10\/13\/2022 – SPRINGFIELD \u2014 For the first time, the staff of the city\u2019s library is giving the public an opportunity to learn about what it takes to be a librarian.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the job market has changed, people are thinking about different opportunities available,\u201d said Jean Canosa Albano, assistant director for public services at the library. \u201cA lot of times, we find that people don\u2019t know everything that goes into being a librarian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you want to be a librarian,\u201d the name of the event, is an information session on Oct. 20 to give residents a chance to learn about careers in librarianship.<\/strong><\/p>\n Canosa Albano added, \u201dThis could be a way for some more local folks coming right from the community to consider library work.\u201d<\/p>\n Speakers at the information session include Eric Poulin, assistant professor of practice and coordinator of the Simmons University Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Mayra Quinones, branch supervisor at the Springfield City Library, and Anne Gancarz, assistant director at the Chicopee Public Library.<\/p>\n . . .<\/p>\n