The Evolution of Library Work | Careers 2016

As this quartet of essays attest, from today’s groundbreaking titles to tomorrow’s essential skills, what it means to be a working librarian is expanding. This can drive changing job descriptions—sometimes a ticklish process to negotiate with unions but successful if embarked upon with a collaborative attitude. To get those new, improved positions, learn to navigate one of the trickiest aspects of the hunt: the group interview.
ljx160301webCareer9As this quartet of essays attest, from today’s groundbreaking titles to tomorrow’s essential skills, what it means to be a working librarian is expanding. This can drive changing job descriptions—sometimes a ticklish process to negotiate with unions but successful if embarked upon with a collaborative attitude. To get those new, improved positions, learn to navigate one of the trickiest aspects of the hunt: the group interview.
Five Brand-New Jobs for Today’s Librarians By Lisa Peet Candidates looking for work, or to change fields, may find some surprising new positions in the job listings to lure them
Top Skills for Tomorrow’s Librarians By Meredith Schwartz Library leaders share core competencies they’ll be looking for over the next two decades— some new, many familiar, but taken to the next level
United We Change By Jennifer A. Dixon Inside the art of working with unions successfully to create and revise job descriptions for the evolving needs of libraries
A Group Effort By Michael Rodriguez How to survive, and even thrive, in a multicandidate group interview
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