Jan 02 2009
by Ann Medaille
My first library job was all about flexibility. I was hired in a part-time position at an academic library to give research instruction sessions to freshman classes and to develop online educational materials.
Because classes were scheduled throughout the day — mornings, afternoons, evenings, and occasionally even on the weekends — I had to [...]
Sep 02 2008
by The Library Career People
Read recent posts on their Career Q&A blog:
How does a reference assistant work effectively with librarians?
Email your library career-related questions to librarycareerpeople@lisjobs.com, or comment over on the blog. You could see your question answered in an upcoming installment!
About the Authors
Tiffany Allen is currently serving as the Assistant Personnel Librarian at the [...]
Sep 02 2008
by Judith Siess, President, Information Bridges International, Inc.
What is an entrepreneur? The American Heritage Dictionary (online version) defines it as “A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture,” from the Old French for undertake. Wikipedia adds that, “Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to the type of personality who [...]
Jun 30 2008
by Shanti Chandrasekar
We choose this profession because we have a passion for it and because of a basic belief in its core values. Many of us have been on the job a long time — be it in cataloging, classification, reference, circulation or collection development. Information professionals are a thirsty-for-knowledge lot, which serves us well [...]
Oct 26 2007
Welcome to the new bloggish version of Info Career Trends! Please generally ignore this post, as it’s just a test. This is a test of this theme, which may be temporary, but content is what’s important, right?
Link test: LISjobs.com.
May 01 2001
May 1, 2001 - vol. 2, no. 3 - ISSN 1532-0839
Welcome back to Info Career Trends! Today’s articles focus on the broad theme of changing careers, and the contributors each tell a personal story of moving between types of libraries, into librarianship from another profession, to another country, or out of [...]