Being A Librarian 101: Getting A MLIS

Hey everybody! I'm starting a new series where I focus what it's like to be a librarian. This first video will discuss what I've done to obtain my MLIS and what the process is like. If there are any videos that you would like to specifically see let me know in the comments below.
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[@ThePbazile1]

I’m glad to see another black person getting their MLIS. I live in Miami and I complete my MLIS on December 14 this year from USF 😄. Keep uploading videos about this.

[@BookishRealm]

Paul Bazile awww yay! Congratulations!

[@10t3n]

How would you describe your journey earning your MLIS? I'm in undergraduate right now, but I want to become a librarian.

[@LoveOnTop17]

Did you like the USF program? I’m applying there soon!

[@ThePbazile1]

@@10t3n I’m sorry. I’m just seeing this. And the journey was a good journey. What i say is that based on where you live makes a big difference

[@ThePbazile1]

@@LoveOnTop17 yes it was a good program. It’s only two schools in Florida you can go to

[@cassaundrapattersonday5378]

I just left a public library where I worked in Circulation and Children's Services for 17 years. My primary responsibilities were customer service and programming. I'm glad you pointed out that we do so much more than read all day.

[@thomaswhite3059]

I'm a research library assistant as my second job (best six hours of the work week I tell you that) and my full time boss asks me sometimes if I'm reading at work there and I just (bluntly) say "no it's a real job, I do have to do work."

[@Sol-Amar]

​@@thomaswhite3059What does the research part of your job entail? Also do you do programming and IT? That part seems a tad daunting.

[@BluesMoon1.]

How many hours did you work?

[@jordanellico36]

ITS DONKEY FROM SHREK!!! Lol. Thank you for making this video. I’m going into the library next school year and am looking to get my MLIS

[@sweekley92]

If you haven’t already could you do a video on what you feel is the best undergrad/bachelors program to go into before your masters. Thanks in advance if you choose to donso!

[@puertoricanprincess5815]

Donkey in Shrek 2 found a way to entertain himself LOL also so excited for this series i've been interested in library sciences thank you!!!

[@samantharose1001]

This is an amazing video! Thank you for breaking this topic down and sharing your experience!!

[@molliesreading6629]

I'm considering an MLIS myself so thank you so much for this video/series 💙 I love your channel so looking up "library science masters" and finding you was such a welcome gift

[@KrystleVisions]

Thank you so much for this! I am starting my journey towards my MLIS and this helped so much. 💜

[@victoriasteinhart8630]

This is such a helpful video about MLS studies. I'm currently enrolled in an MLS program and can say this is a very accurate depiction of what it's like. Thanks for putting this out Bookish Realm~ Your channel is wonderful!

[@RedCupBookClub]

I am not on twitter, but I would have voted for this topic... FOR SURE. Informative and interesting. LOVE IT!

[@rjsorrento8298]

This is so helpful. I’m considering an MLIS for a second career and I really appreciate all of your advice.

[@mandymessina4053]

Thank you for this video - even more curious about this now!! So useful!

[@bodyandmask]

I just found your channel and am also in the first semester of my library degree! Thanks for making this series. I'd love to hear more about how you managed your coursework while working full-time.

[@wendyfairfull8967]

I'm so glad KZbin recommended this video to me. My daughter is about to graduate with a bachelors degree to teach middle school LA and social studies. She wants to get a MLIS after she's worked a few years as a teacher. She worked as a page throughout high school, and had a summer job at the library. I will definitely share this video series with her. I would like to add that librarians are my superheroes.

[@Collegeboundgirl]

I am currently in a online MLIS program. Thank you for sharing all your insights about being a Librarian. 😄

[@myopinion5182]

This was very very informative. Thank you. As someone who is looking to get an MLIS I needed a video like this. Thank you

[@lmarshall7000]

Thank you for this video! I have a Bachelor's in Management and have been toying with the idea of going to get my MLIS for a while. I would love to be a elementary school librarian, but in my state you need 2 years teaching experience, which I really don't want to do. Thank for the insight! This is really encouraging!

