My interview with success story, Rhonda Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rhonda:I always look on the INALJ pages, but a friend sent me the email listing for my new job. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Rhonda: My absolute favorite library to visit so far, I have a few but, the…
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Jordon Sly …In Six
by Naomi House •
Reposted from 1/5/12 Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jordon: TRAK Records and Library. I met Maura Barnes, a representative from TRAK at the Federal Librarians’ Networking Symposium that was held at the LOC over the last summer. She and I phoned back and forth for many months and finally she and I…
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Kaitlyn Lyons …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Kaitlyn Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kaitlyn: I found my current job posted on INALJ, but a co-worker also mentioned it to me. The first time I looked at it I thought there was no way I’d be qualified for it, but as I read it…
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Jessica Crossfield …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Jessica Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jessica: We have some great list serves in Ohio, including OhioLINK and Kent State SLIS. Tons of jobs are posted daily and most of them are local. My current position just popped up in my mailbox one day! Naomi: Favorite library you have…
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Michelle Bourgeois …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Michelle Naomi: How did you find your current job? Michelle: I found my current job on the library system’s jobs board webpage. I was looking in a particular geographical area, so in addition to looking at INALJ, I frequently checked the websites of the library systems in that area. Naomi:…
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Ricardo Figueroa …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Ricardo Naomi: How did you find your current job? Ricardo: I found my current job using INALJ. I had been keeping up with the listserv religiously in the last year. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Ricardo: This is a hard question, I feel that main branch libraries…
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Christina Keasler …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Christina Naomi: How did you find your current job? Christina: While I mainly used INALJ for jobs out of my immediate area, I stalked the job board of RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System). We’re talking literally almost every hour. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Christina: I’m no…
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Christa Ruth-Coleman …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Christa Naomi: How did you find your current job? Christa: I found my current job through the INALJ digest! I looked through the states I was interested in and then went through the list of websites on the resource page. After so much time job searching, I had a…
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Nonkululeko “Leko” Mdluli of Fundza & The African Library Project
by Naomi House •
My interview with Leko Mdluli of Fundza, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that promotes literacy and the love of reading in Swaziland’s schools. “The word Fundza is a SiSwati word meaning “to learn” or “to read” depending on the context. Fundza’s mission is to raise the literacy rate and promote life-long learning among Swazi children. Our…
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Rebecca Lashinski …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Rebecca Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rebecca: I either found this one on INALJ or the Minnesota Library Jobline. I’ve been looking since I graduated, and this one finally came through and I could not be more excited. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Rebecca: I…
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Colleen McClowry …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Colleen Naomi: How did you find your current job? Colleen: Since I was concentrating on finding work in the Bay Area, I used resources that listed jobs by location. I browsed INALJ’s California listings, search engines like Indeed.com, and the resources available to me at the University of Illinois.…
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Joe Noel …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Joe Naomi: How did you find your current job? Joe: I found my current job listed on the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) website. Most jobs for law librarians end up there sooner or later, but a few fall between the cracks, so I also regularly checked my school’s…
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Amy Bradley …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Amy Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amy: It was posted to my university, San Jose State’s, listserv. The application call mentioned library innovation in an urban setting, both things I’m drawn to, so it definitely caught my eye. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Amy: Central…
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Jennifer Jacobsen-Wood …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Jennifer Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jennifer: I am lucky enough to have two library jobs. One is at my local, small, rural library, which I basically begged for, despite it being a shelving position. I found this position via networking. I knew both the previous…
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Amanda Qualls …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Amanda Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amanda: I wasn’t really planning to start looking for a job until this winter, as I was not planning to finish up my Masters until December 2012 or May 2013, but on a whim I decided to put some feelers out…
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Sarah Thomas …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Sarah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Sarah: INALJ! I had just gotten a rejection phone call and decided the best way to stay positive was to scour INALJ for the rest of the day. Within a week I had an interview set up, and within a…
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Anna Jones …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Anna Naomi: How did you find your current job? Anna: My new job is with an organization that has interested me for some time – I checked their official website for the posting. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Anna: The Columbus Metropolitan Library is pretty great. Naomi: Favorite…
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Jessica Szad ..In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Jessica Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jessica: I started out as an intern at History Works, Inc. almost three years ago after being referred to the company by an archivist at DePaul University. I soon became a part time Research Assistant and continued in that role for…
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Melissa Hozik …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Melissa Naomi: How did you find your current job? Melissa: I found my new job at the City College of New York initially through HigherEdJobs.com. During 18 months of job searching, even with great resources such as INALJ, HERC, HigherEdJobs and USAJobs, I rarely made it to a first interview.…
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Denise Gary of Kids Need to Read …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with Denise Gary, Co-founder and Executive Director, of Kids Need to Read. Kids Need to Read works to create a culture of reading for children by providing inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children. It has always been our desire to not…
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Lauren Rasmussen …In Six
by Naomi House •
Reposted from 2/14/12 Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lauren: Through the “I Need a Library Job” list. I checked it every day until I found a job I was qualified for and that would allow me to work in an archival environment. When I found the position, I didn’t hesitate. I applied…
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Ken Wierzbowski …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Ken Naomi: How did you find your current job? Ken: By devotedly searching through the links on the New York state INALJ Jobs Page. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Ken: That’s a tough question! While I was amazed and humbled by a tour of the Stephen A. Schwarzman…
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Gretchen Hendrick …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Gretchen Naomi: How did you find your current job? Gretchen: I found it on the INALJ daily list, and since its close to where I already am I thought it might be worth checking out. I saw that the job description was a combination of all my career experiences,…
