Thanks Gary, I've tried that site's contact info several times and he
hasn't responded. Enjoy the weekend, Patti
At 04:53 PM 10/7/2010, you wrote:
Hi Patty You should contact Peter Asaro at
http://www.peterasaro.org/ Gary Handman
Patricia McVay Gorrell
Media Library Manager
The College of
So I see most of the people on this list are in academic positions, As a
student who wants very badly to work with media as a librarian, do most of
you have and need a second master in film or media studies or if not do you
have masters at all or and what exactly is the qualifications people look
David,
Take a look a few weeks back at posts to this list. Meghan (from University of
Delaware) sent out links to summaries of surveys we did a few years ago about
the educational and experiential backgrounds of media librarians. I don't
believe we asked what was required for their job, just
Hi David
This is an interesting and perennial question...
After having worked in this business for close to 30 years, it's clear to
me that one major qualification for being a media librarian is the
willingness to work in other areas before getting a gig as a media
librarian. At the risk of
Following up on Gary's advice, I would also say one of the Moving Image
archival programs (East Anglia, Amsterdam, UCLA, George Eastman House or
NYU) and in this case, a program that emphasizes digital restoration would
be something that would be helpful. All are 2-year master programs while GEH
