My interview with Sarah Houghton, otherwise know as the Librarian in Black. Naomi: What is your dream job and why? Sarah: I would love to be a futurist for a think tank. It’s what I love to do, and I’d like to think I’m fairly good at it. I’ve predicted a number of things that…
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Diana. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Diana: My best friend works at a large corporate bank, and she immediately called me when a position opened up. It wasn’t at all what I was looking for,…
A self-directed interview Reposted from 12/29/2011 and 1/27/12 A snapshot of my vision for INALJ from 2011 What is your dream job and why? Naomi: This! I love being able to do reference by day and nights and weekends focusing on INALJ.com, FB, Twitter and LinkedIn. I would love to grow INALJ this next year…
Simply ask them what their favorite book is. It is like asking their favorite child. Or, as Neil Gaiman put it, “picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.” But I keep it as one of my In Six questions in no small part due to…
My interview with the founder of Archives Gig, Meredith Lowe! Naomi: What made you start your blog? Meredith: I was already gathering archives job announcements for the job listserv at University of Wisconsin – Madison SLIS (my employer), and I thought that I could create a service to do the same thing, but to a…
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Maria. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Maria: I was an internal candidate, so I knew about the job opening for months in advance! It was a nerve-wrecking position to be in, because I knew everyone…
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Alexandra (also known as Allie), INALJ Head Editor for Iowa. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Allie: I was a graduate assistant for the Digital Initiatives and Art Slide Library at Long Island University for almost…
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Kt. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kt: On Indeed.com Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Kt: Severna Park Library (part of Anne Arundel County Public Library in Maryland). For no other reason than I…
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…
My interview with INALJ success story Maria Naomi: How did you find your current job? Maria: While I had been looking through the LAC Group’s job adverts for a while, I actually saw the job I was hired for–a contract with the Library of Congress as a Library Assistant or Library Materials Handler–in the INALJ…
My interview with success story Jarrett Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jarrett: I have worked for Baltimore County Public Library since I was 17. I started as a circulation assistant at the branch closest to my high school, and stayed there until I graduated college, working my way up through the circulation…
My interview with one of my favorite Library school Professors, GraceAnne! Naomi: Can you tell us a little bit about what you do (for a living, for a hobby- whatever your focus of choice)? GraceAnne: Most of my professional work for the past decade or so has been out of my home office: I review…
Naomi: What is your dream job and why? Stephanie: Some of my library-related passions are digital outreach and digital reference. Thankfully, I have been fortunate enough to do both throughout my library career. Naomi: If you could take any of your hobbies and create a job out of them or integrate it into your job…
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…
Naomi: What is your dream job and why? Ielle: My dream job is honestly what Neil Gaiman is doing. I’d love to be able to write prose, comic books and the occasional film or tv script. I just want to write, it’s all I ever wanted for as long as I can remember. Of course…