Mar 02 2009
by Sami Lange
I am in a familiar – yet somewhat unique — job situation, as a post-MLIS graduate who took a library assistant position at a small university library in California. Knowing that I wanted to stay within the walls of a library, but, at the same time, unwilling to leave my community, I took a staff position. [...]
Apr 30 2008
by Stephanie Gerding
There are many grants available to individuals in the library field. Depending the type of funding you are seeking, some are not even very competitive. If you are seeking financing for research projects, fellowships, or degrees, you will frequently be up against a lot of applicants; however, if you want funding for [...]
Apr 30 2008
by Erin Dorney
LIS students often watch student loans pile up as their MLS graduate programs drag on and their dream positions slowly become attainable. But, just because you’re not a “librarian” yet doesn’t mean you can’t get funding to attend conferences, workshops, and continuing education events. Library students can take advantage of many scholarships and [...]
May 01 2007
by The Library Career People
Q: Can you please help me? I am currently a certified media specialist in Georgia, and I am so burned out. Can you tell me where to look to use my MLIS? I love research, but whatever I apply for has to pay a decent wage. Can anyone [...]
Nov 01 2002
Pugh, Lyndon. Leadership and Learning: Helping Libraries and Librarians Reach Their Potential. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8108-4146-0. $35.00.
Freelance trainer and former Ariadne managing editor Lyndon Pugh here provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on learning and library organizations. He demonstrates the importance, in the modern library, of [...]
May 01 2002
by Catherine Ritchie
In early 1998, I faced imminent job burnout, with no obvious remedy in sight.
I had been an adult/YA public librarian in central Illinois for nearly twelve years. My job responsibilities, though still satisfying, were no longer expanding. Due to recent personnel changes, my department was poorly run, and staff [...]
Mar 01 2002
by Denise Landry-Hyde
Lifelong learning should today be a familiar concept to all of us. Commencement is not the end, but the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of knowledge and learning; a college degree simply lays the foundation for a person’s education. Pundits tell us that young people today will change careers [...]
Mar 01 2002
by Karen E.K. Brown
A wide array of organizations and personnel acquire, organize, provide access to, and preserve cultural collections with long-term value. A public library may be charged with the care of a valuable local history collection. Historians and archivists may bring together objects, letters, or oral histories that document their [...]
Mar 01 2001
March 1, 2018 - vol. 2, no. 2 - ISSN 1532-0839
Welcome back to Info Career Trends, Lisjobs.com’s bi-monthly professional development newsletter. Today’s articles focus on distance education for librarians. Although much attention has been paid to how librarians can best support distance learners, less has been paid to how distance education [...]
Mar 01 2001
by Karen Novick
If you read the popular media, you know that much attention has been focused on distance education (DE) degree programs offered by a variety of universities and for-profit organizations. Much less coverage has been given, however, to another distance education activity that is having a significant impact on the [...]