Mar 03 2008
March 3, 2008 - vol. 9, no. 2 - ISSN 1532-0839
You might note this newsletter is going out a couple of days late. We’re passing a horrendous stomach bug around over here, and I do hope it’s passed over your house! So, this month’s theme, “setting priorities,” struck a personal chord: given the choice between [...]
Mar 03 2008
The LISjobs.com online discussion forums launched in January 2008, and there’s already a lot of great discussion going on. Why not pop over and join in one of the discussions? Recent hot topics include:
Internships, volunteering, and practica
Work-from-home options
Getting that first speaking gig
If you hate the school…
Writing for the LIS profession: where are the opportunities?
Come talk [...]
Mar 03 2008
by The Library Career People
Read recent posts on the Career Q&A blog:
Preparing for second-round interviews
Getting organized
Email your career questions to librarycareerpeople@lisjobs.com, or comment over on the blog.
About the Authors
Tiffany Allen is currently serving as the Assistant Personnel Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to her work in academic librarianship, Tiffany [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Kim Dority
Rethinking Information Careers covers career alternatives and strategies for information professionals. This issue, read about writing outside the profession and fitting writing into your life.
Writing Outside the Profession
Fitting Writing Into Your Life
About the Author
Founder and president of G. K. Dority & Associates, Inc., Kim Dority is an information specialist with expertise in information [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Anthony Holderied
Work environments in the information industry come with just as many pluses and minuses as jobs in other industries. If you thought you were in the only field that didn’t enjoy toxic workplaces, back-stabbing coworkers, quirky policies, political gamesmanship, and micro-managing bosses, then you have been disillusioned. The longer you’ve been in the [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Sarah Engledow Brown
The word balance is thrown around a lot these days. In a society where people tend to overfill their schedules, yet often feel they aren’t accomplishing what they would like, balance seems to be a definite issue.
I have some very recent, and very new, experience in balancing work and family. I graduated [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Colleen Harris
Congratulations! You’ve landed an academic librarian job, so by now you know that a librarian’s responsibilities are seemingly endless. Having just survived my first semester in a bustling academic library, here are some tips that worked for me:
Know the expectations. Find out how you will be evaluated. Does it seem a tad early [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Kerry Howell
Maybe you’re looking for that elusive full-time library job with benefits that pays well enough to cover the bills, but having no luck. Perhaps talk of a recession is dampening your spirit and making you worry about your skills and the stability of your full-time position. Maybe you’d like to make a move [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Erin Dorney
Information overload is nothing new to LIS professionals. Understaffing often leads to overwhelming and seemingly impossible deadlines. A delicate balance of work responsibilities, career goals, personal interests, and relationships can only be accomplished by strong prioritization of tasks, goals, and responsibilities.
I am currently finishing my last semester of graduate school at Syracuse University. [...]
Mar 03 2008
by Estelle Pope
One reason I chose to become a librarian is that I thought I could both be successful professionally and have a rich family life. After my maternity leave I returned to work as an academic librarian with the goal of determining whether my thinking was correct. My mother stayed home to raise me, [...]