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Training vs. Education
Hi, gang,
I've been lurking for a couple of weeks now and decided to plunge in
and invite opinions. I'm a librarian with a local history &
genealogy background and am considering making the transition out of
library work into archives work,
Since I have a mortgage, am the primary wage earner in my home, and
cannot easily relocate, I can't quit my library job to return to
school. So I can either scrounge some training here in Buffalo,
where the UB library school occasionally offers an archives & records
management class, or I can volunteer in one of several significant
archival collections here.
My question is: which would be a more productive use of my limited,
after-hours time? In other words, what will matter more to a
potential employer? Formal training or hands-on experience?
My resume is online at http://www.buffnet.net/~allemand/resume.htm,
in case anyone's really interested.
Thanks in advance!
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"...every modern technology, from television to computers,
was invented by men & women whose education was conducted
almost exclusively with pen, paper, and book."
--Neil Postman
Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, email: bettybarcode@yahoo.com
Shameless self-promotion: http://cynthia.is-online.net
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