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Jess Wallis …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story, Jess Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jess: I found it on the Simmons College GSLIS JobLine. I had been searching very seriously for several months, and unsuccessfully applying to a lot of public libraries before I decided to branch out and apply for a special library job.…
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Jess Moore …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with INALJ success story, Jess Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jess: Through INALJ Jobs Page for Virginia. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Jess: Probably the Rust Library, which is in the Loudoun County Public Library system. It was doing most if not all the positive things we discussed…
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Jackie Miller of Reach Out and Read …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with Jackie of Reach Out and Read. Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. Currently, Reach Out and Read serves more than 4…
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Kevin Davey …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Kevin Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kevin: The position was posted in the RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System) library job board. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Kevin: In general, I have always liked older big-city central public libraries. Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh is a…
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Shannon Schinagl …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Shannon Naomi: How did you find your current job? Shannon: Using the INALJ digest, I checked each of the New England states each week. When an opening came up, I applied. I have to say that even though it was expensive, I did offer to fly out from Seattle to…
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David del Norte …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story David Naomi: How did you find your current job? David: Through volunteer work at the library, I had made myself known as a dedicated librarian impartial to disengaged staff, patrons, or scholars. After two applications for different positions, about 40-50 hours of volunteer work for the Special Collections and the…
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Miraida Morales …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Miraida Naomi: How did you find your current job? Miraida: Networking, networking, networking. A very good friend of mine sent me the job description a few months ago and the rest is history. I used to feel that networking was akin to nepotism, and always shied away from it. It…
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Sylvia Bly …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Sylvia Naomi: How did you find your current job? Sylvia: Fairly sure it was the INALJ digest. I am a fellow volunteer for the Maine and Maryland sections, and I take a peek at Michigan every time! Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Sylvia: I like the Skillman Branch…
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Lacy McDonald …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Lacy Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lacy: I moved to Alton, IL last November when my husband got a job in the area. I started volunteering at the Hayner Public Library District in January, and clicked with the Volunteer Coordinator right away. Soon, the library posted an…
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Shaula Stephenson …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Shaula Naomi: How did you find your current job? Shaula: I found my current job, appropriately enough, on the INALJ.com daily digest. I remember vividly sitting on my couch on a Saturday morning reading the job description and thinking, “this includes pieces of almost every job I’ve ever had. I…
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Dana Tunick …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Dana Naomi: How did you find your current job? Dana: I found my current job first on the INALJ website, then I had heard that the position hadn’t been filled by a relative who saw the posting in a local newspaper. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Dana: I…
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Carrie Netzer Wajda …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Carrie Naomi: How did you find your current job? Carrie: Through the New York chapter of the Special Libraries Association jobs website. I’ve always had better luck applying for jobs online or through postings than through networking. Perhaps this is just a fluke, since it goes against every piece of…
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Reed David …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Reed Naomi: How did you find your current job? Reed: I first heard about it from an e-mail sent to the Music Library Association’s listserv. It was posted on INALJ as well. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Reed: My favorite libraries include the Library of Congress (although the…
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Tyler Dzuba …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Tyler Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tyler: While I was in library school, I worked as a graduate assistant at UNC’s Brauer Math/Physics Library. I developed really fantastic rapport with my supervisor, Zari Kamarei, during that time. She left to be the Head of Science and Engineering…
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Alicia Schofield …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Alicia Naomi: How did you find your current job? Alicia: I found the job posting through a job listserv that the U of I’s library school hosts. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Alicia: The closed stacks of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Naomi: Favorite book? Alicia: This month…
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Benji Martin …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Benji Naomi: How did you find your current job? Benji: I am happy to say that I saw a listing on the INALJ daily digest, the very day I renewed my job search, and applied for it. Two weeks later, I was hired! I don’t think it’s really sunk in…
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Amy Gutierrez …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Amy Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amy: My resume’ is on all the major career websites, so although I’m not positive I think I think the recruiter found me on Monster.com. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Amy: Being a Southern California native, I’d have to…
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Stephanie Bennett …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Stephanie Naomi: How did you find your current job? Stephanie: I have to confess, it’s an archives job. And – I applied for it! Truly, I didn’t have any connections at the institution, so I wrote up a cover letter and had my advisor/job guru look it over. One call…
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Lisa Norton …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Lisa Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lisa: I actually found my current job through pure happenstance. When I kicked off my job hunting journey, I decided I would solely focus on landing my dream job as a reference librarian at a public library. However, as the months…
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Hannah Winkler …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Hannah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Hannah: Originally, several friends forwarded me the job advertisement knowing that it would be exactly what I was looking for. (And it was!) But it was also posted on GEONET listserv, ALA joblist, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. I was…
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Leslie Haas …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Leslie Naomi: How did you find your current job? Leslie: I was looking through ALA Joblist and came across the advertisement for a library director for Zayed University in the UAE. I was intrigued and did some research on the university and what life is like in the UAE. I…
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Alexandra Carter …In Six
by Naomi House •
My interview with success story Alexandra Naomi: How did you find your current job? Alexandra: I never would have expected this, but I actually found out about the job via a posting on Monster.com, which isn’t generally the greatest source for library jobs. I did see the same posting later on a library-related listserv, but…