Wanted: The Next Librarian of Congress by Andy Woodworth The next Librarian of Congress will be the most important job placement in our career lifetimes. Originally, I had written “may be” instead of “will be” because I thought the latter would be a bit hyperbolic. Upon further reflection, I made the decision to remove any…
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Interviews
Kate Theimer …of ArchivesNext
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with Kate of ArchivesNext formerly entitled Kate Theimer …In Six and published on 2/13/12 Naomi: What blogs should we be reading? Kate: Well, mine of course (http://archivesnext.com )! I’m sure your readers…
Great Organizations, Interviews
Meredith Lowe of Archives Gig
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions 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…
Interviews, Success Stories
Amanda Viana …Assistant Director and INALJ Massachusetts Head Editor Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Amanda, INALJ Massachusetts Head Editor. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amanda: I graduated from URI in December of 2011; at the time I was working as…
Interviews, Success Stories
Tracy Sutherland … Success Story & Librarian in St. Kitts and Nevis
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Tracy. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tracy: In 2004 I took a week vacation to Barbados and fell in love with everything about the island when…
Interviews, Success Stories
Starr Hoffman, Success Story & Journalism and Digital Resources Librarian
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Starr. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Starr: I found my job by periodically searching Columbia website (I also did this with CUNY) and also saw it…
Interviews, Success Stories
Fallon Bleich …Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story and INALJ Arkansas Head Editor, Fallon. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Fallon: I actually just happened to use my networking and bragging on myself skills to…
Interviews, Success Stories
Alexandra Carter …Librarian and Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with success story Alexandra Naomi: How did you find your current job? Alexandra: I never would have expected this, but I actually found out about the job via a posting on Monster.com, which…
Interviews, Success Stories
Andre Davison, Disclosure Solutions Customer First Advisor and Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Andre. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Andre: I saw a position on the Thomson Reuters website for a technical support representative. An associate who I met…
Interviews, Success Stories
Quaid Long …Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with success story Quaid! Naomi: How did you find your current job? Quaid: Like most of us – scouring multiple job sites and listservs every day and networking (although not as much as…
Interviews, Success Stories
Megan Threats …Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Megan. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Megan: I received my MSLIS degree in May 2013 from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. During my…
Interviews, Success Stories
Jessica Schmidt …Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with success story Jessica Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jessica: I actually found my current job on Naomi’s I Need a Library Job daily list. I checked every one that…
Articles
Why, If You’re Willing to Relocate, You Should Consider the DC Metro Area
by Rebecca Crago, Head Editor, INALJ Virginia Why, If You’re Willing to Relocate, You Should Consider the DC Metro Area It’s easy to get cynical when you hear the Library and Congress and Smithsonian are preparing for furloughs and a reduction of acquisitions over the coming fiscal year, but that doesn’t mean the job-creating grants…
Interviews, Success Stories
Sarah Deringer …Success Story
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Sarah, INALJ Mississippi, Head Editor. Check out her articles for INALJ here. Naomi: How did you find your…
Interviews
Denise Kane …INALJ Contributor
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with librarian Denise. Naomi: What is your dream job and why? Denise: My dream job would be to work in an…
Interviews
R. David Lankes …In Six
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions I discovered R. David Lankes wonderful Virtual Dave…Real Blog through The Unquiet Librarian’s blog. From 1/3/2012 Naomi: What is your dream job and why? R. David: Honestly, I have my dream job. As a professor I…
Interviews
Camille Salas… MLS Student and Intern with Viewshare.org
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions by Sandra Hoyer, Head Editor, INALJ Washington Camille Salas… MLS Student and Intern with Viewshare.org Sandra: Hi, Camille, tell us about yourself. Where are you from and how did you come to be a part…
Interviews, Success Stories
Lydia Willoughby …Success Story
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Lydia. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lydia: I saw the job posting on the Vermont Library Association website. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Lydia: The Library of Congress, but I also have a…
Interviews, Success Stories
Emily Aldridge …Success Story
All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Emily. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Emily: I found my current position by scouring the listservs as well as the state postings, including the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Naomi: Favorite library you have…
Interviews, Success Stories
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…
Interviews, Success Stories
Benjamin Nanamaker …Success Story
My interview with success story, Benjamin Naomi: How did you find your current job? Benjamin: I can’t remember which of the countless number of job posting RSS feeds I found my current job advertised on, but I do remember where I found the bulk of them. Last summer, Jazmin Idakaar posted a link on her…
Interviews, Success Stories
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,…
Interviews, Success Stories
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.…
Interviews, Success Stories
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…
Interviews, Success Stories
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…