AboutRobert H. Kieserman, MBA, MLIS Expertise I am a consultant to public and special libraries and I specialize in library management and administration. I am able to answer questions about library science as a career as well as about the general topic of library science and how libraries work and the services they provide.
Experience I have an MBA, an MLIS degree, I am a business professor, I have written four books on entrepreneurship, and have been a expert in another management area (healthcare) for AllExperts with a consistently high rating for over two years.
Organizations the American Library Association, the Library Administration and Management Association, the Public Library Association, and the Medical Library Association
Publications I have written for numerous national publications on the issues of marketing, human resources management, and strategic management.
Education/Credentials MBA in Accounting and a MLIS
Awards and Honors honored for my teaching by Sigma Beta Delta
Question When employers, for library positions, are looking at your resume, do the take into consideration where you received your degree? Do they care whether the entire program's top-ranked, or the specialty? How much weight does a MLIS from one of the top 10 ranked universities carry versus one that does not?
Answer Quite frankly, where you attend library school does not matter to most library directors or library HR managers. However, it is essential that you attend a school that is ALA-accredited. You can find a list of those schools at http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/lisdirb/lisdirectory.cfm
Please write back if you have any other questions.
