Dear Hive Mind, I just got an interesting question which I was unable to answer, and wondered if any of you had any suggestions. The paraphrased question is,
"I have an MLIS, but reside several hours away from the closest university. I remember hearing about these remote librarian employment opportunities while in Library School. I first went to the ALA website, but no luck. Do you have any suggestions on entering this field and identifying the colleges, universities and possibly corporations who employ our services?"
I know some big DE schools have librarians in specific off-site locations, but is anyone aware of anyone who hires librarians regardless of their physical location?
Thanks!
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I have never seen something like that, and I did a bit of looking when I first graduated. All the distance librarian jobs I’ve ever seen have required you to be at one of their school locations, even though all the work you did was online. I had in the past seen a small handful of positions that were like part time online tutoring-type jobs, but they paid poorly and were not entirely library specific. I also haven’t seen anything like that in years (then again I’ve not been seriously looking!).
Maybe someone else will have some ideas!