Thriving As a Mid-Career Librarian: identity, advocacy, and pathways by 
Guidance for Librarians Transitioning to a New Environment by 
Front-Line Librarianship: life on the job for today's librarians by 
Ace the Interview, Land a Librarian Job by
This practical guidebook provides job applicants with practical tips and effective strategies for successful interview preparation and execution specific to seeking librarian positions. Unlike generic "how to interview" guides, this book recognizes that there is no "one-size-fits-all" interviewing method and teaches the techniques for excelling at the unique aspects of interviews for specific library roles. This guidebook includes 100 interview prep questions and covers both academic and public library settings.
Academic Librarianship Today by
Designed for librarians and students alike. Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include: open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions.
Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries by
Mobile technology has become a ubiquitous presence in the lives of today’s students and faculty. This is a detailed and thorough examination of technology that’s emerging now and how to incorporate it into the library to help students and researchers of both today and tomorrow. Leveraging the potential of smartphones, tablets, and even wearable technologies allows academic librarians to further expand their reach to students and faculty beyond the library’s walls.
Information Professionals' Career Confidential by
This book facilitates career reflection, and could be of interest to both new and experienced librarians. Topics covered range from the value of knowledge management and effective communication in organizations to assessing employers' perception of information professionals, how best to increase one's value through professional organizations and volunteering and more.
Managing Your Brand by
Managing Your Brand: Career Management and Personal PR for Librarians sets out guidelines for developing career pathways, including options for career change and the exploration of community service, as an avenue that can provide new opportunities.
Skills to Make a Librarian by
The library and information profession builds skills and expertise that cover a wide spectrum. These skills are often desirable in other fields and industries. Likewise, the skills we build before entering the library and information professions can help us as professionals. This book looks at both sides of this equation through a collection of essays by current and former librarians and information professionals who make use of this wide range of cross disciplinary skills.
Every field and industry has at least one publication that people in the field read to keep up with what's going on. These magazines are in the Library's collections and you can access them and read like any pro in your field! For those exploring careers, they are great sources for inspiration. For job seekers, they are sources that can help you look knowledgable on trends, which can give you an edge for your job interviews and put you at ease for those moments of small talk with a potential employer.
Example: librarianship news. Check off "Trade Publications" on the left to focus on news & developments in the field.