[@shaunamckelly6236]

I really like this video. I would love to see videos about what the various genres have taught you. I am so glad to have found your channel.

[@Feeble_cursed_one]

Wow, this is very eye opening! Thanks for sharing

[@BookedWithJameelah]

I’ve always been interested in this. Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s so insightful tbh. And can I just say, wow, you’re hella inspirational. Two masters degrees 💕 I’m a hot mess when it comes to college/university but I need to just pick something and go for it. And this is honestly so helpful. Thank you!

[@BookishRealm]

Thank you love! And thank you for watching! :)

[@StephsRomanceBookTalk]

See I knew there was a reason why I LOVE your point of views & thoughts!! Thank you for answering my question. By the way you are the reason I was able to get my son on grade level reading, thanks to your graphic novel & comic book recs. I wish you so many good vibes on this new chapter of your life.

[@BookishRealm]

Awww I'm so happy that I was able to help out!! And thank you! : )

[@kathyastrom1315]

Great channel-love your vids! I’ve been working as a legal researcher at my company since 2000 and went back to school in 2010 to get my MLIS in the evenings and weekends. Took me five years, but I can now insist on that librarian title at work, even though they want me to use Senior Information Acquisition Specialist instead. (Ugh!j Biggest surprise for me as a new grad student in my mid-40s was how much college had changed since the ‘80s, as well as the shock of my first day of class and realizing I was closer in age to my prof than any of my fellow students. But I really loved that program and learned so much! I might not be using the degree in a standard way, but it is great having it as a backup in case I ever get laid off from my corporate job. I would love to go back to a public library, but I haven’t worked at one since 1992. I did tailor my degree in the public library track, so maybe if nothing else, I can use it to volunteer after retirement if I last that long in my current job.

[@ariannea3]

Thank you for doing this video. I worked in a public library while I was in College and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a librarian. I worked with some amazing library technicians that I learned so much from. I am now doing a MLIS and I really enjoy the program. I still don't know if I prefer working with archives or in a library.

[@booksabound]

I found your channel last week through this video. I am currently writing a personal statement to get onto a similar masters in the UK. I have been volunteering for my local library for the last year whilst working full time in a completely different job. I've now decided to change my career to become a librarian. Thanks for sharing!

[@BookishRealm]

Ahhh yay! I’m so glad!

[@koalasbooks2496]

Awesome video!! I just finished my MLIS last year so this is my first year as a librarian but I've been working in libraries for about 7 years altogether. At the job I'm at now, I've been there for 5 years and for the last two when I was working on my degree I was able to work as a Library Associate but I still did everything the Librarians did and it was such a huge help in school especially having that practical knowledge. Maybe you can do a video on what to expect from a librarian. What we do and what we cannot do (such as give legal advice) etc. Protecting patron privacy is also a big topic too. Can't wait to see more of your videos on being a Librarian!

[@BookishRealm]

Those are some really good video ideas!

[@priscillareads]

Thank you for this!! You should do a video about all the books you read for your Master’s.

[@bstitcher7]

This was very interesting. I’d love to see your videos on what you learned in your children’s and YA classes. Plus more in this series. I think it’s great and would add significantly to the “booktube” community!

[@BookishRealm]

Thank you love and will do !

[@cdngirlntx]

This was so informative! Thank you. I'm signed up to a Library and Information Technology diploma program at my local community college in Canada and it'll be all online. Sounds like many of my classes will be like what you took (e.g. databases, cataloguing etc.) and happy to hear that it is a science. I hadn't really thought of it like that but I have a BSc to the scientific side of my brain will be happy indeed. :-)

[@kammypost730]

This was extremely helpful!

[@TheCydneykaye]

Thank you so much for this information. I have been looking to get a job as an assistant at a library in the Houston area and it is a little challenging. I'm currently working on my bachelor's degree in business management, and I plan on getting my Masters next. You have given me further encouragement to follow my dreams.

[@BookishRealm]

I'm glad that I could help! : )

[@sweekley92]

I just want to take the time to thank you for making this video. I’m considering going to school to get a bachelors then get my MLS. Watching this video, among others, has helped me make the decision. It’s very informative, you speak very well and I love your voice! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You have found a new subscriber. Also as a black woman I love seeing a black librarian. Good job!

