2004-03-05 - 1:56 p.m.
some job ads are very vague and/or minimal.
title: librarian
duties: develop and implement programming and services related to the mission of the library. answer questions and buy books.
requirements: MLS from ALA accredited school, additional master's degree, and valid state driver's license.
salary: commensurate with experience but not enought pay back the loans for all those degrees you're sort of using.
then there's the king county library system. brief excerpt from one of their part-time job descriptions:
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear, and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and push/pull carts up to 150 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Job is performed indoors in a library setting, and includes extensive work at a PC monitor and extensive close work. Extended periods of standing are required in some instances. There may be some exposure to angry or hostile individuals.
