Checking out her options | Life in an Academic Library

Feeling lost in your academic library position? Try this article from the Chronicle. (no reg req)The Chronicle: Career Network: 09/30/2004: "I imagine many people think that a job as an academic librarian is an idyllic one -- surrounded by books, humming computers, and questioning students.
The cold harsh truth, however, is that life in an academic library can be as cutthroat and petty as in any other department. They can be places where internal politics ruin careers and lives, personal grudges are held for years, and biting criticisms fly orally and in writing."