While I was hesitant to jump out of the library world, I appreciated that my library skills would be utilized in unique ways. I stayed at a law firm a year, effectively using my MLS as a conflicts analyst, and in turn expanding these same skills that I would later apply as a librarian at Cornell University.
Careers
Transferable Skills: Stepping Afield to Get a Foot in the Library Door | Backtalk
February 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
Digital Content Curation Is Career for Librarians | Backtalk
February 1, 2012 By 7 Comments
A Hard Act To Follow | Editorial
January 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
It came as a shock to hear that Mary Dempsey had resigned as head of Chicago Public Library (CPL) this week after 18 years as the city’s library commissioner. San Francisco Public Library’s Brian Bannon (an LJ Mover & Shaker) will take over March 1. I shouldn’t have been surprised, though—not only because of the continuing budget woes Dempsey’s had to deal with over the last couple of years but also because we’d talked about her future plans.
ALA Midwinter 2012: When Looking for a Job, Remember to Smile
January 23, 2012 By 4 Comments
Job seekers in the library field need to remember that recruiters often highly value “soft skills.”
“First and foremost, I look at how they present themselves, how well they communicate, and I like when they smile a lot,” said Megan Alpaugh, a staff recruiter for the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
After Furor, Harvard Library Spokesperson Says ‘Inaccurate’ That All Staff Will Have to Reapply
January 19, 2012 By 5 Comments
Luis Herrera: LJ’s 2012 Librarian of the Year
January 9, 2012 By 18 Comments
“We know Luis Herrera will win this award someday because he is a fabulous leader,” wrote Catherine Bremer, the chief steward of the Librarians Guild of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, about the city librarian who directs the San Francisco Public Library. That support was echoed by many others, from the very recently reelected mayor of San Francisco, Edwin Lee, to members of the city’s Board of Supervisors, citizens who represent library branches, and the chiefs of other city departments. Such broad consensus made Herrera the clear choice for the 2012 LJ Librarian of the Year, selected by the editors of LJ.
ARL Salary Survey: U.S. Academic Librarians’ Salaries Up 1.5 Percent
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released its annual salary survey today which showed academic librarians’ salaries in 2010-2011 increased 1.5 percent in the United States and two percent in Canada. In its ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010-2011, the organization reports that the median salary for U.S. ARL university libraries in 2010-2011 was $65,000, up [...]
Library People News: Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries 12/16/11
December 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Joanna Bailey has been named Director, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA. She has served as Interim Director for the past two years. Maureen Nicholas Brodar is the new Youth Services Manager, Shaker Heights Public Library (SHPL), OH. She previously was Children’s Librarian at SHPL. Philip Cheney is the new Director, Oconee County Public Library (OCPL), [...]
Library Science Without the Library | Backtalk
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Jane Greenstein Librarian or Google employee? Library schools keep churning out graduates, but it’s the private sector that is laying out the welcome mat to MLIS graduates. Now library schools should become more aggressive about preparing students for positions outside the library. Why? Studies, including one conducted by Library Journal, point to the fact [...]
Martin B. Wolske | LJ Teaching Award 2011
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Martin B. Wolske and his students do their learning and teaching with the people who live in marginalized and underserved communities. His students begin to understand how the use and application of technology reflect our society, and as Wolske puts it “what is encountered when you try to use that technology in communities already dismissed by that society.”
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