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The other day I was browsing through Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers 2012” (Vol. 137 No. 5). Among the featured information professionals was Emerging Technologies Librarian Stephen X. Flynn who has created a site for job seekers: Open Cover Letters It’s an open repository of samples of cover letters for a variety of professions to [...] Scan this code with your phone or visit http://rdc.libguides.com/goingmobile Saturday my co-worker Anne Marie Watson and I are presenting at the Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta. The topic of our discussion is affordable ways to integrate mobile technologies into library services, including text reference, QR codes, and mobile-friendly websites and apps. In other [...] Source: ppdigital A few weeks ago I led a session with RDC Library co-workers Yvonne Phillips and Lisa Wakefield entitled “You Are What You Read.” The hour-long session was done as part of a Wellness Day event held for faculty and staff over the mid-term break. It was a fun way to promote the [...] I had Monday off for Family Day, yet still I spent part of the day in the library… taking “professional” pictures amid the book stacks. Having photos of yourself taken where you are trying very hard to look studious, professional and well-meaning can be an awkward endeavour, but a necessary one all the same. This [...] Last June I attended (and presented at) the NEOS Mini-conference at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. Marketing Director for Edmonton Public Library (EPL), Tina Thomas, led the keynote session entitled It’s a New Day! Rebranding the Edmonton Public Library. I was thoroughly impressed by the new brand that EPL released last year. The Library’s [...] Tonight I was pleased to come across placement surveys on the Faculty of Information & Media Studies website (University of Western Ontario). These surveys, taken by Library and Information Science (LIS) grads between 2003 and 2008, offer insight into things like how long it took them to find work, salary, types of jobs, length of [...] Unofficially, anyway… Like it or not, September is the month that has most academic librarians running around from class to class doing all that they can to ensure students know about what resources are available to them and how to use them effectively. This is usually accomplished through one hour classes where the librarian talks [...] Personal branding? Social networking? A waste of time? In the most basic sense, LinkedIn is a social networking site much like Facebook that is geared toward a professional audience. Since a lot of librarians are on there, I thought it might be useful to flesh out some of the advantages and disadvantages of [...] Chances are that if you’re looking for work in a library setting, you’re going to be asked about your experiences with new technologies and your thoughts on how those technologies can be successfully integrated into library services. The following are just some of many software and Web applications available on the Internet that are [...] Once you have landed an interview for a library job, it’s very wise to practice interview questions commonly asked of applicants seeking librarian positions. A few sites that provide examples of interview questions include: 101+ Commonly Asked Interview Questions- Compiled from materials available at an Illinois Library Association conference session Having a Successful Job Interview- [...] |
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