{"id":84157,"date":"2014-11-10T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=84157"},"modified":"2014-11-09T18:24:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T00:24:02","slug":"if-you-want-a-library-job-look-outside-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=84157","title":{"rendered":"If You Want A Library Job, Look Outside the Library!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Kate Kosturski,\u00a0Senior Editor,\u00a0INALJ<\/a>\u00a0Ontario<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0INALJ Quebec<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

If You Want A Library Job, Look Outside the Library!<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"kate_photo_2014\"<\/a>Although our site has the word \u201clibrary\u201d in the title, we are so much more than jobs in a library. And often, we get feedback from friends and fans asking us to stick a little more to that word – \u201clibrary.\u201d \u00a0The truth is, by doing so, we sell ourselves and our fans short – leaving out some wonderful jobs that use library skills, but are not in that library building. \u00a0That is why we are proud to go outside the box with our postings – even when it challenges others\u2019 comfort zones.<\/p>\n

In my tenure thus far at INALJ, I\u2019ve worked on four pages – three US (New York City, New York State, and Rhode Island) and one international (Ontario, Canada). \u00a0If I had to categorize the \u201clibrary\u201d versus \u201cnon-library\u201d jobs (meaning, those that were strictly in some form of library, be it academic, public, school, corporate, etc.), the split runs about 70-30 – with that 70 falling more on the non library side of the spectrum. \u00a0When you look at the changes in LIS education over the past ten years, you will find schools – even traditional \u201cL-Schools\u201d such as my own alma mater, Pratt – are finding new ways to integrate technology into their mission and culture.<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s be honest, sometimes the non-library jobs are the coolest. \u00a0You can work in places you never would have expected with the skills and education your LIS degree provides. \u00a0For example, while covering for INALJ UK, I once posted a job at MI6 – yes, that<\/i> MI6 that employed James Bond. \u00a0\u00a0(Would you run into Daniel Craig in the halls? \u00a0Probably not, but one can dream, can\u2019t they?) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our Senior Editor for Maryland, Jen Devine, once posted an Information Scientist posting for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. (Sign me up for that one!) \u00a0And last year, you may have seen postings for a Wine Librarian in California, or Beyonce\u2019s personal archivist.<\/p>\n

Here is a \u00a0small sampling of some of the job postings on INALJ from the past week or two that use library skills, but are definitely not librarian jobs:<\/p>\n