I’ve been hard at work today, doing my basic enquiries and duties, but also in writing up my CILIP registration paper. This beast has been plague-ing me for ages now. I’ve finished with the training period and am now in the writing-up phase. The problem is that I’m not entirely convinced I should be writing it!
2 reasons:
1.) Even if I write it and it gets accepted first time and I become a CILIP Chartered Librarian in the UK…. in the US, I’ll still be Kristen, Librarian without a Masters degree and not a member of the American Library Association– henceforth I’ll have to get my Masters and apply through all the hoops of the ALA…
2.) I want to start a family when we get to the States… not get back into Libraries…. so what good will being Chartered do me as a Mom? None! Even if I DID want to get into Libraries… read the above– it still won’t help me!!
but for some reason, I am still writing it… so far. I’ve gotten 2 of the 5 points really roughly drafted up, but my problem is I’m writing freestyle paragraphs– no format or rhyme or reason to it… I need to type it up and send it off to Kate for some serious editing help.
which reminds me– I’m going to ask if she’ll meet up with me sometime soon to work on it with me.
Don’t know why… but I’m still (for now) determined to keep writing on it…
watch this space to see if it makes it to publication…