My interview with success story and INALJ volunteer, Robin! Naomi: How did you find your current job? Robin: BCCLS, which is a large consortium in New Jersey of mostly northern NJ libraries has a great and very active Jobs board. I would say 90% of the jobs I applied to and interviewed with were through…
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Library 2.012 Oct 3-5th is a must attend!
Hi everyone! I am so excited that http://www.library20.com/ will start tomorrow October 3rd and run through October 5th. Check out the link and get your computer ready! Next year I hope to present! I plan on following on Twitter too!! Naomi
Interviews, Success Stories
Tanya Koukeyan …In Six
My interview with success story, Tanya Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tanya: I set an Indeed.com job alert for “Prospect Researcher” and it popped into my inbox one day. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Tanya: It’s still my hometown library, the Pasadena Main Branch Library. The walls are mahogany-paneled,…
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Kathy Elliott …In Six
My interview with success story, Kathy Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kathy: As soon as I was accepted into an MLIS program, I joined the San Diego Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA-SD). And it paid off. I met San Diego Zoo Global librarian Talitha Matlin, asked if she needed volunteers,…
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500,000!!!
Wow! On 9/27/12 INALJ.com hit 500,000 page views and it has been less than a year since we were truly up and running! Thanks to all my fab volunteers. Thanks to all of you for following and to sharing your successes! Here is to a busy year full of many more success stories 🙂 -Naomi
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Ashley Stevens …In Six
My interview with success story, Ashley Naomi: How did you find your current job? Ashley: I found my position through Archives Gig which then redirected me to USAjobs.gov. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Ashley: The Seattle Public Library. I love the architectural design of the building, their use of library-related objects as art,…
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Sarah Lucchesi …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Sarah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Sarah: I found it on the INALJ daily e-mail. As soon as I read the job description I knew it would be a perfect fit. I feel so lucky to have found a job that combines everything I wanted to…
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Molly Riley …In Six
My interview with success story, Molly! Naomi: How did you find your current job? Molly: I learned about my current job from my personal and professional community here in Santa Barbara. For that matter, I learned about the residency position I held last year from my professional community in Seattle. I always tire of talking…
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Ross Todd …In Six
Reposted from 3/9/12 My interview with one of my favorite Rutgers professors, Ross Todd Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? (and it talks a little about my favorite thing about libraries/library technology) Ross: In recent years I have had several opportunities to visit the historic city of Zadar, Croatia, a walled town on the…
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Carrie Wardzinski …In Six
Naomi: How did you find your current job? Carrie: I subscribe to a listserv that the Pittsburgh Chapter of SLA puts out. Each week, jobs in the region are compiled and emailed through the listserv. During one particular week, three jobs in theological libraries popped up and I felt compelled to apply to all three…
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Yago Cura …In Six
Naomi: What is your dream job and why? Yago: I would love to work as an academic librarian at a state college or university with a small but respectable creative writing program and help them develop curriculum and programs that champion Latin American poetry, in general, and U.S. Latino poetry, specifically. I could easily transmit…
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Mara Egherman …In Six
My interview with success story, Mara M J Egherman, MA, MLIS Naomi: How did you find your current job? Mara: I was told about a potential opening at my current place of employment, a small liberal arts college, by a librarian at that college while attending an Iowa ACRL conference hosted at that same college.…
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August Roundup
What a great month it has been! Forty-eight fans found jobs which is up from thirty-seven last August. In August 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 97 pages long. Now it often 200+ pages by Friday. Some fast stats for August 2012: over 10,400 Tweets milestone reached 2,507 Twitter followers 4,703 Facebook fans 2,022…
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Mary McGregor …In Six
My interview with success story, Mary Naomi: How did you find your current job? Mary: Authentic networking: I joined the New York City School Library Association during my last semester of library school. I went to the meetings and I participated. I spoke with school librarians and administrators. When someone from the Library Services team…
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Deborah Hamilton …In Six
My interview with success story, Deborah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Deborah: I originally found the posting for my current job on the website for the Texas Library Association’s Jobline, which I learned about from INALJ. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Deborah: My favorite library is the Central Branch of…
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David McBee …In Six
My interview with success story, David Naomi: How did you find your current job? David: I was regularly checking USAjobs and I also saw the job in the INALJ daily listing. I definitely found it useful to check both of those resources as well as Indeed.com to see available jobs. Naomi: Favorite library you have…
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Rhonda Donaldson …In Six
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
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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Job Scrapers
Reposted from 3/5/2012 One of the unique qualities of the INALJ daily jobs email is that most of the listings come from listservs and postings the volunteers and I find on major library job websites. We use job scrapers as well but we are careful to check the timeliness of the postings to be certain…
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Jessica Crossfield …In Six
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
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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Christina Keasler …In Six
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
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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Need a house? Metro Washington, DC area
It is that time of year again where my husband and I sell our house. It just went up for sale today and you can view the listing here. Six bedrooms and three bathrooms! Walk to metro, MARC, Busboys and Poets, Hyattsville Arts District, Yes! Organic Market, Chipotle, Shagga Ethiopian restaurant and much more. The…
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Rebecca Lashinski …In Six
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…