{"id":5836,"date":"2013-01-17T08:30:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2013-05-27T13:23:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T17:23:56","slug":"sabrina-holley-williams-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=5836","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Holley-Williams …Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Jobs<\/span><\/b> for INALJ can be found here: https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=1441<\/a> Updated daily
\nNaomi House\u2019s interview with success story Sabrina.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"sabrinahw\"<\/a>Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 How did you find your current job?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 After 11 years in the same job, my position was eliminated as part of\u00a0a University-wide restructuring\u00a0(along with 25% of the law library staff, almost all\u00a0of whom\u00a0had 10+ years experience). I started looking and applying for jobs within an hour of walking out the door, determined to turn panic and hurt into something positive. I found INALJ<\/a> and subscribed to the email list. I also searched all the traditional venues I had always used\u00a0(Simmons GSLIS Jobline<\/a>, Massachusetts Board of\u00a0Library Commissioners<\/a>, and ALA Joblist<\/a>).\u00a0In August I interviewed and was hired for my current position, which happened to\u00a0be\u00a0an opening I only saw on INALJ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite library you have been to?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 The Boston Public Library<\/a> is notable for its grandeur, commitment to public service, and truly unique hidden corners, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the library at my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College<\/a>. Funny enough, I didn’t use it much for studying, or anything leading to being a librarian, but I always found respite there.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite book?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 The Tender Bar<\/em><\/a> by J.R. Moehringer<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Favorite thing about libraries\/ library technology?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 By nature I’m a perpetual dabbler. I’m more inclined to learn as much as\u00a0I can about a lot of things than to focus extensively on one topic.\u00a0So\u00a0I feel like being a librarian is the perfect career. You don’t need to know everything,\u00a0and in fact you need to be totally comfortable admitting that. Instead you need a love of seeking.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Any websites or feeds or blogs we should be following?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 Because I got thrown into the middle of the copyright jungle without a compass in my previous job, I became very interested in the subject, so of course I follow Kevin Smith’s Scholarly Communications @ Duke blog: http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/scholcomm\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/b>\u00a0 Best piece of job hunting advice?
\nSabrina:<\/b>\u00a0 Be open minded about possibility. On paper the job I have now wasn’t something I would normally jump at, but I applied anyway. When I got the first call from the recruiter I was the final candidate for another job and focused solely on that, but decided I shouldn’t put all my energies in that one proverbial basket, so I took the interview. It was the most naturally comfortable interview I’ve had and I knew right away it was a good fit. I’m several months into my new job, and had a revelation a short while ago, that for the first time ever I can actually say I love my job. I was comfortable and happy enough in my previous job. But I’m finding out how much more there is than that.<\/p>\n

I’m\u00a0currently\u00a0the Director for the Region 1 Library of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (as a contractor for ASRC Primus<\/a>) in Boston, MA. It’s a solo librarian position where I get to do a little bit of everything, but thanks to the wonderful patrons of the EPA, and the collaboration of the EPA Library Network, it’s never lonely. Prior to that, I worked in academic libraries for 12 years. My spouse and I live in central Massachusetts with 4 Great Danes, and spend most of our spare time at dog shows, or just\u00a0corralling them. Occasionally I putter at the idea of getting a casual photography business off the ground, and this summer during my transition period I taught myself how to knit.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House\u2019s interview with success story Sabrina. Naomi:\u00a0 How did you find your current job? Sabrina:\u00a0 After 11 years in the same job, my position was eliminated as part of\u00a0a University-wide restructuring\u00a0(along with 25% of the law library staff, almost all\u00a0of whom\u00a0had 10+ years…<\/p>\n

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