Career Transitions for Librarians
Proven Strategies for Moving to Another Type of Library- Herausgeber:innen:
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Zusammenfassung
What if you were a public librarian and then you wanted to become an academic librarian? How different are those worlds and how would you know what kind of skills or experiences you need to get your foot into the academic door?
Career Transitions for Librarians: How to Get a Job in Another Type of Library explores the multifaceted roles of the librarian profession from personal narratives of professional librarians who have successfully worked and transitioned from one type of library to another.
Learn the successful strategies and stories of librarians who transitioned from public to academic libraries, school media to academic libraries, public to special libraries, print to digital worlds, among other ones.
What kinds of skill sets and experiences were they able to transfer or draw on from their previous work experiences?
How can you make these successful transitions as well?
From interview tips to developing relevant and transferable skill sets, this unique guide offers testimonials with a targeted advice and job strategies for readers interested in making these successful transitions during a time when there is a huge difficulty in securing a library job.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Copyrightjahr
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-6557-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-6373-4
- Verlag
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 253
- Produkttyp
- Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Contents Kein Zugriff
- Foreword Kein Zugriff
- Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
- Introduction Kein Zugriff
- 1 Successfully Making Transitions between Academia and the Corporation Kein Zugriff
- 2 Getting to Great Kein Zugriff
- 3 An Interview with Jan Chindlund, Library Dean, Columbia College Chicago Library Kein Zugriff
- 4 From the Hospital to the Academy and Back Again Kein Zugriff
- 5 Flipping the Pages Kein Zugriff
- 6 An Interview with Gretel L. Stock-Kupperman, Director of the Library, Instructional Design, and Academic Affairs Initiatives, Viterbo University Kein Zugriff
- 7 From Public to Corporate to Academic Kein Zugriff
- 8 Uprooting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Los Angeles, California Kein Zugriff
- 9 One MLIS Degree, Many Career Possibilities Kein Zugriff
- 10 Going Govie Kein Zugriff
- 11 Ten Simple Tips for Managing Your Career Kein Zugriff
- 12 How Being an Untraditional Librarian Allowed for a Library Career in the Arts Kein Zugriff
- 13 Setting Up Shop Kein Zugriff
- 14 Make Your Own Luck Kein Zugriff
- 15 From Prisons to Public Kein Zugriff
- 16 On the Road Again Kein Zugriff
- 17 A Time to Plant, a Time to Uproot Kein Zugriff
- 18 An Interview with Professor Nicole A. Cooke, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kein Zugriff
- 19 Career Transition Kein Zugriff
- 20 From Public to Academic Kein Zugriff
- 21 From Big City Academic Library to Big City Public Library Kein Zugriff
- 22 An Interview with Catharina Isberg, Library Director, Helsingborg Public Library, Sweden Kein Zugriff
- 23 A Conversation with Lisa Chow and Sandra Sajonas Kein Zugriff
- 24 From the New York Public Library to CNN Kein Zugriff
- 25 From Libraries to Museums Kein Zugriff
- 26 Nine Qualities to Cultivate across Your Entire Career Kein Zugriff
- 27 From School Librarian to Technical Support Kein Zugriff
- 28 An Interview with Yujin Hong, E-resources Librarian, Kyung Hee University Central Library, Seoul, Korea Kein Zugriff
- 29 Getting Started with Digital Humanities in Libraries Kein Zugriff
- 30 Future-Proof Your Career with Resilience and Proactivity Kein Zugriff
- 31 From Lawyer to Librarian to Librarian Lawyer Kein Zugriff
- 32 The Road from Medical to Science-Engineering Librarianship Kein Zugriff
- 33 An Interview with Stacy R. Williams, Head of Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California Kein Zugriff
- 34 An Interview with Naomi House, Founder of INALJ Kein Zugriff
- 35 Refining Your Career Kein Zugriff
- 36 Gaining Experience without Forgoing Pay Kein Zugriff
- 37 An Interview with Dr. Janet H. Clarke, Associate Dean for Research and User Engagement, Stony Brook University Libraries Kein Zugriff
- 38 An Interview with Dr. Lian Ruan, Head Librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kein Zugriff
- 39 Top Five Tips for Finding New Roles in Your Library Kein Zugriff
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 239 - 242
- About the Editors and Contributors Kein Zugriff Seiten 243 - 253
