E-forum on Job Hunting: A Conversation About How To Do It Well
Posted: April 29, 2011 Filed under: Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Job Search, Opportunities: Professional Development, Technical Services, [ Opportunities ] | Tags: ALCTS, e-forum, erica findley, interview skills, job hunting, library technical services, tiffany eatman allen Leave a comment »Job Hunting: A Conversation About How To Do It Well
May 4-5, 2011
Hosted by Tiffany Eatman Allen and Erica Findley
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 6am – 2pm
Mountain: 7am – 3pm
Central: 8am – 4pm
Eastern: 9am – 5pm
In this free and open e-Forum discussion, our hosts will look at performing a successful job search in library technical services.
Whether you are new to the field or just changing career focus, this e-Forum will provide you with the pointers you need to secure your next position in this continually changing area of librarianship. What can you do to put yourself ahead of the competition? How can you make yourself more visible in the crowded job market? Need a refresher on cover letters and resumes? How about interview basics? Do you know how to best manage your on-line presence while conducting a job search? We will explore these questions and many more with our two hosts: Tiffany Allen, Library HR insider and Erica Findley, a new graduate who recently landed an academic library position.
Tiffany Eatman Allen is the Director of Library Human Resources at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library. She works extensively with librarians, staff, and Information and Library Science graduate students, and is also currently the Chair of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) Human Resources Section. She holds a BA in Political Science and Psychology and an MLS, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published in traditional print media, including C&RL News and in The Librarian’s Career Guidebook, as well as several articles written online for LISCareer.com. Additionally, she has served as co-editor of LISCareer.com and as co-author of “Career Q&A with the Library Career People” for LISjobs.com since 2003.
Erica Findley is the Digital Resources/Metadata Librarian at Pacific University Library in Forest Grove, Oregon. She earned her MLIS is 2008 and has held a variety of appointments in ALA. Currently, she is the Vice Chair of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group where she has led two on-line discussions about performing successful job searches. She is also serving on two search committees one for a library staff position and the other for the ALCTS ANO Editor position.
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it’s free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at:http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at: http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
How to Handle Rejection
Posted: January 21, 2011 Filed under: Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Job Search Leave a comment »After the Failed Interview
by Christine Kelly at Inside Higher Ed
I found this article and thought that others might be interested. The author makes a great point – most of us go through rejection several times during our job searches. How you handle those scenarios can be important to your future career.
Lessons for a New Librarian
Posted: February 23, 2010 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students Comments OffArLiSNAPer Meredeth Kahn gives some good advice for students & newly minted libs over on the Librations blog.
Takeaways
- Envelop your passion into your work
- Find a need, fill a need
- Be strategic
Katelyn Angell Questions the Need for Second Masters
Posted: May 13, 2009 Filed under: Advice: Students, ALA Comments OffAn interesting opinion article is in this month’s American Libraries.
Typically, employers expect potential hires to hold both an MLIS and an additional subject-specific master’s or PhD. Upon learning this daunting fact, two pressing questions immediately formed in my mind: How can people on a librarian’s salary afford to earn multiple graduate degrees, and why disregard strong undergraduate credentials or field experience?
American Libraries(CB). American Libraries (Volume 40, Issue 5, May 2009).
Chicago, IL, USA: American Libraries, 2009. p 39.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ala/Doc?id=10290396&ppg=41
Copyright � 2009. American Libraries. All rights reserved.
While I’m sympathetic of Angell’s concerns (I have a similar experience), I also understand the need for having a very strong foundation when working in art libraries.
Academic Library Interviews
Posted: April 15, 2009 Filed under: Academic Librarianship, Advice, Advice: Students, Job Search | Tags: academic libraries, interviews Comments OffFrom the inside out and the outside in: The academic library interview process in a tight economy
C&RL News, April 2009
Vol. 70, No. 4
by Karin Durán, Eric P. Garcia, and Mara L. Houdyshell
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2009/apr/insideout.cfm
A Cover Letter Is Not Expendable
Posted: February 23, 2009 Filed under: Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Cover letters, Job Search 1 Comment »A Cover Letter Is Not Expendable
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Q. You are getting ready to apply for a job electronically, and your résumé is ready to go. Do you need to prepare a cover letter? Are they necessary in this day and age?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/jobs/15career.html?em
Resources Page
Posted: December 3, 2008 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Art Librarianship, Bibliographies and Pathfinders, Education: LIS Programs, Opportunities: Awards, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Professional Development | Tags: awards, bibliographies, chapters, degree programs, directory, librarianship, mls Comments OffFYI: There are some useful new links on the Resources page:
- an index of chapter awards
- the Bibliography of Art Librarianship by BJ Irvine
- a link to ARLIS/NA’s directory of degree programs for fine arts and visual resources librarianship
Call for Volunteer(s) – Project Leader for Student Outreach Initiatives
Posted: June 10, 2008 Filed under: Advice: Students, Education: LIS Programs, Opportunities: Volunteer, Outreach Comments OffIt was great to meet so many of you at the ArLiSNAP meeting during the ARLIS annual conference in Denver. One of the topics floated at the meeting was ways in which to get more bodies involved in ArLiSNAP via additional volunteer positions. The general consensus was that more people might be willing to be involved if there were a greater range of volunteer positions, both in scale and duties.
