Month: November 2009

Job Resources for Library School Students & Librarians

As promised, here are my picks for library job listings. Please note that this list is geared toward corporate and academic librarianship, although, some public and school library jobs are also posted to these lists. This list of job sources is by no means comprehensive; you should also subscribe to mailing list in your field of interest, search local library association websites, and search for websites dedicated to jobs in the area you are interested in. Topics of job websites range from USA government employee, Higher Education, School (k-12), Information Specialist/Services, to International Jobs.

Things you should keep in mind:

  1. Preferred is not the same as Required, if you meet the Required qualifications and have some of the Preferred go ahead and apply. The more skills that are asked for in the Preferred section the less likely it is that someone has all of them, be willing to learn the ones you don’t have and you could land yourself a job.
  2. I realize that some people have obligations which do not allow them to move, however, being willing to move for a new job gives you a much larger job pool to draw from. Think about what is more important to you, having a job you could love long term or staying within a specific geographic area.
  3. If you are willing to move for a job start going through your possessions now. You own more stuff than you think you do, and time may be limited when it’s time to move. The more you have sorted, donated, and given away the easier it will be when the time comes.
  4. If you follow all of these job feeds you will see a few duplicates and triplicates from time to time. This is to be expected, the majority of the jobs are not double posted.
  5. Do not ever do the final proof of your cover letter yourself. Find a professor, or someone who has been in the profession for a while who has experience hiring, to do the final read through. Not only will this improve your letter significantly, but you will learn things from their corrections that you can apply to the next letter that you write.

Job Lists
http://twitter.com/ALA_JobLIST

Combined Library Jobs – RSS Feed
http://www.lisjobs.com/rss.asp
(Provided by Library Job Posting on the Internet – http://www.libraryjobpostings.org/
And LISjobs.com http://www.lisjobs.com/)

GetLibraryJobs – Twitter
http://twitter.com/GetLibraryJobs

libassociates – Twitter
http://twitter.com/libassociates

Libgig_Jobs – Twitter
http://twitter.com/Libgig_Jobs

Libraryjobonline – Twitter
http://twitter.com/libraryjobline

LibInfoSciJobs – Twitter
http://twitter.com/LibInfoSciJobs

tmj_usa_library – Twitter
http://twitter.com/tmj_usa_library

Lastly I’d like to mention ACRL’s Residency Interest Group (RIG) webpage. RIG not only posts news about current and former residents, we also post residency position openings. There is no other place where residency information is compiled on the web. Check us out and consider a library residency.

http://acrl.ala.org/residency/

Catching Up

It has been a while since I posted and I’m skipping this month’s frugal living post in favor of two separate posts. This first post will let you know what I’ve been up to, and the second which I should finish writing by Monday will list my top picks for finding jobs in the library and information services world.

What have I been up to?

ACRL Residency Interest Group:
On October 1st, 2009 I became the Web Editor and List Administrator responsible for maintaining and facilitating the flow of information on the website and the group mailing list.

ARL Initiative To Recruit A Diverse Workforce: (Now called the Kaleidoscope Program)
October 15, 2009 I was privileged to receive an acceptance letter and became a 2009-2011 ARL Diversity Scholar.

California Library Association Annual Conference:
Although initially unsure of what to expect I greatly enjoyed my first conference in library land. While I did attend a few sessions, those seats are not made for people with short legs, I spent the majority of my time in the exhibit hall promoting the creation of, and application to, library residency programs. I was very excited to learn more about California’s preservation programs, OCLC’s ContentDM, and Mango Languages. I recommend checking all of these out.? Apologies to those who I missed in passing, hopefully I’ll catch up with some of you at MidWinter.

Drexel University:
As I continue in week seven of our quarter I am excited to be past the half way mark and accelerating toward completion of my degree in June. As I finish with my required courses the main problem is choosing between all of the marvelous special topics for my four electives. Next quarter I will be taking my first two electives Resources in Social Science and Instructional Role Information Specialist. 15 classes may seem like a lot but with the variety of offerings at Drexel I could almost do a second MSLIS degree, if I took everything that interests me.

Me:
For myself, I am grateful we are finally back on standard time. I’m busy with my volunteer internship at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden’s research library, the end of the quarter, and the beginnings of holiday scheduling. Additionally, I am working on an application for a library residency program, special thanks to Megan Perez for his editorial help!

They say that life is what you make of it, and right now life is great!