Is it pretty much necessary to have a masters in a subject area before being hired as a librarian at a college?

ETA: Ignore what I say here--I missed your reference to "a subject area." Sorry!

If you want to be paid anywhere above minimum wage, yes. Back in 1992, I was working full-time at the local (very small) branch library, and I was doing just about everything there short of branch director-level duties, and I was getting minimum wage, which at the time was $6.50/hr, but I did have benefits as well, so that was a big plus. Thank God I was living at Mom's then, because I would not have been able to live off of what I made between that job and my part-time gig at Michael's.

I was talking with one of my classmates in my reference class last night, and she told me that she's making less than $18K/year as a part-timer at one of the smaller libraries at Loyola University here in Chicago. I asked her if they would give her a full-time job that would let her continue to attend classes in her off hours, and she said that full-time gigs were non-existent without the MLS.

Or, what flea said.

despite some trend stories, there is actually an overpopulation of librarians right now

I know! I'm not looking forward to job-hunting in three years.

Yeah, um, thanks a lot, you guys. I think I might do a little shampoo and some baking soda. Can't hurt!

Thanks for the wishes.

Swam 2 miles without stopping. Yay!

The odds are against a full time job without a masters, but you are still more likely to end up with part time work at this point in time. If you are interested in back room stuff 9 cataloging or other parts of tech services) I would look at an AA in library tech.

while a masters might be useful someday - i don't want an administrative title, and I have very sweet gig right now. No weekends, no boss on site, lots of freedom to try different programs and the ablity to pick up extra hours if I want

Flea- I actually know that person who is the boss for that job. I could probably do it, although I am missing the Masters in IT, the SQL, and all but the most basic of HTML. Interesting.

And, to add, most of the paraprofessionals are hourly, and a pay grade below me, so I don't know if I would be hired. Weirdly, that is the first one I have seen that is the same grade as I am.

Leaving the office. Oy.

When I said I was making a break for it before, I forgot the meeting I had scheduled for right then. So no break for another hour. But I did get my protein smoothie, and I've even drunk some of it.

At least I'll have a break until the 8:30 con-call.

Poor developers. One's been here 12 hours already, and the other one will be working from home when he gets there.

I feel like a heel for leaving, but I've done all I can do for the next few hours.

you're REQUIRED to keep a log of job-searching activities while on unemployment, and these days they're reviewing those a lot more carefully

In NYC you have to show up at "career counseling" every couple of months, but other than that you just tick a box online that says "Yes I looked for work this week."

For laundry, I'd go with the baking soda and a TINY bit of dish soap, especially if you have a front-loader. Dish soap suds much more than laundry soap and will overload your machine if you use as much of it as you normally would laundry detergent.

(Is this where I plug soap nuts again? Because they're really quite awesome little things.)

It's a top-loader, and I used the baking soda plus a little shampoo. Hoping for the best! The clothes weren't really that dirty, I figure, so even just the water+agitation would probably have been OK.