[@BookishRealm]

sweekley92 I’m so happy that I was able to help you make that decision! Please let me know if you have any questions and I’m going to work on filming that other video you asked for.

[@sweekley92]

I’m so geeked out that you replied. So thank you for that. I’ll be on the look out for that next video.

[@cassie8894]

thank you so much for this resource! i'm currently applying to MLIS programs with a concentration in youth services. this was so so helpful!! lots of information i didn't even know i was looking for.

[@BookishRealm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alkebuluanmerriweather3123]

Thank you for creating this video. I'm currently obtaining my first Master's degree within Museum and Exhibition Studies. In the future, I hope to obtain an MLIS degree.

[@leabhairagustae7279]

This was such an interesting video!

[@amosmoonga5475]

This idea of make videos its important, because it develop some people in different countries, who are passionate about getting information from books, like l personally lam a librarian and l want to go to school for library with information management so please may you continue doing that you are so great in that.

[@loralee4779]

I never realized how much the young adult section has grown, since the 80s and 90s. You're right. I think I remember, when I was younger, the books were either in the children's section, or they were in the adult section. When I volunteered recently in a public library, there was a YA room, for that category, as well as a separate section for children. I don't recall seeing Librarians on the floor, though. There were more library assistants around. I'm thinking of applying to an MLIS program, but I'm just worried if I don't find a job, when I'm done. I will be 40 this year, so time is ticking. Gotta find a career!

[@hippomatrix]

This video is very helpful and informative. Thank you.

[@mymessynotebook2207]

I would love to hear about what you learned from your YA and children’s literature classes! I’m not quite sure if I myself will become a librarian yet but This information would be very valuable i think even just for parents or parents to be to know for kids and future kids :)

[@noonlemur]

Thank you so much for this video!! My mom was always saying I should consider becoming a librarian, I've only just started taking her suggestion seriously...the classes all sound super interesting, especially the ones dealing with children's lit and how people process information. Donkey in Shrek 2 :D my roommate and i reenact that scene too often lol

[@shineonyoucrazyalmond]

Thank you for the information! I currently work at a museum/have worked in public schools and social work in the past. I have my bachelor's in general studies and am very very interested in getting an MLIS!

[@readingwithtara]

Love this. Great vid

[@BookishRealm]

Thank you!

[@harinik7608]

Very helpful, thank you!!! ❤❤❤

[@BedtimeBookworm]

This was fascinating! I would love to hear more about that stuff you mentioned about the evolution of YA etc.

[@BookishRealm]

I definitely will do that!

[@BookishRealm]

I definitely will do that!

[@jlimonata]

Just answering the question from the start of the video - Donkey from Shrek lmaoo This vid was so insightful thank you!

[@drinaceballos8888]

Just applied to SJSU. Hoping all falls into place so that I can get started this Fall.

[@salowlbooks3421]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@BookishRealm]

Of course!

[@LuxuriousBlu]

You just thought me about something I didn't realize I was interested in learning about. I would love to hear what you learned about children's and young adult literature.

[@BookishRealm]

Okay!

[@jenidowney2347]

I was messing around with my headphones trying to get them untangled. But I was watching you and saw the bop bop bop and immediately thought of Donkey. Ha ha. Then I saw comments so I restarted video to hear what you had just said. Ha ha. Anyway, thanks for the video. I'm researching tons to figure out what I want to do when I graduate in 2 months with BS degree. Librarian is definitely at the top. Thank you for your insight.

[@BookishRealm]

😂😂😂😂 to this day I have no idea what made me do that at the beginning of that video

[@user-of7vi3rl8y]

Character: Shrek. Movie: Shrek 2. Context: Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey are going to see Fiona’s parents and they’re in a cart vehicle. Donkey is in the back making the same noise you’re making with his mouse. And that aggregates and annoys Shrek even more until he rages. 😂

[@martinmeza361]

Great you should continue with the class we want to see more of the experience that u have

[@happy_endings15]

This is so helpful! I’m currently finishing up my degree in elementary education but my heart’s not really in it so I’m unsure if I want to get a teaching job. I do, however, love my part time job in circulation at a nearby library and have been thinking of getting my MLIS with a certificate in Youth Services. More and more these days, I’m starting to think librarianship is the right course for me and this pretty much confirms it. Thank you!

