How to Stay Afloat in the Academic Library Job Pool
edited by Teresa Y. Neely
by Camila Alire
American Library Association, 2011
Paper: 978-0-8389-1080-1 | eISBN: 978-0-8389-9247-0 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-0-8389-9249-4 (Kindle) | eISBN: 978-0-8389-9246-3 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification Z682.4.C63H69 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 23.2
TOC
How to Stay Afloat in the Academic Library Job Pool
Copyright
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO LIBRARY LAND
CHAPTER 2 ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 3 HOW TO READ A JOB AD: SEEING THE OBVIOUS, AND READING BETWEEN THE LINES
CHAPTER 4 COMPILING AN APPLICATION PACKET THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE SEARCH COMMITTEE WANT TO KILL YOU
CHAPTER 5 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS
CHAPTER 6 THE PHONE INTERVIEW: TAKE YOUR BEST FOOT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND PUT IT FORWARD
CHAPTER 7 LIVE AND IN-PERSON: GET READY TO MEET THE ENTIRE LIBRARY FAMILY
CHAPTER 8 YOUR PRESENTATION: IT SHOULD NOT BE RIDICULOUS
CHAPTER 9 JOB OFFERS, NEGOTIATIONS, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU CAN ASK FOR!
CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHT-MONTH MARATHON: FROM LIBRARY SCHOOL TO NEW LIBRARIAN
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
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