Upshur County Hires First Male Librarian

News Out Of Texas: Upshur County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 Tuesday to hire Mark Warren as county librarian after one commissioner’s motion to hire another applicant died for lack of a second. Warren, 44, of Gilmer, said afterward he has a background in education and sales, and that he has “always enjoyed being in libraries,” though he has never worked in one. He was hired with the stipulation that he will earn a master’s degree in library science within three years, and is the first male to hold the post in Upshur County in recent memory.
After a 71-minute closed session in which the court interviewed three applicants, Precinct 2 Commissioner Joe (Buddy) Ferguson moved to employ David Hamblin, an Upshur County resident, for a six-month probationary period.

January 20, 2008 by Uncategorized 4

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4 Responses

  1. mdoneil says:
    January 21, 2008 at 12:46 am

    No they didn’t
    They may have hired a library director, but they didn’t hire a librarian. The applicant with the MLS was passed over.

    However his dissertataion required him to use the library a lot. How wonderful.

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  2. Library enjoyment says:
    January 21, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Where’s a librarian when you need one?
    Is he the first male librarian ever hired or just the first male librarian hired in recent memory? This story has it both ways. If only there was someone you could ask to help verify a fact like that…

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  3. Meli says:
    January 24, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    ack.
    He was a good ol boy in a small town. That happens in Texas… (and I’m from AND live in Texas so no disparaging remarks) 😉

    He didn’t seem to have much experience in anything except getting random degrees. It makes you wonder why he wasn’t using his doctorate and instead working in receiving at an auto parts store.

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  4. zenben says:
    January 24, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    I loved the line about how
    I loved the line about how “his qualifications were better.” So, evidently an MLS and a current position as a librarian is trumped by no MLS, no experience working in a library (even as a shelver), and a current job in receiving auto parts. Makes me so glad I spent all that time and money (and all that student loan debt) getting my own MLS. :-/

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