Hi Everyone, Fingers crossed this storm, Sandy, won’t hit the metro  DC area where I live with the force predicted.  Fingers crossed we keep power!  I will do all I can to keep INALJ going next week but if you do not get your digest/jobs you’ll at least know why. Stay safe everyone!

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(reposted from 10/1/2012)  What a great month it has been! We reached 500,000 page views on September 27th, before we were even 1 year old! Thirty-nine fans found jobs which is up from twenty-six last September. In September 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 96 pages long. Now it often 200+ pages by Friday.…

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This is a long time coming but I finally split the Canadian section of the daily jobs digest up by provinces much like the US is already divided by states. Come check it out and happy job hunting 🙂

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Happy Birthday INALJ! So this is what 2 looks like …   

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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  

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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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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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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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The article published today is going through some re-working by the author per her request. As soon as edits are approved I will republish. Until then I will republish the fantastic earlier article by the same author- Naomi

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Hi Everyone, If you wish to connect with INALJ fans at SLA check out this LinkedIn discussion. Also check out my interview with Carolyn of SLA.

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INALJ won’t publish tomorrow due to the holiday but we will be back up on Thursday. There will even be a fresh daily jobs digest later today. 🙂 Happy 4th!

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This month has been incredible! Thirty-nine fans found jobs which is up from twenty-four last June. In June 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 76 pages long. Now it often 200+ pages by Friday. Some fast stats for June 2012: 10,000 Tweets milestone reached 2,071 Twitter followers 4,528 Facebook fans 1,745 LinkedIn group members…

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Yay!!!! 🙂 Naomi Now to catch up on INALJ and emails 🙂 So thankful the giant 30 foot tree branch didn’t fall on our house. Hoping everyone gets power back ASAP. I hear the government is open tomorrow so off to work I go. Would like a do-over weekend 🙂 I had not realized that…

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Hi All, Typing this from a DC McDonalds as we have had no power since the surprise series of storms Friday night. Fingers crossed it will be on soon. Still going to try and get the daily jobs digest out tomorrow afternoon 🙂 Naomi

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I have started a thread on the LinkedIn page for suggestions for movies about working, jobs, that take place in a work context or involve job hunting. I would love to hear our recommendations. Join the discussion HERE!

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I have three separate tabs at the top of all of my pages that will lead you to interviews with Success Stories: Librarians and info pros who have found work Great Organizations: Non-profits and other great organizations with a focus on reading, literacy, media and the arts In Six: All interviews including ones with librarians…

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I am taking a wicked chance here by posting about the successful fixing of my home internet 🙂 but I also wanted to let everyone who has written me in the past two weeks know that I promise to get back to you this week! Thanks everyone who came out the DC/SLA event at Catholic…

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Hi All, I have been internet-free at home for over a week now. Comcast swears it will be fixed Monday. Til then I have been at McDonalds trying to bust out Monday’s daily jobs edition. Fingers crossed all will be working soon 🙂 If you have emailed me and not heard back first a HUGE…

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One of the aspects of INALJ that provides me with motivation is reading the stories of librarians and information professionals who have found jobs. I post them throughout the week but wanted to make special note that you can always find them in the tab that is labeled “success stories” on every single page of…

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This month has been fantastic! Fifty-six fans found jobs which is up from fifteen last May. In May 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 67 pages long. Now it often 180+ pages by Friday. I love looking back and hope we continue to grow in leaps and bounds. It is hard working finding job…

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I am so grateful to Caity Bauer and Katherine Vitlin for volunteering to be the new INALJ interns and Associate editors. They will be formatting the daily jobs digest and I couldn’t be happier. I am hoping to profile them on here soon and start featuring articles and blog postings by them too! Thanks a…

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Though unfortunately I was off on the day that Cathy of the fab blog Love Special Libraries came to visit you can read her profile here: US Census Bureau Library blog post. The photos are fabulous!!! 🙂

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Hi All, No INALJ daily jobs digest on Monday. Taking Memorial Day off! Cheers, Naomi

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In an effort to turn over a more prolific leaf this May I decided to spend the last evening of April vegging out. I watched the first four episodes of Game of Thrones season one and didn’t touch the internet (iPhone doesn’t count right?) Now…May!

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This month has been fantastic! Forty-seven fans found jobs which is up from sixteen last April. In April 2011 the daily INALJ digest was around 66 pages long. Now it often 200+ pages by Friday. I love looking back and hope we continue to grow in leaps and bounds. It is hard working finding job…

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I am interested in reaching out to new people to interview for INALJ. If you know of anyone who has been successful in finding a job, or a faculty ember that has been supportive or even a blogger whose site you find helpful send me an email at ineedalibraryjob@gmail.com with a brief explanation of who…

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Over at the INALJ LinkedIn Group I started a discussion on jobs with no applicants that has morphed into a brainstorming session on strategies in the job hunt, specifically for those who are able to relocate. Join us online with any suggestions and tips, but please read through the discussion first to avoid duplications and…

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So the closing on our house this week is distracting me in my free time. Apologies for the light amount of postings here on INALJ.com and I plan on having more interviews this week. 🙂 Happy job hunting! The daily jobs email is on schedule 🙂

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Hi All, I am (fingers crossed) closing on a house tomorrow (4/16) morning so the daily jobs digest might be out late in the evening 🙂 Drove out to Assateague and Ocean City today and up to Rehoboth Beach. Will attach a photo at some point. Happy job hunting all!

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Hi Everyone, I am hoping to be back to full functioning by Tuesday. I hope to be adding more articles as well as the fabulous In Six interviews. This has been a very busy few weeks but I look forward to being back in the swing of things 🙂

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reposted from 3/12/12 with added info The past several weeks myself and many of my contributors and fans have been all abuzz about a new blog that focuses on the behind-the-scenes hiring process at libraries by Emily Weak called Hiring Librarians. It is wonderful, insightful, full of tips and Emily has a call out to…

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This month has been fantastic! Forty-one fans found jobs which is up from eight last March. March 25, 2011 I stopped calling the daily email the LJDD (Library Job Daily Digest) and started calling it INALJ (I Need A Library Job) and it was 101 pages long Now it is INALJ and over 150 pages…

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