Making the most of your library career /

Making the most of your library career /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago : ALA Editions, American Library Association, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 110 pages .)
Language:	English
Subject:	Library science -- Vocational guidance -- United States. Librarians -- Employment -- United States. Librarians -- United States -- Interviews. Career development. Librarians. Career Mobility. Employment. Vocational Guidance. Career development. Librarians. Librarians -- Employment. Library science -- Vocational guidance. United States. Electronic books. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274483

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Other authors / contributors:	Stickell, Lois, 1951- editor. Sanders, Bridgette, 1962- editor.
ISBN:	0838995985 9780838995983 9780838995990 0838995993 9780838911860 0838911862 9780838996003
Notes:	Includes index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This collection of essays from ten from-the-trenches librarians offers practical insights into how to launch and manage your library career. Though everyone's path is different, this book is intended to help you formulate an organized approach to finding your own career path.
Other form:	Print version: 9780838911860 0838911862

Table of Contents:

First impressions / Melinda Livas
The view from the top / Theodosia Shields and Annie Payton
The accidental librarian / Tamara Acevedo
We've always done it this way / Katherine Farmer
Professional associations and you / Lynda Kellam
Life cycle of a librarian's year / Jenny Dale
Assessing the job / Greta Wood
Developing a plan B / Beth Martin
How not to be one of the penguins / Phil Blank
What if the job doesn't work out? / Kelly Evans.