Economy = screwed

Regardless of what happens with the economy, I know that the library is where I want to be, and no matter what happens I will work towards that.

That being said, one of the perks of going into librarianship that’s been touted the last decade is the fact that a lot of librarians were set to retire in the next few years.  With people’s 401k’s crumbling around them, I have to wonder what that means for me, and for the rest of us in MLIS programs.  Will those jobs that we’ve been counting on still be open for us when we’re ready?  Or will we be stuck in the same horrific rat race as the rest of country, on the verge of what promises to be a lengthy recession?

~ by Jess on October 10, 2008.