Indiana University Acceptance!

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[wagrobanite]

As someone who's about to start their first full time position, three years after grad school, in archives (which I did more special classes), classes, unless uber specialized, make absolute no difference. It's all about outside-school experience. I worked in an archive all through school and just finished (a bit early ;)) an internship in digital archives. So I had basically four years of experience plus my MILS (oh and I had a graduate course in costume museum management). So gain experiences in the area where you want to work. If you can, do internships, especially in archives.

And yes, in most things like academic positions are going to require a second masters if not a Phd. I know I will eventually be getting a second masters (whether that be in public history or just history, not sure yet).

Reading: anything that isn't related to libraries/your future career. seriously. Read for fun, play games, just ignore schoolwork. You're going to doing so much of it.

[windcedar]

Yeah, it's unlikely to matter that much which courses you took, once you're out. It's all about the practical work experience. Try to get as much of that before you graduate as you can, and do a good job so your supervisors will give you great library-world references. Since getting out in the real world, I've supervised a few library school students, and mostly they've been really good, enthusiastic, smart, dedicated, all you could ask for. And then there was the one who was extremely meh. I suppose she was better than not having anyone to help with the project, but some days I wondered. Be in the first category. :) No one expects a summer student to really know all that much yet, but showing that you're interested in learning and care about doing a good job goes a long way