Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I'm thinking about applying to be a Goodreads librarian but first I'd like to know how active I gotta be so I don't get the boot. For example I'm online on the website 2-3 hours a day. Is that good enough?

Hello Natasa

It's basically how much of the Librarian work you can do , be it just for an hour. An edit here, a book merge there, checking ISBNs and most importantly, checking this group out suffices =)

Hope this helps :)

Here is the information about how you qualify to be a librarian.

Actually, it's not about how much editing you do. There are tons of librarians who have done only a few edits and many who have done none at all. That's for a number of reasons but I know a few who have applied and received librarian status in case they do ever see something important enough to them to want to fix.
You have to have a certain number of books listed. (It is, or was, very low. I think it was 50 back when I applied.) I'm not sure what else but someone who knows will comment and in the meantime I'll try to find the info.

And Melody was on it! As usual! ;-)

But Natasa, you should apply. It's nice to be able to make an edit if you see something wrong. And you can always ask if you have a question - I don't know how many times I've had something that was so simple for someone else explained to me. :)
And the Librarian Manual is invaluable IMO. I refer to that all the time.

I'm read the manual, but it hasn't come in handy since I'm not a librarian. Hoping this will change though ^-^

Thank you guys for your help, really clarified some stuff. Going off to apply now :)

If you fix one thing a day, that is one less thing another librarian has to fix. Though if in doubt ask here as it's better than accidentally creating more work for another librarian.

I don't think there is any minimum amount of librarian work you need to do in order to remain a librarian. So, once you've qualified, you won't be getting the boot, ever, unless soemthing changes (in which case I'm sure we'll all be notified.)

Carolyn wrote: "I don't think there is any minimum amount of librarian work you need to do in order to remain a librarian. So, once you've qualified, you won't be getting the boot, ever, unless soemthing changes (..."

I think that part of the reason for that is that there seems to be no way to tell what any given librarian is actually doing. There are SOOOOO many things that never appear in the logs. It terrifies me.

Banjomike wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I don't think there is any minimum amount of librarian work you need to do in order to remain a librarian. So, once you've qualified, you won't be getting the boot, ever, unless soe..."

Maybe you mean something different but you can tell what librarians are doing. If you have the time and desire that is. I should say, you can tell what *most* librarians are doing actually because those with private profiles I don't think this applies to but if you go to a GR librarians page, say mine for example because my profile is open, and then click on 'Goodreads Librarian' you'll be taken to an entire list of all of the edits I've made.
Some are a little confusing and I couldn't say it's all correct because I've seen some that look like I only changed the language when I know I did more but it's there for the looking if you want. :)

Eva wrote: "Banjomike wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I don't think there is any minimum amount of librarian work you need to do in order to remain a librarian. So, once you've qualified, you won't be getting the boot..."

I think what Banjomike is saying is that there are ALOT of changes that are not logged.

I'm fairly certain none of the setting/character changes are logged, I'm sure there are other things as well.

And as for being active, I do so very little in comparison to most on this board. I might correct a few page numbers one day, or clean up the html in descriptions when I see them, and then not do anything for several (or longer) days.

Vicky wrote: "Eva wrote: "Banjomike wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I don't think there is any minimum amount of librarian work you need to do in order to remain a librarian. So, once you've qualified, you won't be gett..."

Right. I was wondering if that was what was meant. But if the other way was meant now they know how to take a look at that. :)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "And as for being active, I do so very little in comparison to most on this board. I might correct a few page numbers one day, or clean up the html in descriptions when I see them, and then not do a..."

I'm the same way. Some days or weeks I'll do a ton of edits and then other times I'll do nothing if I don't have the time. Lately I'm just been doing whatever I happen to catch instead of actively seeking things to edit.

What I meant was what I said, more or less.

Logically, before a Librarian would be de-librarianed someone (a PTB) would have a look at their contributions. Since so many edits do not appear in the list mentioned by Eva in #10 it is entirely possible for someone to have very few edits visible while actually being responsible for thousands of valuable, behind the scenes, tweaks.

You can add Author Merges to the not logged list.

I don't believe anyone has ever been de-librarianed for NOT doing edits (specific or generally).

Librarian privileges are occasionally removed from people repeatedly violating established policy.

I have never known anyone to be "de-librarianed" for doing little to no edits.
And yes, I think I said above that this list I mentioned doesn't show everything but that's neither here nor there, is it?
Can I ask why this "terrifies" you? I guess I just don't understand...

You can view librarian's activities even if the profile is private by simply clicking on the "goodreads librarian" caption below the photo.

Eva wrote: "Can I ask why this "terrifies" you? I guess I just don't understand... "

I worry about the apparent lack of an audit trail. It would be possible for someone to delete or combine or edit many things without there being any obvious check. Presumably the databases have more detailed logs but I'll bet they don't get checked too often. Databases logs are tedious things at the best of times.

I expect de-librarianism is, as you suggest, rare.

Banjomike wrote: "I expect de-librarianism is, as you suggest, rare."

Indeed.

rivka wrote: "Banjomike wrote: "I expect de-librarianism is, as you suggest, rare."

Indeed."

Although there would not be too many survivors to speak of the horrors of the Dewey Removal Squad.