I am often asked why I don’t have comment threads here at INALJ.com or on FB. The reason is simple- I want all comments to be in one place and part of larger conversations. That is why I created the LinkedIn group for I Need a Library Job. I never wanted to constantly have to…
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Daily email alerts!
Hi Everyone, At the end of 2012 I stopped doing my manual email alerts for the daily jobs. Instead for all INALJ.com alerts sign up at http://inalj.com/ on the right sidebar. Or bookmark the daily jobs page! Happy job hunting! Naomi
About INALJ, Articles
INALJ’s Annual Report 2012
What a fantastic year this has been! I have compiled an annual report full of charts and stats to give a snapshot of the size, scope and progress at INALJ.com. INALJ Annual Report 2012 Some fast stats for 2012: 624,397 visits to INALJ.com 4,945 fans on Facebook 2,857 Twitter followers 11,396 tweets INALJ.com read…
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Just a Jobs Fangirl
One thing that has surprised me about running INALJ for the past two years is that I am never bored with it. Never. It is my favorite pastime after travel and travel has never gotten in the way of my INALJ 🙂 At heart this makes me a fangirl not just of job hunting, librarians…
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The Collective INALJ
Everyone once in awhile I stumble on a quote that just resonates with me and makes something much more clear. In this case this quote by Hélène Mialet, “Someone who is powerful is a collective, and the more collective s/he becomes, the more singular they seem.” I see INALJ in this same way. Though I do…
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Blog Love: Library Hat
I wanted to quickly share with you a blog I recently found, Library Hat, that has some great information for library job hunters. The author, Bohyun Kim, will be one of the presenters on January 10, 2013 for the American Libraries webinar Landing Your Ideal Library Job. Even if you can’t make the webinar you…
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Job Hunters Respond!
Hiring Librarians (with some assistance from INALJ) has put together a survey for job hunters “(or those hired within the last two months) in all LIS careers, at all levels, who are interested in providing their feedback about the process.” Take the Survey! In addition to posting results Emily Weak at Hiring Librarians has gone…
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INALJ is now Ad Free!!!
Hi one and all! One of my New Year’s resolutions was to do a bi-annual fund drive to replace ads. I want INALJ to include ONLY content that I feel confident and comfortable sharing. Since I can’t limit ads on Facebook at least here we can be ad free. I will be doing a $…
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2012!
It is here! We took today off but we are back tomorrow in full force. Working on an annual report and hope to have it out soon! Happy New Year from me to you!
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2012 Job finders!
So then in 2012 these people found jobs! ♥ Julie D. -Jan. 2012 Erin W. -Jan. 2012 Jada M. -Jan. 2012 Callie P. -Jan. 2012 (INALJ) Amy N. -Jan. 2012 Ben N. -Jan. 2012 Kate W. -Jan. 2012 Emily S. -Jan. 2012 (non-library) Chris F. -Jan. 2012 (Sweden) (INALJ) Amanda B. -Jan. 2012 (INALJ) (Internship)…
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What Would You Say You Do Here? JOBS!
The impetus behind INALJ (I Need a Library Job) was creating a jobs resource of all the library and information professional jobs we could find and distributing them to as many people as possible. To this end it is mostly the INALJ Daily Digest that is the reason for INALJ, the reason for our success…
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On Efficiency
So it came to pass that I finally found some time to reflect on INALJ in 2012. I was riding the train either to or from ACRL/NY’s Symposium where I was to speak on branding. Each day I would forward and reply to over 100 emails. I spent more than an hour on the INALJ…
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JobHunter’s Revenge! The Survey
Emily over at Hiring Librarians and I have come up with a great new survey for the frustrated job hunter as well as the successful one. Tell HR and Hiring Committees what you really think by taking the survey here! We’ll be tabulating and posting the results soon too! Happy venting!
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Who Will Be the #1Success Story?
View all the INALJ library and info pro jobs at: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 What a great year for job hunters that found jobs! I am happy to share their success with everyone through my Success Story interviews! Who will be the #1 most viewed success story of 2012? Share your favorite story on FB, Twitter and with your…
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All the Success Stories!
728 This is the number of fans who have shared their job hunting success with INALJ since we were founded on October 16, 2010! I am so thrilled to have played even a small role in their success and I hope this number multiplies many times in the next few years. In the meantime read…
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Happy Holidays…and we are back!
Happy Holidays Everyone! We are back from Christmas vacation and ready to wrap up this fantastic year! Big changes will be coming. I am adding a ton more volunteers early in the new year and we’ll have state pages. So excited and thankful for everything! All the best to you and yours! Naomi
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Closed Dec 24 and Dec 25th
We’ll be back on December 26th! -Naomi
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Happy birthday Dad!
I will have an interview with my Dad soon! In the meantime feel free to have some spaghetti and chocolate cake in his honor 🙂 and read my Mom’s interview 🙂 -Naomi
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November Roundup (600,000+ views)
What a great month it has been! We are now at 606,894 page views after this month! Twenty-one fans found jobs this month. If you find a job email me at ineedalibraryjob at gmail.com In November 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 150 pages long. Now it often 200+ pages by Friday. Some fast…
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Success Stories or why we do this!
When INALJ began, back when it was called “I Need a Library Job,” I started a list of all fans who found jobs. As we near 700+ I thought I’d share the list here as well as all the fabulous success stories and interviews here on INALJ.com. Congratulations and here is hoping we reach 1,000+…
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Mahalo!
Next week I will be back to 100% instead of 66%. Vacation on the wonderful island of O’ahu has been incredible! I was able to speak at the University of Hawaii Manoa and be a guest at the annual meeting of the SLA Hawaiian Pacific Chapter! I did get plenty of rest too! Mahalo!
Interviews, Success Stories
Rachel Somerville …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story Rachel Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rachel: I heard about and became interested in the company through a friend and then saw the job posting on INALJ! Other places I looked were ALA Joblist, Indeed.com, and a few local listservs. Naomi: Favorite library you have been…
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Monique Lowe …Success Story
My interview with success story, Monique Naomi: How did you find your current job? Monique: Since a couple months before graduating (August 2011) I put a great deal of focus on the job hunt. I utilized my school’s employment site (iTrack), list servs and other employment websites. I was still working part time for U of M…
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Liz Thompson …Success Story
My interview with success story, Liz Naomi: How did you find your current job? Liz: I scoured the online resources (INALJ and ala.org to name but a few) weekly. I also volunteered for as many professional events and groups as my time allowed. I’ve heard that professional networking is crucial to finding and being offered…
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Zoe Fisher …Success Story
My interview with success story, Zoe Naomi: How did you find your current job? Zoe: I saw the job posting on the ACRL-NW (Association of College & Research Libraries – Northwest) listserv. I wasn’t sure whether or not to apply at first because I knew I’d have to relocate, but I decided to give it…