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Missy Shields of buildOn …In Six

This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with Missy Shields of buildOn, which “is an international nonprofit organization that runs youth service after-school programs in United States high schools, and builds schools in developing countries. The organization’s programs engage young…

Carrie Netzer Wajda …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 Carrie Naomi: How did you find your current job? Carrie: Through the New York chapter of the Special Libraries Association jobs website. I’ve always had better luck applying for jobs…

Alma Ramos-McDermott …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, Alma Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Alma:  I found my current job when one of my professional contacts on LinkedIn sent me an email alerting me to…

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…

Lupita Sebastian-O’Brien …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 Lupita. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Lupita:  So let take a crack at this… How…

Naomi House …In Six

This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions A self-directed interview 😉 Reposted from 12/29/2011 and 1/27/12 A snapshot of my vision for INALJ from 2011 What is your dream job and why? Naomi: This! I love being able to do reference by…

Ryan Carter …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 Ryan. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Ryan:  Trolling through the company website. Naomi:  Favorite library…

Allen McGinley …Mover & Shaker

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 Allen. Naomi:  How did you come to work for your current position? Allen:  After working for Piscataway PL…

Aimee Graham …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 Aimee. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Aimee:  I have been looking at job postings on…

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…

Tom Nielsen of SLA Solo Division …In Six

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 Tom. Naomi:  How did you come to work for SLA?  (technically, I’m a volunteer with SLA). Tom:  When I started working…

Brittany Turner …Success Story

All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Brittany. Naomi:How did you find your current job? Brittany:  Through a listing in INALJ! Naomi:  Favorite library you have been to? Brittany:  A.K. Smiley Public Library (Redlands, CA – http://www.akspl.org/) Naomi:  Favorite book? Brittany:  The Genius by Theodore…

Mandy Babirad …Success Story

All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Mandy. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Mandy:  I moved to New York City a couple of months ago shortly after I graduated with my MSIS. I didn’t have a job lined up, I had no…

Kristen Squire …Success Story

All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Kristen. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Kristen:  I was told about the position by a friend of mine, who had received the notice through a local library job listserv. I ignored him, because it wasn’t…

Dina Schuldner …Success Story

Naomi House’s interview with success story Dina. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Dina:  I worked at the Mineola Memorial Library as an Adult Page for two years until I received my degree, my NYS Public Library Certification, and received a position on the Nassau County Civil Service Librarian I list by taking…

Patrica Finnerty …Success Story

Naomi House’s interivew with Patrica Finnerty, Outreach Librarian for the Pioneer Library System in Canandaigua, NY. Naomi:  How did you find your current job? Pat:  On the local regional library council website. It was also listed on INALJ as well. Thanks Naomi! Naomi:  Favorite library you have been to? Pat:  My college library at St.…

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…

Sarah Keller …In Six

My interview with success story, Sarah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Sarah: I found my current job through a combination of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners job listings http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/index.php and indeed.com. But I was going http://inalj.com a variety of RSS feeds, and going to various town/library/school websites to make sure I…

Mary McGregor …In Six

My interview with success story, Mary Naomi: How did you find your current job? Mary: Authentic networking: I joined the New York City School Library Association during my last semester of library school. I went to the meetings and I participated. I spoke with school librarians and administrators. When someone from the Library Services team…

Tyler Dzuba …In Six

My interview with success story Tyler Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tyler: While I was in library school, I worked as a graduate assistant at UNC’s Brauer Math/Physics Library. I developed really fantastic rapport with my supervisor, Zari Kamarei, during that time. She left to be the Head of Science and Engineering…

Marsha Taichman …In Six

My interview with success story Marsha Naomi: How did you find your current job? Marsha: I found my current job via the Partnership listserv, which usually focuses on Canadian job sites, but occasionally advertises jobs in the US. A few of my friends sent the job posting to me thinking it would be a good…

Dina Herbert …In Six

My interview with success story Dina! Naomi: How did you find your current job? Dina: I found my job the old fashioned way – my mother told me to email a friend of hers who had a friend in the DC area who’s sister was a librarian (seriously). Basically, I sent a networking email to…

Kristen Kennedy …In Six

My interview with success story Kristen Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kristen: I interned at the ACLU in my last semester of library school and really enjoyed it, but they had no plans to hire more staff in the near future. Then a few months after I graduated, a posting came up…