Any Librarians?

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I'll be starting Library School full time in August. I'm hideosly excited about the program. I've already taken a couple of classes (cataloging and history of children's lit) and really liked them. I was wondering if there were any librarians on here who might be able to give me an idea of how AS affects them in regards to that vocation, and maybe some tips too. I'd like to be able to maybe make some friends in grad school. I've never made friends in class before, or extracurriculars either.

Well I've done Work Experience in a few thousand Libraries, but really it all depends on whether or not you like what you're doing, I found it fairly ok but I didn't think that I'd survive at it 24/7.

I'll be enrolling in the Masters of Library & Information Science program at my alma mater within the next 2 years (hopefully).

Yay for Librarians!

I worked in a library for a very short period of time as a shelfer. I enjoyed working there, but I didn't really have and contact with the customers, I only stacked shelfs. I find think that a library is a good place for an aspie to work because it's extremely organised and everything is categorised. I really enjoyed my time there but had to leave due to availability reasons.

I work at a library. But I just put books back on the shelfs. I think it's a really great job for me because it is really quiet and I don't have to talk to anyone. Sorry this doesn't really help you but I thought I would share.

I'm a Library Technician by education/training, specializing in cataloguing and in library automation (ie, computer applications for libraries). Neither job requires much interaction with other people. I think it's a great field for Aspies.

(Side comment: I got my diploma in 1989. In the mid-1990s the provincial government made great huge cutbacks in spending, and many library jobs disappeared. People with more experience than I had were being laid off. So I found other things to do. Now that there are libary jobs again, I find that my library training is obsolete -- it's been nearly 14 years since I last worked in a library and so much has changed, the program I took 20 years ago is nothing like the one they have today. Fortunately I like the job I have now.)

I worked the front desk at my college library for two years and loved it, I found the quietness very comforting and even when it was slow there was always something to do or read. My niece works for a big library now be it isn't what she went to school for

I am in a library program now and it's hell just trying to work full time and go to school part time. If you don't have to work - don't!! !! I feel so slow and stupid half the time - I know I'm not emotionally or professionally equivalent to my peers and I always feel like the odd duck out. Then, I have all the issues from work - so work usually ends up coming first, school second, and everything else last (with no sleep - eep!). My attention issues are worse more than ever and it's SO frustrating - like I just want to bang my head on the wall so the information will get somehow get stuck in my head (or for anything to process, for that matter). I think it doesn't help that I feel embarassed by my HFA because of the fact I'm also getting help from the Disability Office. I was diagnosed when I was 22 - having all ready gone through the school system, I am used to having to work three times as hard. Now that I have the option to ask for extensions and more time, I am finding I cannot because I am afraid that the professor will see that I have a disability and think that I'm not qualified to BE a graduate student (the cream of the crop as it were).

However, I just keep pressing on, hoping my focus and track is the "right" one and that having an MLS will help me to have an actual career and not just a job.... I shall soon see; I graduate Spring 2008 (if I make it).

I originally went into the library program because I do, very much so, love books - it's the people part that gives me the hardest time. I just don't know how to socialize or interact with anyone - it's like this big black void in my head. The thought of talking to people makes me anxious and nervous. I cannot even go out to places by myself, except for only school, work, and the store. Crowds scare me - I'm easily knocked off balance, and my health isn't ever the greatest.

However, through all these challenges and issues, I would most certainly do it again - just because I like learning and expanding my mind.

I wish you the best of luck!! !! !!