by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ is 12 (now 15) years old! *Oh I really do need to update this page this week. Time flies, all!* Yesterday INALJ turned 12 years old and I am so glad that I started this jobs list and website for LIS (library and information science) job seekers. I was in my…
by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ turns 10 today! Today INALJ is 10 years old and I am so glad that I started this jobs list and website for LIS (library and information science) job seekers. I was in my MLIS program, and had been hired the month before for my first librarian position but wanted a…
Hi Everyone, I am running a fundraiser to pay for INALJ as well as my own personal bills for 6 months (March-August) and I am hoping some of you can help. I had hoped not to have to do a fundraiser, but the truth is the pandemic has affected my income tremendously. March, April and…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job (and 1 Librarian Abroad) Interviews : June 22-26, 2020 Welcome to the 5th weekly summary of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. This week I am adding in the summary for INALJ’s first interview in my newest…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : June 15-19, 2020 Welcome to the fourth weekly summary of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. For the first weekly summary please read The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : May 26-29, 2020. For…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : June 8-12, 2020 Welcome to the third weekly summary of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. For the first weekly summary please read The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : May 26-29, 2020. For…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : June 1-5, 2020 Welcome to the second weekly summary of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. For the first weekly summary please read The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : May 26-29, 2020. I…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Week in INALJ Non-Library Job Interviews : May 26-29, 2020 Welcome to the first weekly summary of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. I am grateful for the time and expertise of all of this week’s interviewees. The aim of the weekly…
by Naomi House, MLIS Non-Library Jobs & Advice on How to Get One : an introduction to INALJ’s series of interviews Welcome to INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library workers and those with their MLIS. The purpose of this series is 1) to introduce LIS workers to job fields they might be qualified…
by Naomi House Welcome to the world, Johannes!!! Early, but healthy 🙂 Phew! Only 1 day after announcing that INALJ / I was expecting a baby, I was sent by the ultrasound doctor to the big city hospital and, in just under 24 more hours, I had delivered baby #2. At just shy of 37 weeks! …
by Naomi House INALJ is expecting baby #2!!! Well, my husband, Sana (who turns 50 today,) and I are! As many of you know from my Tweeting and blogging about it, I have had 5 unexplained miscarriages in the past 6 years, and we have had one child, back in July of 2017, so we are…
by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ turns 7! What it is and what it isn’t Job hunting sucks. Not a little bit, but a lot. It can be stressful at best, soul crushing at worst. You can ask yourself and others WHY aren’t you being hired, and honestly the way hiring is done there could be…
by Naomi House Chappell was born! Early, but healthy 🙂 What a few weeks it has been! Only 13 days after announcing that INALJ / I was expecting a baby, my water broke. At 34 weeks! I was rushed to the hospital and transferred to a bigger hospital nearby. I was told the Doctors wanted…
by Naomi House INALJ is expecting a baby!!! Well, my husband, Sana, and I are! As many of you know from my Tweeting and blogging about it, I have had 5 unexplained miscarriages in the past 4 years, so we are delighted to be over 33 weeks pregnant and expecting a wee baby boy* at…
by Naomi House, MLIS My Best (Worst) Interview Five years ago I had an interview for a dream job at one of the most prestigious libraries in the country. I did not get the job and they made the right choice. I had a great interview despite a wardrobe malfunction and major issues with my online application. In…
by Naomi House, MLIS Yesterday is a day I have long waited for, publication day of Kyle Cassidy‘s,This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information! How excited was I for a May 17th release? I pre-ordered on January 3rd. So, that excited. 🙂 You can order it…
by Naomi House, MLIS It was a nice day, January 31st of this year. I was sitting at McDonalds as I do, getting all set to update the daily INALJ jobs page, but I kept getting an error message. I decided the best bet would be just to get the jobs up somewhere else (my…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Career Transitions for Librarians : 5 Questions with Ray Pun and Davis Erin Anderson by Naomi House, MLIS In this post, I interviewed the co-editors of Career Transitions for Librarians and asked them 5 questions about…
