{"id":37023,"date":"2013-08-26T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=37023"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T17:24:39","slug":"about-that-dream-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=37023","title":{"rendered":"About That Dream Job\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

About That Dream Job\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"NenaS\"<\/a>I know people say to follow your dreams, and that will make you happy. I went to library school with a dream job and a plan. I would work as a teen librarian in a busy public library.<\/p>\n

Two and a half years out of graduate school, I work with mostly graduate students in a small academic library.<\/p>\n

The crazy part is that I enjoy it more than I had hoped.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I talk to people, sometimes I like to ask them what their dream job would be, because that says a lot about someone. Interestingly, I don\u2019t know the answer to my own question anymore. I know where I am now and what the next step would be, but I don\u2019t have a ten or twenty year plan. There are institutions I admire and parts of librarianship that thrill me, but I am not tied to a dream job title anymore.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been kind of freeing. After all, spending time dreaming about a place is a great way to make it seem much better than it ever could be, and romanticizing job duties detracts from the gritty reality of some duties. Reference may be a ton of fun, but being on the front lines all the time is not without its share of challenges.<\/p>\n

It was odd and kind of felt like cheating to move away from my dreams, but after a long time with no interviews from public libraries, I slowly had to change my mind. And the further I get, the less I\u2019m looking back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I get more and more experience on the academic side of things, I\u2019ve had to ask myself which is scarier: going for tenure or summer reading? My answer is changing. It\u2019s to the point where if I could go back and advise my former self what to do in library school, I\u2019d probably just say, \u201cYou\u2019ll never guess where you end up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah About That Dream Job\u2026 I know people say to follow your dreams, and that will make you happy. I went to library school with a dream job and a plan. I would work as a teen librarian in a busy public library. Two and a half years out…<\/p>\n

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