New Librarian, New Job: Practical Advice for Managing the Transition

by Cory Tucker, Reeta Sinha

Overview

New Librarian, New Job: Practical Advice for Managing the Transition is designed to provide practical knowledge in all major areas of librarianship for new and existing professionals. In addition, it provides in-depth information on professional competencies and the processes for acquiring the essential job skills to perform effectively. This book fills the gap between theoretical textbook information and the true library profession through practical job and career advice for new graduates and professionals in academic and public libraries.

Primarily geared towards recent graduates, this resource will also be relevant for professional librarians who are several years into their career and have recently joined a new position or institution. Contributors relate the experiences of practicing librarians and cover various areas of librarianship, such as instruction, career advancement, collection development, reference, and scholarly activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810858510
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/22/2006
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Cory Tucker is the Business Librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries.

Reeta Sinha is a collection development manager for YBP Library Services.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Getting Started Chapter 3 1. From Graduate School to the Profession Chapter 4 2. Know Thyself: Matching Jobs and Applicants Chapter 5 3. Making the Move: Adapting to Your New Position Part 6 Part II: Library Departments Chapter 7 4. Reference Services Chapter 8 5. Library Instruction Chapter 9 6. Collection Development Chapter 10 7. Liason Services Chapter 11 8. Access Services Chapter 12 9. Technical Services Chapter 13 10. Special Areas Chapter 14 11. Administration and Management Chapter 15 12. New Managers Speak Part 16 Part III: Career Advancement (It Begins before Your First Day on the Job and Never Ends!) Chapter 17 13. Professional Development Chapter 18 14. Making the Most of Mentoring Chapter 19 15. Promotion and Tenure Chapter 20 16. Service to the Profession Chapter 21 17. Scholarship Part 22 Part IV: Survival Skills for Your First (or Fifteenth!) Year Chapter 23 18. Time Management for New Librarians Chapter 24 19. Organized Politics Chapter 25 20. Dealing with Technology Part 26 Appendix: Sample Resume Part 27 Index Part 28 About the Editors and Contributors

Editorial Reviews

This is a thoroughly useful resource....It is practical and informative, and most significantly, the writing is clear and engaging. It is highly recommended...

Catholic Library World

As in other recent works, this book strives to answer questions that new librarians might have as they enter the workforce....The book offers information of use to all librarians interested in learning their way around, whether in a first job, a new position within the same library, or in an entirely new type of library....All in all, New Librarian, New Job would be an excellent addition to any library's professional collection. I can also recommend the book as a graduation gift or token of encouragement to a colleague considering a change in library employment.

Libraries and Graduate Students: Building Connections - 2008

Grizzled veterans from the stacks, the reference desk, the cataloging station, and other fronts offer advice to graduate librarians who are about to step into their first job in academic or public libraries. They describe the various departments, discuss career advancement, and share survival skills.

Reference and Research Book News

This guide for new librarians offers practical, positive advice for entering the profession and starting off on the right foot...The tone is upbeat, which should appeal to new librarians....helpful.

Booklist

...will be most helpful for new librarians...This book is recommended for both new librarians and those in information science programs.

Info Career Trends

...well written....This work should be in any library school library. It is also suited for academic, public, special, and any library where a future librarian might frequent.

American Reference Books Annual

This guide for new librarians offers practical, positive advice for entering the profession and starting off on the right foot...The tone is upbeat, which should appeal to new librarians....helpful.

3/15/2007 Booklist

...will be most helpful for new librarians...This book is recommended for both new librarians and those in information science programs.

May 2007 Info Career Trends

...well written....This work should be in any library school library. It is also suited for academic, public, special, and any library where a future librarian might frequent.

vol. 38 (2007) American Reference Books Annual

As in other recent works, this book strives to answer questions that new librarians might have as they enter the workforce....The book offers information of use to all librarians interested in learning their way around, whether in a first job, a new position within the same library, or in an entirely new type of library....All in all, New Librarian, New Job would be an excellent addition to any library's professional collection. I can also recommend the book as a graduation gift or token of encouragement to a colleague considering a change in library employment.

Libraries and Graduate Students: Building Connections

As in other recent works, this book strives to answer questions that new librarians might have as they enter the workforce....The book offers information of use to all librarians interested in learning their way around, whether in a first job, a new position within the same library, or in an entirely new type of library....All in all, New Librarian, New Job would be an excellent addition to any library's professional collection. I can also recommend the book as a graduation gift or token of encouragement to a colleague considering a change in library employment.

Libraries and Graduate Students: Building Connections

This guide by two University of Nevada librarians is designed to orient newly minted librarians to their profession and to those issues that may arise in the first few years on the job. Divided into four parts, it consists of 20 chapters contributed by mostly academic professionals, thus, the academic emphasis. The Librarian's Career Guidebook, edited by Priscilla K. Shontz, covers similar ground but features a wider variety of library perspectives, including school and public. Rachel Singer Gordon's The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guideaddresses the same subjects in a chattier tone, i.e., "Surviving library school, the job hunt, entry-level positions," etc. New Librarianlooks like a textbook, feels like a textbook, and reads like a textbook. It will have limited appeal to those who have just recently disengaged themselves from formal coursework.
—Susan Brown

Library Journal