Career Paths and Career Development of Business Librarians

2019-07-09
Career Paths and Career Development of Business Librarians
Author: Diane Zabel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-07-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 131799339X
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Contributors provide insights about business librarianship in various types of institutions, explore traditional and non-traditional career paths in business librarianship, and discuss numerous strategies for professional growth (from earning an MBA degree to working abroad). Among the topics covered are the following: recruitment of business librarians (including recent data on the supply and demand of business librarians); the special concerns of early career and mid-career business librarians; the importance of mentoring; leadership development; and business librarians on the job in academic, public, and corporate libraries. This book will appeal to a wide audience: practitioners; directors of public, academic, and special libraries serving the business community; library and information science educators; and those considering business librarianship as a career, including students, generalist librarians, and individuals seeking a career change. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship.

A Day in the Life

2007-04-30
A Day in the Life
Author: Priscilla K. Shontz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2007-04-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313094764
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The editors of liscareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. Many people, not just those new to the field of Library and Information Science, are curious about their career options. The editors of LIScareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. This is a perfect guide for library and information science students, prospective information professionals, new librarians-or anyone considering a career change.

The Librarian's Career Guidebook

2004
The Librarian's Career Guidebook
Author: Priscilla K. Shontz
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780810850347
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Sage advice and career guidance is offered by sixty-four information professionals from diverse positions and workplaces. This practical guide addresses a wide variety of career issues. The advice is aimed at librarians in various stages of a career: prospective librarians, M.L.S. students, and entry-level librarians, as well as experienced information professionals. Covers: - Career options - Education - The job search - On-the-job experience - Professional development - Essential skills and strategies for enjoying your career

Rethinking Information Work

2016-02-22
Rethinking Information Work
Author: G. Kim Dority
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:
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A state-of-the-art guide to the world of library and information science that gives readers valuable insights into the field and practical tools to succeed in it. As the field of information science continues to evolve, professional-level opportunities in traditional librarianship—especially in school and public libraries—have stalled and contracted, while at the same time information-related opportunities in non-library settings continue to expand. These two coinciding trends are opening up many new job opportunities for LIS professionals, but the challenge lies in helping them (and LIS students) understand how to align their skills and mindsets with these new opportunities.The new edition of G. Kim Dority's Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals gives readers helpful information on self-development, including learning to thrive on change, using key career skills like professional networking and brand-building, and how to make wise professional choices. Taking readers through a planning process that starts with self-examination and ends in creating an actionable career path, the book presents an expansive approach that considers all LIS career possibilities and introduces readers to new opportunities. This guide is appropriate for those embarking on careers in library and information science as well as those looking to make a change, providing career design strategies that can be used to build a lifetime of career opportunity.

Library and Information Science

2014-03-03
Library and Information Science
Author: Michael F. Bemis
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-03-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838911854
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This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.

Library Services for Career Planning, Job Searching, and Employment Opportunities

2019-12-06
Library Services for Career Planning, Job Searching, and Employment Opportunities
Author: Byron Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000757536
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Taking a broad approach from career counselling theory to recommendations of major sources of career and job information, this book, first published in 1992, covers subjects such as cooperative programs between librarians, career planning professionals, and job search counsellors and the evaluation of career-related materials. It emphasizes the constant demand for career and job information regardless of economic conditions. Librarians can act as intermediaries to help patrons locate career and employment sources dispersed throughout the collection, demonstrate their proper use, and guide them to additional useful sources. Specific chapters explain how to expand career and job services by networking with other community resources and developing a strong core collection of the best resources available. Other ground breaking topics analysed include employment and labour market trends for the 1990s, unemployment services in libraries, evaluation criteria for career resources, essential career planning and employment materials, specialized collections for relocation literature, and employment of persons with disabilities.

Career Services and Workforce Development Centers for Libraries

2024-11-18
Career Services and Workforce Development Centers for Libraries
Author: Raymond Pun
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2024-11-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538186527
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With the rise of unemployment, increased career growth opportunities, and changing workforce demographics, libraries can support job seekers in several ways. Career Services and Workforce Development Center for Libraries: A Guide serves as a resource for libraries interested in creating, supporting or enhancing their career services, economic and workforce development programs for their communities. Going beyond collection development and hosting job fair activities, the book covers: teaching resources and interviews from library leaders supporting workforce development initiatives or collaborations ideas on how libraries can be embedded in the workforce development community by providing a series of job readiness activities, programs, and services how academic and public librarians can support their users exploring career opportunities and development examines employment trends and resources such as generative artificial intelligence to dive into these issues so libraries can stay active in identifying new skill development and technologies to support their communities How can one start a career services or job center program in their libraries? What are specialized career services in libraries being offered? How can libraries advocate for funding for workforce development? Divided into five chapters, each chapter addresses these questions and provides a series of examples, ideas, and resources for readers to consider replicating in their own libraries. If you are looking for ideas for your libraries to support a community of job seekers, this is the book for you.

Career Opportunities in Library and Information Science

2009
Career Opportunities in Library and Information Science
Author: T. Allan Taylor
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2009
Genre: Information science
ISBN: 0816075468
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Whether you're a student or a professionals ready for a career change, you'll find in this invaluable book everything you need to know to start an exciting career or alter the direction of your current career in library and/or information science. Features include a quick-reference Career Profile for each job summarizing its notable features, a Career Ladder illustrating frequent routes to and from the position described, and a comprehensive text pointing out special skills, education, training, and various associations relevant to each post. Appendixes list educational institutions, periodicals and directories, professional associations, and useful industry Web sites.

Personnel Literature

1985
Personnel Literature
Author: United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1985
Genre: Civil service
ISBN:
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