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Old 20-11-2014, 09:18 AM
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pyschologist can make a lot more even than dr, the trick is to build up network and reputation first

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I know a lot of corporate high flyers who mid career change to librarian, it is a high paying job that is hard to get in cauz a lot of competition.

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one point - i've heard that ntu's masters programs are chock full of students from india and other southeast asian countries, where they have an abysmal standard of english. it might be a pain to work on group projects/presentations with them.

if you can afford it i'd recommend an overseas education solely for the experience.

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i had no idea librarians are so well paid. Shdn't everyone be dying to be a librarian if the pay is so well?

And really, what's so difficult about being a librarian? I might be misinformed but i don't see what are the difficult challenges of being a librarian.
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i had no idea librarians are so well paid. Shdn't everyone be dying to be a librarian if the pay is so well?

And really, what's so difficult about being a librarian? I might be misinformed but i don't see what are the difficult challenges of being a librarian.
another sweeping statement from a ignorant guy, must be the same guy who posted the negative posting on top before.

librarian is a well respected highly qualified job, dun insult others if u dun know anything.
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another sweeping statement from a ignorant guy, must be the same guy who posted the negative posting on top before.

librarian is a well respected highly qualified job, dun insult others if u dun know anything.
nope still same me. Maybe you are a librarian, it wasn't my intention to insult librarian. But really i don't see what's so difficult about a librarian's job. You have to understand my exposure to librarians were people sitting in the office in the library, with no idea what they were doing.

Maybe you should list in detail what's required of a librarian's job. I could only go to NLB's job posting website and see some job vacancies. Honestly doesn't seem too difficult to do, biggest requirement is more job experience for senior roles. No salary numbers so i don't know.

https://www.nlb.gov.sg/apply/JobApplication.aspx
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nope still same me. Maybe you are a librarian, it wasn't my intention to insult librarian. But really i don't see what's so difficult about a librarian's job. You have to understand my exposure to librarians were people sitting in the office in the library, with no idea what they were doing.

Maybe you should list in detail what's required of a librarian's job. I could only go to NLB's job posting website and see some job vacancies. Honestly doesn't seem too difficult to do, biggest requirement is more job experience for senior roles. No salary numbers so i don't know.

[s://.nlb.gov.sg/apply/JobApplication.aspx[/
I think this whole nonsense started because I made a general comment earlier that one only needs a diploma to be a librarian and advised the TS not to bother to study for a Masters if he just wants to be a librarian.

Somehow certain person(s) seem to take grave offence and latch on to that tiny minority (maybe 1% of all librarians?) of niche librarian positions in specialised institutes of higher learning that required a degree and turned this whole discussion into a librarian cheer leading contest.

Just to make it clear, I meant no denegration to librarians in general, but in the context of TS's predicament it really makes no sense to waste time and money going for a Masters degree if his/her intention is to take up a role that generally requires only basic tertiary education.
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i had no idea librarians are so well paid. Shdn't everyone be dying to be a librarian if the pay is so well?

And really, what's so difficult about being a librarian? I might be misinformed but i don't see what are the difficult challenges of being a librarian.
Its okay to be misinformed. There are different classes of librarians. The run of the mill book sorter in NLB is one type. Another one is the ones in academia, in tertiary institutes. These librarians are professional. They need to not only know what content is in what books, but they also need to know about research papers. Say if I need to do research on a particular field that is highly specialised, there might still be a few tens of thousands of research articles to pore through. The librarians help in sorting this out for you, choosing and selecting for you which papers might be relevant to your research. This means that these librarians may require some knowledge of anything between CMOS transistors in engineering and Ethical Egoism in Philosophy, because they have the entire university to serve.
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Its okay to be misinformed. There are different classes of librarians. The run of the mill book sorter in NLB is one type. Another one is the ones in academia, in tertiary institutes. These librarians are professional. They need to not only know what content is in what books, but they also need to know about research papers. Say if I need to do research on a particular field that is highly specialised, there might still be a few tens of thousands of research articles to pore through. The librarians help in sorting this out for you, choosing and selecting for you which papers might be relevant to your research. This means that these librarians may require some knowledge of anything between CMOS transistors in engineering and Ethical Egoism in Philosophy, because they have the entire university to serve.
No need what knowledge lah. JUST GOOGLE.
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No need what knowledge lah. JUST GOOGLE.
Yes yes. No one needs any knowledge. Can just google everything. Dont send your kids to school. Ask them sit in front of the computer and just google everything. Confirm will be smart. Please la. By the time you get to your third year of undergrad studies, most of the things you learn also cant find on google. Even wikipedia is just an inch shallow when you are talking about engineering and science specialisations. Not to mention that the whole point of research itself is to find something NEW. That means it wont even be on google in the first place lol.
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