[@priscilla9995]

Hey Claire, Thanks for sharing this comment. I totally resonate. I am currently a Teaching Assistant and I'm realizing that I don't really feel keen on doing this as my career. Teaching full time is so stressful. But I love working with kids. The youth services certificate is something I had no idea about. So I really appreciate you mentioning this. I am currently applying for my masters, definitely nervous to do this change. But change is always good! Wish you well on your path to librarianship!

[@britanydagen1942]

I loved this video! You mentioned in the video that you also have a second masters degree. Have you found it useful in your line of work? I'm currently getting an M.A. in English and want to make the switch to MLIS. Is it worth having two M.A's? Did the first one help you land a job?

[@danielfranco1730]

Thank you for this video! Did you have to write a dissertation/thesis? If so, what was that experience like?

[@ruhtrawsm]

Thank you!

[@alma2258]

Thank you for such an informative video! I was wondering, would you recommend any like "technical" books as an introduction to the masters? Some book that you found particularly helpful/interesting. Many people complain about the content of these MLIS being boring (even though they love the librarian job, they hated the masters). What is your opinion about this? :)

[@librafrills2815]

Damn this is way more intensive and analytical than i thought... i was one of those ignorant peeps who figured it was just a lot of organizing books and dealing with kids 😅

[@BookishRealm]

Hahah I wish! It definitely has a lot more components.

[@annikawebster1631]

your program sounded great, would you mind sharing from which school you graduated? i am particularly interested in online school work

[@Jennsforza]

Can you share the info on your online school that you did? This video is super helpful! It would be my dream to be a Librarian! And I’m trying my best to make that dream come true!

[@707Dove]

Take a look at University of North Texas and University in Valdosta for their online programs. No GRE for them either!

[@yokaibear13]

This video was very informative, thank you so much! Though if I may ask a potentially dumb-sounding question... Do you have to be good at some form of math in order to be a library assistant or a librarian?

[@kristenj2009]

Everyone else: OMG, thank you so much for the video! Me: OMG, I LOVE your deathly hallows tattoo! (But seriously, thank you for the video :)

[@annikadelarosa6982]

I needed this video! I am so interested in becoming a librarian but there is not much information out there. I will probably go the path of school librarian because I am currently a teacher, do you have any information on that route, or know someone who does?

[@vasinvinnesha9034]

I would also like to hear what you learned in the children's and YA classes. 😁 And, I remember a while back you said you get a lot of reading done at your job, but it seems that is not the case now. Or is it? How have your work responsibilities changed since you began pursuing your master's?

[@TheMctrav3]

Thank you for this video. What online school did you attend? What bachelors degree do you choose before masters?

[@taraodonnell6054]

Thanks!

[@MaheshKumar-ew8gp]

so nice class

[@frecklesflower]

Thank you for this helpful video! I want to earn my MLIS, but I am worried about the job prospects. Do you feel like the job market is oversaturated?

[@yiweili.2212]

Hi there! My name is Amy and I am working in China as a librarian. I am so imformed by this vedio and considering to participate in an online MLIS program. May I know your program's information? I would love to look into it and hopefully apply for it in the future. THank yo so much for the efforts you put it on the vedio series. Very helpful and sourceful!

[@DanielleP0314]

How do you find free online introductory classes on MLIS programs? Does it depend on the school or can they be found anywhere?

[@pinkybuddycleo]

after you made the shrek 2 reference i immediately subscribed! i felt a soul click LOL

[@BookishRealm]

HAHA! Thank you love!

[@courtneyhayman1503]

I’m not sure if anyone asked this already but how did you go about getting a job working in a library as an assistant before you got your MLIS? I think this is the direction I want to move in but having an opportunity to try this out first would be great!

