tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162654.post-21832577303673970132007-07-10T10:57:00.000-04:002007-07-10T11:13:49.629-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html?em&ex=1184212800&amp;amp;en=1e8cb8e4c00eb634&amp;ei=5087%0A">This New York Times article</a> has been circulated on several listservs I’m on, as well as e-mailed to me by my son. It discusses the "hipper" new librarians, and I guess that’s a good thing. I still find it concerning in terms of this being a mid-life career change for me. I couldn’t really pull off "hip" when I was young, so I doubt that’s going to get easier now.<br /><br />I guess the age discrimination thing goes both ways, though. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/education/empopps/careerleadsb/workingknowledge/workingknowledge1104.htm">Here is a letter</a> from a woman who feel she is experiencing age discrimination in the job market, and <a href="http://www.liscareer.com/roberts_ageism.htm">another </a>from someone who feels she is having trouble because of her youthful appearance. I guess the thing to do would be to take the "do" advice from one of them, and interchange them in order to have "don’t" advice.<br /><br />If all else fails, I guess I’ll have to get a tattoo, or at least get something besides my ears pierced. I always thought that eyebrow thing looked kind of cute.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/$BlogItemURL$Link"></a><br /><br /></blogitemurl>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823325004000574937noreply@blogger.com