Lauren Bradley

Maritime librarian. @UUPInfo rank and file. New Yorker. She/hers. Absolutely no chill. Quick and unnerving.

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

@keegzzz I'm over the moon!!!

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Going to realize a 13 year dream of being a Ship's Librarian this summer on the brand new Empire State VII, the first ever NVSM. Beyond thrilled. https://t.co/ukxvKzWteP

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

But if you live in Baltimore, Jacksonville, San Juan, Nassau (Bahamas), or St George (Bermuda, please come wave!

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

At a former position I got recruited to participate in a corporate thought exercise about building a library on Mars (don't ask). Building a library collection and services for a space you cannot see feels very similar but it's real.

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

@TLT16 I couldn't believe it. It was such a good adaptation. So disappointing

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

(Also how is this possible? Where did time go? Just seems like yesterday I was calling the ACLU on my high school 😭)

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Me telling a young whippersnapper in my Labor Studies program that I've been doing community organizing for 20 years

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

@abigailleigh *raises hand*

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

It's not like he has an entire comm department, a tv station, every social media platform, and the mayor in the largest media market in the country. If only that small time rag, the New York Times would cover him!

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Wait. The man holding the most well-known mayoral office in the WORLD needs $75 million to talk directly to people? Is this why he is cutting $36.2 million from libraries?

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Where's my ELUNA people at? Haven't attended since 2015, hoping I can return this year!

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

.@NYCSpeakerAdams calls @NYCMayor’s preliminary budget “unacceptable and not in the best interest of New York City.”

“This Council cannot and will not support this counterproductive approach,” she says, citing cuts to CUNY, libraries, childhood education and social services.

[Urban Librarians Unite @ULUNYC]

.@NYCMayor wants to cut $36.2 million from our libraries. #SaveNYCLibraries

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

@Ann_Abney Only if the job is in a union bargaining agreement. If not, literally ask for everything.

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

I'm now on my 4th search committee this semester (😭). If you are job seeking right now, a tip: we are still very much in laborer's market. If you get a job offer now is the time to ask for what you want. You will probably never have as much leverage as right now.

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

One last thought...if you are a LIS student or recent grad and you are applying for jobs you don't quite qualify for...that's okay! You probably won't get many interviews. But you never know who is willing to hire you on a probationary basis or work with a new career professional

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

More on this. It is 100% okay to address a required or preferred skill you lack and say "something I find exciting about this opportunity is gaining more experience in X". Would rather have an honest but enthusiastic candidate than someone who lies or downplays a missing skill

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Also if you are looking at job ads and think a job might be slightly out of your grasp, apply anyway. If you have solid skillset for most of the requirements, but are just lacking one or two, training can be arranged.

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

(Recently had to explain this to a scholar friend why she needed to list all of her academic degrees on her resume instead of only her PhD)

[Lauren Bradley @BibliosaurusRex]

Because here's the thing....if you don't meet the minimum requirements in your resume, why would I bother wasting my time reading a cover letter for an ineligible candidate? 🙃 Also, you may be failing to pass screening software or HR