael Brewer Team Leader for Instructional Services University of Arizona Libraries [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Folmar Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] Wondering about qualifications So I see most of the people on this list are in academic positions, As a student who wants very badly to work with media as a librarian, do most of you have and need a second master in film or media studies or if not do you have masters at all or and what exactly is the qualifications people look for in a media librarian , thank you for considering this question -David Folmar MLS student Clarion University
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