{"id":15705,"date":"2013-06-01T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=15705"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:50:43","slug":"diana-la-femina-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=15705","title":{"rendered":"Diana La Femina… Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNaomi House\u2019s interview with success story Diana.
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\"\"<\/a>Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 How did you find your current job?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 My best friend works at a large corporate bank, and she immediately called me when a position opened up. It wasn\u2019t at all what I was looking for, but she made it sound really exciting. I\u2019ve been in the position for just over two weeks now and I\u2019m still trying to see what transferable skills I can gain and what I learn about myself and my interests. This is something completely different!<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite library you have been to?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 For general public library, the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, IN, is amazing. The people there are so helpful, and it was there that I learned what a librarian should be: helpful, kind, and open. For the sheer beauty of it, the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin is breath- taking (and you get to learn all about the history of manuscript production in Ireland and see the Book of Kells). I also have a soft spot in my heart for the Carpenter Library at Bryn Mawr College.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite book?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 I hate this question! It\u2019s like asking a parent to pick their favorite child. I\u2019m always in the mood for a book by Sarah Addison Allen or Neil Gaiman (that man isn\u2019t an author, he\u2019s a storyteller). I\u2019m also never without a book of Keats poetry. Oh, and I make everyone I know read Perfume: A Murder<\/em> by Patrick S\u00fcskind. I could go on…<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite thing about libraries\/ library technology?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 I think I\u2019m most drawn to the possibilities. You have all this information available to you, so much you can learn! Every day brings new possibilities for patron interactions and stumbling on something new. I also just really love the concept of facilitating access to information. I get really excited by new technologies and what they could mean, though I\u2019m also wary about jumping the gun on implementing anything new until everything\u2019s been examined and thought through.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Any websites or feeds or blogs we should be following?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 My blog! No (though you can, if you want), but seriously, I don\u2019t read many blogs at the moment (mainly healthy-living blogs), and my one suggestion for a website is INALJ<\/a>, which seems a moot suggestion since people are reading this there. I\u2019ve been job searching for five years, I really haven\u2019t had time to get into blogs and websites and such. I have time now, though!<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Best piece of job hunting advice?
\nDiana:<\/b>\u00a0 I\u2019m learning more and more that it really is who you know. Networking is so important, and it\u2019s a lot easier than most people think it is. All you have to do is be open and kind and talk to people. Don\u2019t worry about selling yourself; that\u2019s not what draws people to you anyway. Just be kind, listen (really listen, don\u2019t just hear), and be helpful. People will respond in kind.<\/p>\n

Diana La Femina finished her MLS in December 2007 from Indiana University in Bloomington.<\/i>She specialized in rare books librarian and has job searched for over five years, though one of those years was spent in Ireland pursuing a second degree. She\u2019s the head editor for the<\/i>INALJ South Carolina page and a self-proclaimed librarian extraordinaire (it\u2019s on her business card). She just got a job outside the field as an Executive Assistant to someone high up in a large corporate bank. She loves reading (of course), BBC shows (Sherlock!), Doctor Who, and drinking copious amounts of tea.<\/i><\/p>\n

Previously published on 3\/27\/13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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