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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 collection of [...] 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 [...] 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 and [...] 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 getting [...] 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 a) [...] 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 Alternate title: An indefinite guide on how to make a conference poster for a library conference. Yesterday, I took part in my first poster session at the OLA Super Conference and all in all, things went really well. I went into this endeavor a total novice, however, so I thought it might be helpful to others [...] Will skills like acting and directing soon be added to the list of qualifications on a typical library job ad? Maybe not. But there are a lot of interesting ways that librarians are using video to promote librarianship, library services, library resources and themselves. Meanwhile, there is a growing demand for media services librarians in public and [...] The following is based upon my own experiences; there are many other ways to make a Web site, but hopefully this puts you on the right track if you’re thinking of putting together one of your own. Step 1. Commit to making a Web site I have already written posts detailing reasons why blogging and maintaining [...] While I discussed in a previous post that I think that everyone in the field of librarianship should create an e-portfolio, I do not think that everyone should necessarily have a blog. Here are a few pointers for and against entering the world of blogging… Why you need a blog: A blog is a learning opportunity. It is [...] |
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