Ok it's an odd title for a blog... let's be honest I ripped it off from the title of an old Police record album, but it seems to fit. A stormghost by definition is an apparition which only appears during a storm, most often seen during a severe thunderstorm with lots of lightning, therefore I should only be blogging during hurricane season....
I don't have much of a topic for this post, so I'll give a little background about myself. I received my MLS from a Florida school and find myself completely unprepared for being a librarian. I have a strong technical background which is what got me through library school, unfortunately technical jobs don't seem to recognize that an MLS often encompasses most of their areas - particularly Systems Admin positions, Help Desk, and to a lesser extent Network Admin. I've found that Masters students like myself have no certifications in technical areas and as such are immediately disregarded when applying for positions unless we want $10/hour entry level.
Oddly enough I feel that MLS students - particularly those with a technical background - are probably better suited for many technical jobs than computer science students - since most CS programs produce students who can program in 5 different languages but lack understanding of Usability for the programs they create - or MIS students - who seem to get mostly theory about the business aspects of Information systems but no background in actually putting those systems into practice.
