by Naomi House, MLIS Last day to sign up for @BlogHer’s #NaBloPoMo (blog more!) Are You Posting Every Day in November for NaBloPoMo? Add Your Blog to the BlogHer Blogroll (Nov 5th deadline) I will be doing a bunch of posts this weekend and hope you can join me!
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New Adults Need Libraries, Too
by Abby Hargreaves I know we’re out there, because I’m one of them: New Adults. This category, often used as a marketing demographic for publishers, has more recently been creeping into the periphery of public library service. The Arlington Public Library in Arlington, Virginia, recently hosted an “indoor recess” event as part of their summer reading programming,…
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October 2015 Roundup (INALJ Stats)
14 million page views! What a great month! And incredibly busy as I had little access to wifi for the last two weeks! And we celebrated 5 years doing this!!!! Happy birthday to us! Our busiest day in October had 20,706 views on 10/5, and our busiest week had 119,379 views, and our month had 445,878 views! We…
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Learn a New Language For Your Library Career!
by Raymond Pun, reference and research services librarian in New York University Shanghai peviously published 7/14/2014 Learn a New Language For Your Library Career! One of the most important and useful skill to have is knowledge of another foreign language. Libraries today are interested in having someone who has multilingual skills and experiences working in a diverse…
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September 2015 Roundup (INALJ Stats)
13.9 million page views! What a great month! And incredibly busy as I went back to my roots re-taking over much of the daily grind! Our busiest day in September had 23,017 views on 9/1, and our busiest week had 119,822 views, and our month had 511,791 views! We also hit 13.9 million page views in total! Also hoping…
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Avoiding the Michael Scott Syndrome: 9 Tips for New Managers at Every Level
by Aisha Conner-Gaten First of all, congratulations! You have successfully convinced someone important that you have the knowledge and confidence to lead other individuals into a new era. Now that you’re here, there are some things you should know. Most employers assume that you have your own set of managerial rules and that you can…
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Reference isn’t dead, just different
by Andy Woodworth I recently read Brian Kenny’s latest column piece for Publisher’s Weekly “Where Reference Fits in the Modern Library” which talks about the state of reference in public libraries. It’s worth a read and I’d suggest taking it in before continuing here. Don’t worry, I can wait. … First off, Brian nails some…
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Khan, Kahn, Caan, Khaaaaaaaan!!! A Homophone Trick for Email
by Naomi House, MLIS previously published 5/23/14 Khan, Kahn, Caan, Khaaaaaaaan!!! A Homophone Trick for Email Back in 2007 when I was helping my husband set up his moving labor business Khan Moving, LLC, we realized early on that approximately half of his customers misspelled his name; his name is Sana Khan but they spelled…
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8 Reasons Informational Interviews are Useful
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August 2015 Roundup (INALJ Stats)
13 million page views! What a great month! August was such an amazing month at INALJ, though bittersweet. It was also the end of an INALJ era as it was the last month long serving volunteers Rachael Altman, COO and Ashley Mancill, Volunteer Manager, were with us. Starting in August I went back to my roots and was the…
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I am not a librarian (and neither are you)
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Sponsor or Donate to INALJ
Sponsor or Donate to INALJ INALJ works hard to find you jobs and needs and appreciates your support! Libraries, orgs, and individuals can sponsor a page! Here is how you can donate at the individual level or become a page Sponsor: To Become a Sponsor $400 per page per month Sidebar sponsorship is $1000 per…
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The Door closed and a window opened WHERE? Making the most of any opportunity
by Alexis Rohlfing, former Head Editor, INALJ New Hampshire previously published 1/14/14 The Door closed and a window opened WHERE? Making the most of any opportunity As one year winds down and another starts, this is usually the time that people pause and take stock of themselves, and create a set of New Year’s resolutions.…
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July 2015 Roundup (INALJ Stats)
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Why We Should Banish Business Suits for Interviews
by Naomi House, MLIS Why We Should Banish Business Suits for Interviews When I graduated from high school back in 1995 I had no idea just how different college was going to be, especially the costs. We were rural and poor to lower middle class growing up, though lower middle class might be a stretch. …
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How to Suck at Volunteering : a personal story of how I did it and how I fixed it
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Over Prepare Then Go with the Flow
by Sarah Porter, former Head Editor, INALJ California previously published 12/17/13 Over Prepare Then Go with the Flow Yesterday I opened a fortune cookie with ideal advice for someone prepping for a job interview. It read: “over prepare then go with the flow”. I am actively seeking jobs and interviewing, as I am relocating to…
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Happy Eid to All the Librarians Celebrating!
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Bloggers Desired
by Naomi House, MLIS Bloggers Desired INALJ.com is a platform for anyone in the LIS spheres, whether they are students, patrons, staff, or in tangential fields. Our main goal and focus is finding and sharing jobs on the Jobs pages, however the blog posts have been nearly as popular over the past few years. Until…
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How INALJ Can Help You Get a Job
by Naomi House, MLIS How INALJ Can Help You Get a Job Our extensive jobs lists for the US, Canada and a few virtual & international jobs (6000-9000+ jobs a month) Our advice in articles & blog posts Sponsored jobs Tweets & Facebook posts Private LinkedIn group advice Yup, that about covers it! INALJ, one…
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Making the Case to Attend ALA Annual Conference…to Yourself
by Sara Dixon, former Head Editor, INALJ Kansas previously published 5/21/13 & 6/16/14 Making the Case to Attend ALA Annual Conference…to Yourself If you are like me, you have been weighing the pros and cons of attending the ALA Annual Conference. ALA says, “Expand your network. Build your knowledge. Improve your profession.” Why, yes, ALA, I would…
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Happy Ramadan Librarians!
by Naomi House, MLIS Happy Ramadan Librarians! Happy Ramadan! Many of you know my husband, Sana, is Muslim and from Pakistan. Usually Pakistan is a day behind the US for starting Ramadan, but only the moon shall tell. 🙂 I have observed Ramadan 3 times, only once successfully, and certainly not in the heat of…
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5 things you need to realize before starting to digitize a collection
by Emily Woodcock, Senior Assistant, INALJ Nova Scotia and PEI previously published 8/11/14 5 things you need to realize before starting to digitize a collection I am currently completing a co-op where one of my responsibilities is to work on digitizing a collection of documents mainly from the 1970-80s about the coal industry and co-operatives.…
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#SLALeftBehind for #SLA2015
by Naomi House, MLIS #SLALeftBehind for #SLA2015 I was supposed to present at SLA in Boston on Sunday, June 14th, but on May 29th changed any chance I had of attending. I had my 4th miscarriage and with the blood clotting disorder I have my Doctor recommended I not fly. We didn’t announce this miscarriage…
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True Story – Librarian on a Mission Saves Timbuktu’s Manuscripts but Doesn’t Stop There!
by Naomi House, MLIS True Story – Librarian on a Mission Saves Timbuktu’s Manuscripts but Doesn’t Stop There! Librarian as a position in the United States is usually a job you seek out and get trained for through a university degree program, but in Mali, in the ancient region around Timbuktu, it is a lifetime appointment. ‘Abdel…