To this end, we’d like to announce the first of these volunteer opportunities- a
Project Leader for Student Outreach Initiatives
What we are hoping for with this position is someone interested in taking on the task of researching possibilities for ArLiSNAP to engage more with students. To get us started along this path, we first need to have some idea about where needs exist that ArLiSNAP could fill. This would involve the project leader looking into topics such as what ARLIS’s commitments and current activities are in regard to students, how individual chapters connect with local student populations, etc. The Project Leader for Student Outreach Initiatives could then compile and disseminate this info either through blog posts or a written summary, in the spirit of eliciting discussion as to how ArLISNAP could expand in this direction.
Anyone with even mild curiosity or interest about this position is welcome to leave a comment. If you think you might be interested in this position but would like to work on it with others, we’d be into that too. Or if you think another topic would benefit from similar inquiry, feel free to suggest it.
Want to Learn More about Being a Librarian?
Posted: March 12, 2008 Filed under: Advice: Students, Education: LIS Programs, Opportunities: Networking Comments OffMove Forward With Your Library Career – Stop Fooling Around with Your Future
Learn more about this event.
| When? | Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
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| Where? | NSLS – Auditorium, Wheeling, IL |
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| Cost | Free |
Realize your dreams by getting advice and guidance from a panel of current students and recent alumni, and a second panel of admission representatives from Dominican University, University of Illinois, and the University Center of Lake County. Their presentations will help you:
• Understand the value of the MLIS degree
• Prepare for admission
• Determine your learning style (online or face to face)
• Balance your work, life, and educational needs
• Become a degreed professional
Agenda
4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Welcome
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Student and Alumni Panel Presentation
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Admissions Representatives Panel
5:45 – 6:30 p.m. Networking
ARLIS/NE career panel podcast
Posted: August 8, 2007 Filed under: Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students 1 Comment »On July 17th Panopticon (the Simmons GSLIS art library interest group) and ARLIS/NE co-hosted a career panel at Simmons. 38 graduate students and art library enthusiasts came on a beautiful summer evening to hear five librarians talk about their career paths in art librarianship and offer advice to those just entering the profession.
I’d like to thank my fellow panelists for participating:
Deborah Barlow Smedstad, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Rachel Beckwith, Simmons GSLIS West and ARTstor
Robert Burton, Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University
Brooke Henderson, Wellesley College
They were frank, entertaining, and fascinating.
I would also like to extend a special thanks to Anne Reid and Martha Mahard at Simmons College and Darin Murphy from Panopticon.
If you’re sorry you missed the event, it’s not too late. The podcast is available at http://gslis.simmons.edu/podcasts/
rachel resnik
technical services librarian
massachusetts college of art + design
621 huntington avenue
boston, ma 02115
Summary of Backpack to Briefcase: Life after Library School
Posted: May 2, 2007 Filed under: 2007 ARLIS/NA Conference Atlanta, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Alternative Careers, ARLIS/NA, ArLiSNAP, Art Librarianship, Employment Resources, Publication 1 Comment »Backpack to Briefcase: Life after Library School.
Sarah Carter Moderator Introduced the session saying this session was born from the conference last year at Banff, and envisioned something that would help students, and new professionals jumpstart their role in ARLIS. Read the rest of this entry »
Book Review Link: Rethinking Information Work
Posted: April 19, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications 1 Comment »Rethinking Information Work
Submitted by Informant on Fri, 04/13/2007 – 3:48pm. The Informant By Kathleen Swantek, Research Associate, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute
“Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.”–Aristotle
This is just one of several quotes used to introduce chapters and set the tone in G. Kim Dority’s recent book, Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (Libraries Unlimited, 2006).
If you’ve been spending some time this spring thinking about your career—or if you’ve already decided it’s time for a career shift—Rethinking Information Work is a book you’ll want to spend some quality time with. Even if you think you’ve landed the perfect job, this book is worth your time.
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Net reputations ruin job hopes
Posted: April 2, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Blogs, Employment Resources 3 Comments »Blogging and social network bloopers can hurt your employability
By Tim Ferguson
Published: Wednesday 28 March 2007
From Silicon.com
http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39166575,00.htm
Networking 101
Posted: March 22, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students 4 Comments »With conference season upon us (VRA starts next Tuesday, and ARLIS/NA in less than a month!) I thought it would be interesting to get different tips on networking . . .
- Which strategies have you found to be positive in past experience?
