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Informationen zum Autor Davis Erin Anderson is the Community Engagement Manager at the Metropolitan New York Library Council, where she works to extend METRO's presence into the digital realm by keeping friends, followers, and connections up to date on issues relevant to the field of libraries, archives, and museums. Raymond Pun is the first year student success librarian in Fresno State. He has held positions in New York University Shanghai and the New York Public Library. He has published widely and presented extensively in various topics of academic and public librarianship in national and international conferences such as ALA, SLA and IFLA. Klappentext What if you were a public librarian and then you wanted to become an academic librarian? How different are those worlds and how would you know what kind of skills or experiences you need to get your foot into the academic door? Career Transitions for Librarians: Proven Strategies for Moving to Another Type of Library explores the multifaceted roles of the librarian profession from personal narratives of professional librarians who have successfully worked and transitioned from one type of library to another. Learn the successful strategies and stories of librarians who transitioned from public to academic libraries, school media to academic libraries, public to special libraries, print to digital worlds, among other ones. What kinds of skill sets and experiences were they able to transfer or draw on from their previous work experiences? How can you make these successful transitions as well? From interview tips to developing relevant and transferable skill sets, this unique guide offers testimonials with a targeted advice and job strategies for readers interested in making these successful transitions during a time when there is a huge difficulty in securing a library job. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Mary Lee KennedyIntroduction by Davis Erin Anderson & Raymond PunPart I: From Special to Academic LibrarianshipChapter 1: Successfully Making Transition Between Academia and Corporation by Jia MiChapter 2: Getting to Great: Transitioning from a Special to an Academic Library by Linda MilesChapter 3: An Interview With Jan Chindlund, Library Dean, Columbia College Chicago LibraryChapter 4: From the Hospital to the Academy and Back Again: Opportunities in Medical Librarianship by Lisa Liang Philpotts Chapter 5: Flipping the Pages: Tracing Experiences from Both Sides of the Road by Joseph M. YapChapter 6: An Interview with Gretel L. Stock-Kupperman, Director of the Library, Instructional Design, and Academic Affairs Initiatives, Viterbo UniversityChapter 7: From Public to Corporate to Academic: Tales and Lessons from an Accidental Business Librarian by Celia RossChapter 8: Uprooting from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Los Angeles, California: A Professional Journey by Veronica D'AquinoPart II: From Academic to Special LibrarianshipChapter 9: One MLIS Degree, Many Career Possibilities by Sandra HirshChapter 10: Going Govie: An Academic Librarian Joins the Civil Service by Deborah E. B. Keller Chapter 11: 10 Simple Tips for Managing Your Career: Reflections on an Evolving Career from a Restless Librarian by Carrie Netzer WadjaPart III: From Special to Public LibrarianshipChapter 12: How Being an Untraditional Librarian Allowed for a Library Career in the Arts by Kara WestChapter 13: Setting Up Shop: From Business to Public with a little Entrepreneurship Between by Lorene Kennard Chapter 14: Make Your Own Luck: The Story of a Recent Transition from Art Librarian to Teen Services Librarian by Holland S. Kessinger Chapter 15: From Prisons to Public: My Time at Brooklyn Public Library by Brian Hasbrouck Part IV: From Public to Academic LibrarianshipChapter 16: On the Road Again: From Public to Community College Libraries by Gerald AndersonChapter 17: A Time to Plant, A Time to Uproot: My Transi...
