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…
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INALJ Volunteers for 2016: Seeking Canada & non-US volunteers
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…
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Top 25 INALJ Articles of 2014
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Top 10 Interviews of 2014
by Naomi House, MLIS Top 10 Interviews of 2014 We interviewed and profiled some amazing people in 2014 and before, and these 10 interviews/profiles were the most widely read in 2014. Just like a countdown I am listing them from 10 to 1, in reverse order. You can find them all on Twitter with the hashtag #INALJ2014TopInterviews.…
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Things I Don’t (and Things I Won’t) in 2015
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INALJ closed 12/24-12/28 & 12/31-1/4
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INALJ 2015 Leadership Team!
by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ 2015 Leadership Team! Update: as of 8/31/15 Rachael Altman & Ashley Mancill resigned – I (Naomi House) went back to never resting, lol and running INALJ daily I began INALJ (initially called I need a library job) in October 2010 as a list of jobs for my fellow Rutgers classmates.…
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Another Year Older & I Have an Exciting New Job!
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Life After Quitting My Library Job
by Naomi House, MLIS updated to include details about my housing situation Life After Quitting My Library Job One year ago yesterday, on November 20th, 2013 I came into work at the federal library I was working at for one last half-day to train my awesome new replacement. It had been a roller-coaster 2 months…
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What Do You Support Beyond Libraries?
by Naomi House, MLIS What Do You Support Beyond Libraries? Librarians are often passionate advocates in the LIS world, for their patrons, for their jobs, for the field as a whole. The advocacy I have seen in person and in social media has been impressive. But we are passionate about more than just the work…
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INALJ Turns 4 Today!
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The Very 1st INALJ Jobs List
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So I had another miscarriage
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For the Love of “Librarian”
by Naomi House, MLIS For the Love of “Librarian” Anyone who has been following INALJ even for a short period of time will have come to know just how passionate I can be about outside-the-box and non-traditional jobs for librarians and library staff. I even have a list of mostly non-Librarian Keywords for Job Searching…
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The Day I Was a Mover (not a Shaker)
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Naomi House, Appointed to the iSchool at UMD Inaugural MLS Advisory Board
by Naomi House, MLIS Naomi House, Appointed to the iSchool at UMD Inaugural MLS Advisory Board I am happy to finally be able to announce that I have been asked and have accepted a three year appointment to the iSchool at the University of Maryland’s Inaugural MLS Advisory Board. I am excited to serve the…
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Health and the Job Hunt: On Blood Sugar & Carbs & Me
by Naomi House, MLIS Health and the Job Hunt: On Blood Sugar & Carbs & Me One of the things I admire about many LIS professionals and librarians on social media is that they often discuss their own physical and mental health challenges. Their candor helps others. I have learned more from their stories and…
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It is Never too Early to Job Hunt: Some Resources for New & Returning LIS students
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Why I Quit My Library Job and Why I No Longer Want One
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Strategizing for the Job Hunt
by Naomi House, MLIS, INALJ Founder and Editor Strategizing for the Job Hunt In October 2013 I was not only furloughed but also lost my job in the great and tremendously wasteful federal government shutdown. I wrote an article Furloughed & Job Hunting: why strategizing 1st is the key to success, with advice about what…
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A Change You Might Not Even Notice
by Naomi House, MLIS A Change You Might Not Even Notice Next week INALJ will undergo a significant change in its volunteer structure…and if I was not sharing this with you you might not even notice once it happened. That is intentional. The change is to lesson the time each volunteer spends on INALJ, while concentrating…
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Why SLA is a ‘Must’ Membership for Me
by Naomi House, MLIS Why SLA is a ‘Must’ Membership for Me SLA or Special Libraries Association is an organization I really believe in. I like to call it the “Specialized” Libraries Association, because that is what it truly is; it is an organization for LIS professionals in any field who specialize in something. Divisions…
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Free Advice (Literally) for New Librarians
by Naomi House, MLIS Free Advice (Literally) for New Librarians INALJ along with many other jobs blogs out there, is full of great advice for new and transitioning professionals. Go to conferences! Tailor your resumés and cover letters each time! Take professional development classes! Network! Join associations! Actively participate IN associations! Volunteer! Take on an…
