Monthly Archives: December 2011

INALJ 2011: the numbers

What a huge year for INALJ. With help from my fellow classmate Elizabeth Leonard INALJ was launched on 10/16/2010. One year+ later and our scope has far exceeded any expectations I ever had!!! So I wanted to share some truly inspiring numbers with you. INALJ Email subscribers: 2,807 INALJ Facebook Fans: 3,851 INALJ Twitter followers:…

My New Year Wish

2011 has been a magnificent year full of blessings, stress, madness, luck, hard work, mistakes, successes and hope and I wouldn’t change most of it. I am happy that I learned many lessons the hard way. When I began the daily email, right up until late summer, I was doing every aspect of it for…

INALJ 2011 Summary- tomorrow

A year end wrap coming up tomorrow! A huge thanks to Elizabeth and all my volunteers! Assistant Submissions Editors Rachel Collins, Valerie Tagoe, Kelli Bragg, Francesca Francis, Rebekah Kati, Emily Hart, Emilee Mathews, Carla Sarratt & Carrie Price Senior Volunteers Karly Szczepkowski, Alexis Logsdon, Michelle Benedicta, Venessa Hughes, Jazmin Idakaar, Valerie Tagoe, Bonnie Simmons, Rachel…

Neal Harmeyer …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Who are you?

I was skimming through some political blogs, and noticed one used Urtak- a way to ask his fans questions about them to get a better idea of just who reads their blog. So I have decided to try it out here! I would love to have everyone respond. This is new to me but on…

Carlos Wong-Martinez …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

♦ Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays ♦

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all of you! Whether you are looking for a job, or active on my LinkedIn Group, Facebook page, Twitter feed, or just get the daily email I am thankful to have you along for this journey. Here is to a wonderful new year and jobs for everyone in 2012!…

In Six back In Four

Hi Everyone! The In Six feature, which is my interview series with librarians and other information professionals will be back in 4 days on 12/27. I am looking to expand this in the new year. If you work with someone notable or fabulous or have taken classes with someone you think should be featured please…

New Jobs Pages Menu

Hi everyone- Now the four jobs lists (International, Alabama-Hawaii, Idaho-Montana, Nebraska-Wyoming) have been added as a submenu at the top of all INALJ pages right under the main menu (Home, Success Stories, etc). A HUGE thanks to Rachel Singer Gordon of LISJobs.com who allowed us to take over her list. We have updated and link…

Kim Humberd …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

About INALJ

Welcome to the INALJ (I Need a Library Job) webpage/journal. This is a one stop shop where fans could find all of my pages and email information as well as bios, interviews, book reviews and original articles by my friends, colleagues and fans. Every day I will add more to this website so stop by,…

INALJ is on SLA’s Future Ready 365!

Today on SLA’s Future Ready 365 blog my article from earlier this year I Need a Library Job: Finding and Filling a Need on the Fly was republished! Since it went to press a few months back INALJ has grown in leaps and bounds. Over 3,800 FB fans, over 1,800 Twitter fans, over 600 LinkedIn…

Antoinette Palmieri …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Ask Naomi: But I want to be a Librarian

While one of my great missions with INALJ is to expose library staff and librarians to jobs outside the “L” word/world by focusing on your skill sets, if you have really asked yourself do I want a job or a library job and answered “library, definitely” then what can you do to get a job…

Naomi Socher …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

$5 (or more) campaign

INALJ is a labor of love & it takes hours daily for the volunteers & I to sort, search, format & upload all the jobs into the 150+ page INALJ Daily Digest- it also costs money to do all of this & the website so I am looking for donations- even $5 helps- things I…

INALJ in Turkey

I thought I would share way too many photos of my trip to Istanbul over the Thanksgiving holiday with everyone. If anyone has ever wondered what I look like when I am sick then you are in for a treat! Also my husband Sana is prominently featured throughout as is my INALJ business card. I…

Richard James …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Recipe: Soothing Italian Hot Chocolate

via INALJ daily email Assistant Editor Kelli Bragg Inspired by the amazing Coconut Curry Chocolate bar made byTheo’s (in Seattle) this is my ultimate comfort beverage in winter. You can make your own favorite hot chocolate recipe and just add ¼ tsp curry powder per serving, or use my favorite cocoa recipe, Italian Hot Cocoa,…

Marianne Giltrud …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Becky Knauer …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Ask Naomi: Ask INALJ members

Many of you have noted that I do not have open comments here on INALJ.com. That is because I like gathering all commentators in one place- the INALJ LinkedIn Group. It is a closed group but anyone can join. The reason it is a closed group is that this allows for a bit of privacy-…

Mallory Olguin …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…

Ask Naomi: Outside-the-box jobs

Many years back I took a class at Computers in Libraries taught by Sabrina Pacifici called “Got CI?” Since then every year I eagerly look forward to Sabrina’s Competitive Intelligence entry in her webzine, LLRX.com. This year’s edition should help anyone who wonders just what CI is and what resources they’ll need to know to…

Jenna Edwards …In Six

In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…