It's not accredited or anything, but it's a rare enough skill that I don't think that matters at all. They will give you a certificate if you do all 6 (the last one must be done in person).
I think it's great, because it's possible to make books that are completely practical and books that are pure art, or anything in between. Plus, it means I'll be able to repair books in-house if I ever find a job around here.
I'm as mind-boggled as you are about the Ph.D plus library school thing. One lady in particular had 2 Masters degrees already, plus her Ph.D and was going for the MLIS. She's on co-op at UW (Davis, I think) until the end of the school year, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hire her on after this.
The MLIS experience at Western was both beneficial and completely infuriating. Mostly because little has changed for them in the last 40 years, and they are proud of that instead of doing something about it. It can be done in 12 months, which is how I did it. But I don't recommend that unless you consider food and sleep to be of little importance.
If I had been willing to spend more time on it, and move further away, I would have went to U of T or McGill for it, to be honest. My reasons for going to Western had little to do with the program itself.
I'll definitely be sending retire vibes out to any of the teachers I get near. You'd think with the kind of pensions most of them have that they'd retire as early as possible. Most of mine did.
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Date: 2009-01-07 06:02 pm (UTC)It's not accredited or anything, but it's a rare enough skill that I don't think that matters at all. They will give you a certificate if you do all 6 (the last one must be done in person).
I think it's great, because it's possible to make books that are completely practical and books that are pure art, or anything in between. Plus, it means I'll be able to repair books in-house if I ever find a job around here.
I'm as mind-boggled as you are about the Ph.D plus library school thing. One lady in particular had 2 Masters degrees already, plus her Ph.D and was going for the MLIS. She's on co-op at UW (Davis, I think) until the end of the school year, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hire her on after this.
The MLIS experience at Western was both beneficial and completely infuriating. Mostly because little has changed for them in the last 40 years, and they are proud of that instead of doing something about it. It can be done in 12 months, which is how I did it. But I don't recommend that unless you consider food and sleep to be of little importance.
If I had been willing to spend more time on it, and move further away, I would have went to U of T or McGill for it, to be honest. My reasons for going to Western had little to do with the program itself.
I'll definitely be sending retire vibes out to any of the teachers I get near. You'd think with the kind of pensions most of them have that they'd retire as early as possible. Most of mine did.