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 I am a Michigan teacher who is having a hard time finding a job. I am thinking of getting my MLIS degree. If I concentrate on media specialist for a school will that eliminate me from working in a Public Library. I want more choices for my next degree.
Thank you.
Answer The answer very simply is no, getting certification as an educational media specialist will not prevent you from working in a public library. In fact, many ed media specialists actually moonlight as public library reference libarians at night and on the weekends. Your library school education will prepare you to enter any aspect of librarianship you choose to enter. Taking the extra courses to become an educational media specialist only gives you one more valuable option in addition to the regular options of going into public librarianship, academic librarianship, or special librarianship. Please write back if you have any other questions. I love being a librarian. It's a great profession!
