Career Transitions for Librarians : Proven Strategies for Moving to Another Type of Library.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: From Specialized to Academic Librarianship -- 1 Successfully Making Transitions between Academia and the Corporation -- 2 Getting to Great -- 3 An Interview with Jan Chindlund, Library Dean, Columbia College Chicago Library -- 4 From the Hospital to the Academy and Back Again -- 5 Flipping the Pages -- 6 An Interview with Gretel L. Stock-Kupperman, Director of the Library, Instructional Design, and Academic Affairs Initiatives, Viterbo University -- 7 From Public to Corporate to Academic -- 8 Uprooting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Los Angeles, California -- II: From Academic to Specialized Librarianship -- 9 One MLIS Degree, Many Career Possibilities -- 10 Going Govie -- 11 Ten Simple Tips for Managing Your Career -- III: From Specialized to Public Librarianship -- 12 How Being an Untraditional Librarian Allowed for a Library Career in the Arts -- 13 Setting Up Shop -- 14 Make Your Own Luck -- 15 From Prisons to Public -- IV: From Public to Academic Librarianship -- 16 On the Road Again -- 17 A Time to Plant, a Time to Uproot -- 18 An Interview with Professor Nicole A. Cooke, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- 19 Career Transition -- 20 From Public to Academic -- V: From Academic to Public Librarianship -- 21 From Big City Academic Library to Big City Public Library -- 22 An Interview with Catharina Isberg, Library Director, Helsingborg Public Library, Sweden -- VI: From Public to Specialized Librarianship -- 23 A Conversation with Lisa Chow and Sandra Sajonas -- 24 From the New York Public Library to CNN -- 25 From Libraries to Museums -- 26 Nine Qualities to Cultivate across Your Entire Career -- VII: From School Media to Academic Librarianship and Vendor Services.

27 From School Librarian to Technical Support -- 28 An Interview with Yujin Hong, E-resources Librarian, Kyung Hee University Central Library, Seoul, Korea -- VIII: Transitions within the Academic Library World -- 29 Getting Started with Digital Humanities in Libraries -- 30 Future-Proof Your Career with Resilience and Proactivity -- 31 From Lawyer to Librarian to Librarian Lawyer -- 32 The Road from Medical to Science-Engineering Librarianship -- 33 An Interview with Stacy R. Williams, Head of Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California -- IX: Nontraditional Transitions, Internships, and General Advice -- 34 An Interview with Naomi House, Founder of INALJ -- 35 Refining Your Career -- 36 Gaining Experience without Forgoing Pay -- 37 An Interview with Dr. Janet H. Clarke, Associate Dean for Research and User Engagement, Stony Brook University Libraries -- 38 An Interview with Dr. Lian Ruan, Head Librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- 39 Top Five Tips for Finding New Roles in Your Library -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.

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: How to Get a Job in 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.

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