Skills to Make a Librarian : Transferable Skills Inside and Outside the Library.

Front Cover -- Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside the Library -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- More than a measure of skills -- Time management and ``to do´´ lists -- Evaluation -- Learning to experiment -- About the editor -- About the contributors -- Chapter 1: The benefits of earning a Master of Fine Arts to library leadership -- Introduction -- My path to librarianship -- The MFA workshop format -- How to take and give criticism -- What motivates people -- When to let go of good ideas -- The power of storytelling -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Transferable skills: from rocks to books -- Introduction -- Transferable skills for librarians and geologists -- Project management -- Project management in libraries -- Lessons learned from managing library projects -- Facilities care and maintenance -- Understanding your facility -- Understanding bidding and procurement processes -- Working with contractors and subcontractors -- Disaster preparedness -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: More than just story time -- Introduction -- Literature review -- General discussion of transferable skills -- Academia -- Librarianship in academia -- Generational differences -- In-depth analysis: therapists as parents -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Future directions of research -- Conclusion -- Appendix1. Intersection between parenting and librarianship survey text -- Chapter 4: From nonprofits to libraries -- Grant writing and fundraising defined -- Information-gathering -- Information-seeking -- Grant writing subject matter specialization and expertise -- Librarian subject matter specialization and expertise -- Knowing the audience/user -- Grant writers/fundraisers know their audience -- Librarians know their users -- Online research skills.

Grant writers online search skills -- Librarians online research skills -- Professional development -- Staying current on funding trends -- Staying current on trends in librarianship -- Evaluating information -- Grant writers and fundraisers evaluate funding opportunities -- Librarians evaluate information sources -- Information-gathering -- Program or project? -- Information-gathering for programs versus projects -- Project information-gathering -- Information-gathering from colleagues at a nonprofit -- Information gathered from colleagues for library services -- Information-gathering for grant reports -- Information curation -- Information curation for fundraisers -- Information curation for librarians -- Communication -- Nonprofit fundraisers tailor communications -- Librarians tailor communications -- Relationship-building -- Grant writer relationships with colleagues -- Grant writer relationships with funders -- Librarian relationships with colleagues -- Librarian relationships with users -- Nonprofit professional organizations for development professionals -- Professional organizations for librarians -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: A head for business and a heart for libraries -- The MLIS-a new beginning -- Head for business -- Reality -- When a door closes, look for a window -- Mourning period -- Life as a records manager -- The records center -- Website design -- Taxonomy -- Process improvement -- Relationships with customers and process partners -- Empowering customers -- Chapter 6: Information matters -- Introduction -- Evaluating authoritative sources -- Being aware of bias -- Why information matters -- Chapter 7: A biologist adapts to librarianship -- Introduction -- Adaptive management -- Evaluating and writing grant proposals -- Defining research data management plans and metadata guidelines -- Sciences content knowledge.

Scholarly publishing -- Writing and finding technical reports -- Public speaking experience -- Meeting facilitation -- Negotiation -- Project management -- Local government agency culture -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: A librarian prepares -- Introduction -- Background -- General skills -- Reference -- Instruction -- Library skills in theatre practice -- Getting involved -- Chapter 9: Why a marketing background is a good fit for the library profession -- Introduction -- Marketing and libraries -- Reasons to market libraries -- Educate and inform users and potential users -- Create and strengthen partnerships -- Increase funding and variety of funding sources -- The need for librarians with marketing skills -- Marketing skills to bring to the library profession -- Marketing skills add value to your resume -- Marketing skills for your professional toolkit -- Communicate effectively -- Comprehend and assimilate new information -- Network -- Persuade -- Organize and categorize information -- Innovate and create -- Think strategically -- The marketing and communications process for libraries -- The marketing plan -- Examine values -- Audit resources and services -- Research users -- Establish goals, objectives, and strategies -- Assess outcomes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: My journey from certified bra fitter to reference librarian -- Introduction -- J. Brannam -- Dillards Department Stores -- Army &amp -- Air Force Exchange Service -- Reference Service -- Visibility/approachability -- Interest -- Listening/inquiring -- Searching -- Follow-up -- Teaching -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Thinking about meaning -- Meaning and conceptual analysis in Socratic Philosophy -- Wise practice and the aims of Philosophy -- Thinking about meaning: Socrates and conceptual analysis -- Finding meaning in a philosophical education.

Applications to librarianship: what is the meaning of our practices? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard! -- Introduction -- How may I help you today? -- You want me to do all that? In 30 minutes? -- What just broke? -- As we prepare to land -- Chapter 13: Visual literacy meets information literacy -- Introduction -- Visual literacy -- Design needs in academic libraries -- The authors previous experiences -- Mary J. Snyder Broussard -- Judith Schwartz -- Abstract skills -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Pedagogy for librarians -- Introduction -- Before class: getting ready to teach -- Lesson plans: write them -- Additional reading -- Articulate learning objectives and base everything-content, activities, assessment-on those objectives -- Additional reading -- Teach less material -- move away from what must be ``covered´´ -- Incorporate exercises where students apply what theyve learned to promote deep rather than surface learning -- In the classroom -- The anticipatory set: preparing students for learning -- The advance organizer: telling them what youre going to tell them -- Activate students prior knowledge to scaffold their learning -- Additional reading -- Affective learning: how students feel in the classroom is as important as what theyre learning there -- Additional reading -- Classroom management -- Additional reading -- After class: completing the instruction loop -- Reflective practice -- Additional reading -- Provide prompt, formative feedback -- Articulate your teaching philosophy -- Additional reading -- Conclusion -- Index.

The library and information profession builds skills and expertise that cover a wide spectrum. These skills are often desirable in other fields and industries. Likewise, the skills we build before entering the library and information professions can help us as professionals. Skills to Make a Librarian looks at both sides of this equation through a collection of essays by current and former librarians and information professionals who make use of this wide range of cross disciplinary skills. Chapters written by authors at various points in their careers detailing what skills they have developed outside of librarianship Chapter authors discuss skills that have benefited their practice and careers, and how the skills of librarianship fit into life outside libraries Authors open up about personal experiences while keeping it professional.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.