[@gabi_bird]

It's very competitive. I've seen some libraries require MLS for an assistant! I got my library assistant position by volunteering for 7 months. 7 months of my life, unpaid, to get the lowest position at my library. What a world we live in. Libraries heavily favor existing employees/volunteers for new positions and position changes. I'd recommend anyone to volunteer for a few months to see if they like the library vibe. You aren't doing exactly the same work as an assistant, but it's pretty close, at least in my case.

[@ThistleVerse]

I'd be interested in ethical dilemmas while being a librarian, potential perks of the job, and how you interact with other libraries.

[@BookishRealm]

Oooooo that’s a good question. I need to make a few librarian videos. I haven’t done it in a while.

[@eve5615]

Do we need AlA Masters in Lib to work in Canada as well?

[@gabyvasquez3241]

How did you manage full time work with full time school? I’m about to start my program and enrolled full time and I’ll be teaching full time 😅. Any advice ? Thank you for your time and your video! ❤

[@stardvl]

what school did you receive your MLIS from if you feel comfortable stating? I would love to do all online. thank you!

[@diredachshund]

I would looooove to hear more about what you learned in your children’s lit or young adult classes! Also, just out of curiosity, what is your other Masters degree in?

[@BookishRealm]

I have a Master's Degree in teaching

[@jasperelizabethsmith5699]

I recognized Fangirl by the spine!! 🤩💖✨

[@vernidawatson8565]

I am a preschool teacher. I work to make a difference. My hope is for children in low-income areas to see people that look like them as a librarian. I would love to earn a second MA in MLIS. I started the MLIS program at San Jose State Univ. Can you recommend any scholarships or grants for the MLIS program?

[@christindearie7656]

If you don’t mind my asking, but where did you get your MLIS from?

[@TheWordN3rd]

I'm curious, what made you decide to become a librarian? How did you know it was right for you?

[@BookishRealm]

That will definitely come in a later video! : )

[@shaniaedwards388]

Is it okay if a school is AALS recognized?

[@craigsmith6468]

I am working on achieving a Master of Education in Library Science. Is it the equivalent of the MLIS ?

[@mebealfie]

Can international programs be ALA accredited?

[@MarijaDjordjevic8]

That sound is from "Hereditary"

[@mariamonteon4345]

Shrek 2!! Donkey to Shrek on the way to Far Far Away!

[@tonylewis8696]

What advice would you give to succeed in a MLIS Program?

[@jenidowney2347]

Sorry if this has been asked before and I missed it, what school did you attend for your master's program?

[@BookishRealm]

I enrolled in USC’s (University of SC) because it was all online and I was able to work full time and go to school full time.

[@sarcasm176]

i just got my MLS in sept.2019. What are some job resources you find/found helpful during your job hunt? I recognize they're so many jobs out of state but to stay within a local area, its harder :(

[@BookishRealm]

Unfortunately I didn’t have to do a job hunt. I was already working for the library when I received my job. Trying checking out your state library association and they should have some job listings

[@siletuhu4255]

Wow, you're very different with different hairstyle. like you, good day.

[@xnichole_mariex]

I'm just seeing this video now and I'm upset. I'm currently getting my masters in clinical mental health counseling but I want to get an MLIS. The classwork doesnt intimidate me but the student loans do lol I'm already up to like 100,000

[@readingwithtara]

How are ur working hours?

[@BookishRealm]

I work close to 40 hours a week

[@PumpkinMozie]

I think the movie you were thinking about in the beginning was Shrek 2 haha (4 years later hahahaha)

[@shannonmalayajones7649]

independent consulting Liberian

[@10whatsmyname01]

I read mostly ya so I'm probably ahead of the game for teen lit studies lol

[@Untilmidnightbookbox]

Donkey lol from shrek😂

[@christinacanhelp]

Shrek !

[@shannonmalayajones7649]

that the spelling at daycare don't know y but is just in case.....

[@AccordingToWillow]

it was donkey and shrek at the beginning lol

[@aoates97]

SHREK 2 0:33

[@shannonmalayajones7649]

their hiring for them.

[@classygreen2347]

DONKEY!!!