- What are some things to avoid when you are networking?
- What’s the most beneficial outcome you’ve experienced from networking?
Please feel free to share your thoughts for the benefit of ArLiSNAP collective wisdom!
Career Strategies for Students and New Librarians
Posted: March 2, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students Comments OffI want to draw attention to Rachel Singer Gordon’s excellent post at the Liminal Librarian blog. Her Making our Careers Happen post references Meredith Farkas’ Making Things Happen! post at the Information Wants to Be Free blog.
Rachel is also the author of The NextGen Librarian’s Survival Guide, as well as a plethora of other publications on starting a career in librarianship. Many of her tips are worth implementing for those trying to break into the art librarianship field!
Corporate Art/Architecture Librarianship
Posted: February 16, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Architecture Librarianship, Employment Resources 2 Comments »My question to Samantha, MLS student and corporate librarian in an architecture firm:
Are corporate positions advertised in library job listings or in listings for
architects or somewhere else entirely?
Samantha’s reply:
I ended up stumbling backwards into my position, promoted
from office manager, which I just found on Craigslist. I had 3 library
classes down, and A LOT to learn. I am uncertain as to how/where they
recruited the previous librarian — Perhaps in the New York Times –
which is where we usually hire from. I recently hired a new full time
assistant, and I posted the ad to area library schools, area art
schools, SLA Philadelphia chapter, and the Philadelphia Cultural
Alliance website (philaculture.org) — the last was the winning
location. I don’t see jobs like mine advertised too often, but I have
seen listings either come through across SLA SoloLib or the
Architecture, Building Engineering, Construction and Design caucus of
SLA. Also, I have seen library staffing companies hiring for similar
positions. I bet the Architecture Roundtable of SAA is also another
source, as I have several colleagues in firms that I have made contact
with through there.
My firm is very into being at the cutting edge of the research field, so
they’re starting to get that having their library be at the forefront
helps them attain their goals. I take a very academic approach to my
position, and the firm is starting to support for my involvement in the
greater community –like I’m getting sent to SEI this summer. I share a
lot of the same woes as expressed in the round of job category emails,
as sometimes the library is outnumbered here 70:1 and it can be very
hard to get the resources and attention that I need. Things like OPACs
and automation systems are considered a frill here, as I have heard
echoed by other colleagues at other firms, as well. So I’m still a
little resource starved, but I believe in time I will get what I need –
But I believe a certain sense of salesmanship and self-promotion will be
needed in any library position.
S.
Art/Museum Librarian Student Group
Posted: February 1, 2007 Filed under: Advice: Students, Student Organizations 2 Comments »I would like to create an Art/Museum Librarian Student Group at my Library Graduate School. What would be the best manner of going about this?
Resume Review Service Available at ALA Midwinter
Posted: January 11, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Opportunities: Mentoring, Professional Associations, Resumes 1 Comment »Job hunting? Want a great resume?
The New Members Round Table offers its resume review service to all attendees of the Midwinter Conference in Seattle.
Librarians from all types of libraries, with various specializations have volunteered to help you make your resume shine!
How does it work? Reviewers meet with a job seeker for 30 minutes and give constructive advice on how to improve your resume and/or cover letter. Reviewers comment on overall presentation, layout, organization, content and spelling/grammar issues. More information at http://www.ala.org/ala/nmrt/comm/conference.htm
Visit the NMRT Resume Review Service Booth in Room 6A on Level 6 of the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Dates/Times:
Friday (1/19): 12 noon - 5 pm
Saturday (1/20): 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday (1/21): 9 am - 5 pm
Monday (1/22): 9 am – 1 pm
Sincerely,
New Member Roundtable Resume Review Service Committee
Kristina Keogh
Reference Librarian for the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
keoghkm@vcu.edu
A day in the life of an art librarian
Posted: January 2, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Art Librarianship, Employment Resources 5 Comments »I think it’d be fun, and hopefully helpful, to share what we do on a day-to-day basis. If you have an art-library-related job — whether you’re a “librarian” or not, full time or part time — please give us a glimpse into your daily work life by leaving a comment below. It’d also be useful to read about jobs that aren’t necessarily in art libraries, but provide experience useful to art librarians, such as general reference, instruction, rare books, cataloging, or database/IT positions.
Is a watercooler forbidden or provided? Do you attend meetings? Do you spend more time with books, computers or people? Are you supervised closely? Do you boss people around? Do you commute? Do you work in library-like silence? Do you wear a boa to work or just gem-encrusted glasses? What’s the most repetitive task you do? Do you have any idea what the show The Office is about? What’s the most creative or theatrical role you play? And, of course, what are your favorite things about your job?
If you want to know something, please suggest questions! Be as creative you’d like; bullet points also accepted! No word min or max either. Just remember — your boss might read this! 
Happy New Year!