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Attitude Will Get You Hired (or Fired)
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Approaching the job hunt by skill set
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A Job App a Day and Other Job Hunting Strategies
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The “In” Crowd: Librarian Jobs Beyond the Library
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Letting Go of “Librarian”
by Naomi House, MLIS Letting Go of “Librarian” I love discussing INALJ’s scope and strategy for finding jobs with anyone and everyone I meet. Often those who are familiar with our INALJ Jobs pages are curious as to why we post more than just the traditional librarian jobs. Either they are unfamiliar with some of…
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The Less Trap: 8 Tips on Combating Doing the Same with Less
by Naomi House, MLIS The Less Trap: 8 Tips on Combating Doing the Same with Less Last May I was invited to speak at the National Press Club by LexisNexis. My passion for volunteer work and reality of staffing cuts at my workplace at the time were colliding. I spoke to the group about building versatility…
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We Built a Community! Presenting at the OCLC EMEA Regional Conference, in Cape Town Feb. 24, 2014
by Naomi House, MLIS We Built a Community! Presenting at the 5th annual OCLC EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Regional Conference, in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 24, 2014 “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” –African proverb ***** It was my pleasure to present…
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Here’s to those who wish us well, and those who don’t …
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We Built a Community (on the rocky sea)
by Naomi House, MLIS We Built a Community (on the rocky sea) Community building can happen at unexpected times and in unexpected ways. I was a breakout speaker at OCLC EMEA‘s regional conference in Cape Town, South Africa on February 24. I was speaking in a session called “We Built a Community” and the day…
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Services aren’t Servants: on personal responsibility in the job hunt
by Naomi House, MLIS Services aren’t Servants: on personal responsibility in the job hunt INALJ aims to be one of the best jobs resources out there for information professionals of all stripes. When I came up with the name (I need a Library job) on October 16th, 2010 I wanted something my fellow classmates at…
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Lessons Learned: DC/SLA & Careers in Federal Libraries
by Naomi House, MLIS Reposted from 11/29/12 and 2/13/13 Lessons Learned: DC SLA & Careers in Federal Libraries event 9/27/12 by Naomi House On September 27 Leadership Directories sponsored the Careers in Federal Libraries DC SLA event held at the National Geographic Society Library. About the Program: Panelists working at the Library of Congress, National…
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Matching Needs with Wants
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Furloughed & Job Hunting: why strategizing 1st is the key to success
by Naomi House, MLIS, INALJ Founder and Editor Furloughed & Job Hunting: why strategizing 1st is the key to success On Tuesday I went into work as instructed. My day job is as a reference, marketing and acquisitions librarian working for a federal contractor at a federal library. We showed up to shut down and…
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Leaving Librarianship: some recent blog posts
by Naomi House, MLIS Leaving Librarianship: some recent blog posts This past weekend I read three excellent blog postings by librarians and info pros who have left or are considering leaving the library field. Money is a huge part of the equation. Librarians, Masters holders that we are, are grossly under-compensated and often wrestle with…
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3 Graphic Insights: Alberto Cairo on Successful Applications of Data Visualization
by Naomi House, MLIS 3 Graphic Insights: Alberto Cairo on Successful Applications of Data Visualization As many of you know I work in a library at a federal government facility that specializes in statistics. This means that I am often privileged with being able to see some of the cutting edge experts in fields such…
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My Presentation at the American University in the Emirates, MLIS Program Feb. 15, 2013
by Naomi House, MLIS New Trends in Information & Reference Services: Speaking at the American University in the Emirates, MLIS Program Feb. 15, 2013 It was my pleasure to give a presentation entitled, New Trends in Information and Reference Services, at the American University in the Emirates on February 15th, 2013. The program is the…
Naomi House, MLIS
Being the change: innovating and creating solutions from the grassroots up. Finding and filling a need on the fly. Connecting info pros with job opportunities. Nearly 20 years of experience in libraries, information centers, and related fields. Social media strategist and former CMO. Crowdfunding and patrimony/heritage supporter. Naomi House, MLIS Work Experience / INALJ Partnerships…