by Naomi House, MLIS I’m really happy overall since the new year! By making significant changes to INALJ’s site I am saving myself an incredible amount of time. Me: this year is unapologetically the year of ME giving priority to me, and not just INALJ. It is the year of insisting that my boundaries are respected. I…
by Naomi House, MLIS Ch-ch-changes for INALJ in 2016! Thanks to everyone who gave and continues to give via PayPal & GoFundMe I am able to keep INALJ.com going for the near future! Your help paid some of my bills and allowed me to really concentrate on INALJ. Also HUGE thanks to all INALJ’s sponsors…
by Naomi House, MLIS Help Share the Manuscripts of Timbuktu with the World In 2013, over 1,000 donors contributed to help save this priceless heritage from destruction. Now you can help share it with the world. T160K.org has six partners across Africa, but the one most librarians and archivists might be interested in is the…
by Naomi House, MLIS 15 MILLION Page Views for INALJ! On Friday, 12/11/2015, INALJ hit 15 MILLION page views all time! YAY! Every time we hit a new usage stat someone says, “isn’t that a bad thing, you know that so MANY people are using a job hunting site?” Easy, the answer is NO. INALJ,…
This article is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date by Naomi House, MLIS So we made it to 5 years old! Woot! And I am completely exhausted. *GoFundMe option now added! – 12/27/15 Back on October 16, 2010 I thought to myself that I and my fellow Rutgers MLIS…
by Naomi House, MLIS previously published 9/30/14 Sometimes You Can’t Stay Positive on the Job Hunt, and That is OK too! This is all I have to say on this: don’t be mean to people who share their struggles so listen to them, don’t judge don’t be an ableist don’t listen to a story and…
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!
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…
by Naomi House, MLIS previously published 11/26/14 I am not a librarian (and neither are you) What do you do? I’m a librarian! Right? This is how we often answer because the jobs we hold are truly what we do for much of every day. Sometimes we are lucky and hold a job we are…
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. …
by Naomi House, MLIS How To Suck At Volunteering Surprise! This is not really and truly a list of how to suck at volunteering! I could have just as easily called it How to be Great at Volunteering. So why the negative slant in the title? Because I have been a bad volunteer and I learned more…
by Naomi House, MLIS So grateful for another peaceful, uneventful Ramadan for my husband, Sana! It was hot here in New Orleans but we are lucky this year to be in a finished home, with AC and fans. May everyone’s Eid be blessed and here is to another year!
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…
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…
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…
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…
by Naomi House, MLIS previously published 4/24/14 Threading the Corkscrew: Non-Ladder/Non-Lateral Job Advancement I have not had the most traditional work-life for a librarian. I didn’t get my undergrad degree, then my MLIS and then get a job in a library or information center. I spent years in grocery stores and import stores working the…
by Naomi House, MLIS A few years ago I was hired at a large library and part of our orientation was a tour of all the departments within the library, called the Path of the Book. The point of the tour was to show how a book made it from selection to purchase to receiving and cataloging…
by Naomi House, MLIS updated 11/17/14 & originally published 12/13/14 What is T160K? And What Can You Do to Help? Back in February I presented on a panel at OCLC EMEA in Cape Town, South Africa. I was incredibly excited to be placed on the community building panel with Dr. Stephanie Diakité, who was deeply…
by Naomi House, MLIS I live in an extraordinary city, New Orleans, Louisiana. It is extraordinary for many reasons; the many cultures, architectural styles, music and food, but to me it is also the best city for dumb-luck/ kismet while walking. I never know who or what I will stumble upon. So two weeks ago I was walking…
by Naomi House, MLIS 10 MILLION page views! We did it! We reached 10 million page views today, just 3 years into this website (4 years + all together)! Thanks to all our fans and volunteers over the past few years. We are THRILLED to have helped so many find jobs and hope that many MANY…
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS for INALJ Round 1: Canada Content Editors + Submissions and Formatting Editors (non-Canada) Seeking volunteers for the following positions in February: Canada Content Editors– unpaid volunteers to format jobs for assigned Canadian provinces – 3 days a week, 1 hr each day. 1 calendar year commitment. Submissions Content Editors– unpaid volunteers to format…