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Career Q&A: A Librarian's Real-Life, Practical Guide to Managing a Successful Career
Librarianship is an exciting and rewarding career choice that offers variety, diversity, flexibility, and room to grow. In Career Q&A , Susanne Markgren and Tiffany Eatman Allen examine events, transitions, struggles, and advances that encompass and define a librarian's career, answering a range of important questions library professionals face as they move through the various stages of their working lives. For more than 10 years, Markgren and Allen have collaborated on the popular advice column "Career Q&A with the Library Career People." Here, blending their own best advice with tips and ideas from a number of their savvy peers, they guide current and aspiring information professionals in their pursuit of satisfying careers.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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November 23, 2013
This well-written, practical book is the best basic career guide for librarians I have read.The authors have filled the book with tips, step-by-step plans, and suggestions for everyday career needs from young librarians to the experienced.
Major development and transition points such as networking, involvement in associations, moving up the ladder into management and even retirement are broken down into simple steps or outlined to guide the reader with ease. The division of early, middle, and end career issues make the book an easy reference as well as general guide.
At each chapter end the authors interview a librarian or two from a position related to the chapter content—such as a consultant for the chapter on non-traditional careers or a HR librarian for the chapter on retirement. The broad range of positions give a broad perspective and vision of possible career options while the interviews add a personal touch, making advancement feel so much easier to achieve.
I wish it had devoted more space to non-traditional careers as these are becoming more necessary due to the lack of available library jobs. I wish even more I had read this book when I first graduated from library school. The section on starting your career which covers everything from what to take on an interview to the breakdown of cover letters and job postings would have been invaluable.
Whether you are a new librarian or a veteran looking to pursue the next step in your career, this book is a perfect general guide with easy-to apply advice.
Major development and transition points such as networking, involvement in associations, moving up the ladder into management and even retirement are broken down into simple steps or outlined to guide the reader with ease. The division of early, middle, and end career issues make the book an easy reference as well as general guide.
At each chapter end the authors interview a librarian or two from a position related to the chapter content—such as a consultant for the chapter on non-traditional careers or a HR librarian for the chapter on retirement. The broad range of positions give a broad perspective and vision of possible career options while the interviews add a personal touch, making advancement feel so much easier to achieve.
I wish it had devoted more space to non-traditional careers as these are becoming more necessary due to the lack of available library jobs. I wish even more I had read this book when I first graduated from library school. The section on starting your career which covers everything from what to take on an interview to the breakdown of cover letters and job postings would have been invaluable.
Whether you are a new librarian or a veteran looking to pursue the next step in your career, this book is a perfect general guide with easy-to apply advice.
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