G. Kim Dority

LIS Career Sourcebook (eBook, PDF)

Managing and Maximizing Every Step of Your Career

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A must-have guide of professional development resources for library staff at every phase of their career-from those just entering the field, to paraprofessionals building a career trajectory, to seasoned librarians looking to explore additional career options.

Thousands of students graduate with a Master of Library and Information Science degree every year. Unfortunately, budget cuts at libraries diminish available job opportunities and prompt administrators to hire less qualified-and less expensive-professionals. However, armed with the right information, library science professionals can successfully build and sustain a resilient library and information science (LIS) career inside-or outside-the traditional library setting.

LIS Career Sourcebook: Managing and Maximizing Every Step of Your Career provides a chapter-by-chapter overview of key career stages and strategies, and identifies for each the best information resources to help readers develop a successful LIS career. The author lays out the typical stages that workers are likely to encounter as they move through their professional life, highlighting important issues associated with each stage and providing insights and resources for making smart career choices along the way. Covering the entire career lifespan from entry level to retirement, the resources cited will help readers make informed choices about career options, professional development, and personal career satisfaction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781598849325
• Artikelnr.: 68251282

Autorenporträt

G. Kim Dority, adjunct faculty at University of Denver's graduate library school, teaches courses in Information Entrepreneurship and Career Alternatives for Library Science Students and Professionals. Founder and president of G. K. Dority & Associates, an information strategy company, she led the team that designed and created Jones e-global library, an online library for students and other researchers, and was corporate librarian for the National Cable Television Center's information center. In addition, she served as Interim Assistant Director for DU's graduate library school. A longstanding ARBA reviewer, Kim has authored two editions of Guide to Reference Books, as well as numerous journal articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The LIS Career Universe
Framing Your Career Options Who Needs What Information? Exploring Your
Career Options Resources Chapter 2: LIS Education Options Do You Need an
MLIS? Finding an MLIS Program Evaluating MLIS Programs What about Online
Programs and iSchools? What Courses to Take Financial Aid Sources Does
Getting an MLIS Make Sense? 5 Resources Chapter 3: LIS Job Hunting Decide
on Potential Job Opportunities/Career Paths Research the Relevant Job
Market(s) Understand Your Value Proposition Polish Your Job-Hunting Tools
(E-Portfolios, Resumes, and Cover Letters) Build Your Professional Brand
Online before Applying for Jobs Launch Your Job Search Interviewing and
Negotiating Should New Grads Take Non-LIS Jobs? Temping as an Interim Job
Solution Resources Chapter 4: Start Your Career off Right Communicating
Effectively Becoming an Effective Team Player Responding Positively to
Change Getting Things Done Staying Professionally Current Importance of
Self-Leadership to Your Career Resources Chapter 5: Learning What Will You
Need to Learn? How and Where Will You Learn? Finding Your Learning Path
Resources Chapter 6: Building Your Professional Network What Is a
Professional Network? Building and Sustaining Your Professional Community
Introverted? You Can Still Build a Network Still a Student? Start Building
Your Network in Grad School Networking Strategy Benefits of a Professional
Network Resources Chapter 7: Establishing Your Professional Brand Key
Characteristics of a Professional Brand Career Branding, Social Media, and
Introverts Building Your Brand in Grad School Why Your Professional Brand
Is Really Important to Your Career Resources Chapter 8: Managing What Is
Management? Management Insights Key Management Challenges Resources
Chapter 9: Leading Definition of Leadership Becoming a Leader-The Outside
Perspective Becoming a Leader-The LIS Perspective Gender/Gen-Y Frames and
Leadership Resources Chapter 10: Going the Independent Route Types of
Independent Work Is Being an Independent for You? Ways to Approach
Independent Work Questions to Consider before You Leap Creating Additional
Revenue Streams From Solo to Small Business (and Everything in Between)
Resources Chapter 11: Transition Points: Finding Opportunity in Change
Taking a Career Time-out Relocating Your Career Moving into a New LIS
Career Opportunity or Industry When Your Career Change Is a Layoff
Retiring-Or Not Exploring New Directions Resources Appendix: ALA, CLA, and
SLA Groups Index