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Useful subjects are:
Useful book series & collections are:
These resources are an admittedly abbreviated intro into the information about Library & Information Science careers.
Where to find more - videos and web interviews, blogs, etc.:
San Jose State University Career Colloquia videos, http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlwxuhlOynjApTAEewRenDD3HfKINNHpy
Disney animation research library, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBkW9g7oKI
Libraries Support Economic Development, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yika6kvhvCs (public library example of how librarians help patrons with career change, business startups and more)
Looking for Patterns: Understanding the role of a data librarian, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03NhkXfjwds
Panel on Geographic Information Services in academic libraries, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78mTG6nF57w
What’s exciting about being a digital librarian, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKROpSu68Ug
Legislative Research Librarian, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vELSXop2E
Future of Librarians – Interviews with library thought leaders http://www.collegeonline.org/library/librarians-online/index.html
Job descriptions:
Chronicle of Higher Education (for academic jobs), http://chronicle.com/jobSearch?contextId=61&facetClear=1&searchQueryString=librarian&position=&location=&postalcode=&within=10
I Need A Library Job, http://inalj.com/
Library & Information Science Programs, Scholarships & Networking Opportunities:
American Library Association, http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/scholarships
ALA’s main career site, http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/librarycareerssite/home
LISjobs.com scholarships page, http://www.lisjobs.com/education/scholarships.asp
Special Libraries Association, http://www.sla.org/get-involved/ most of the Chapters and Divisions have scholarships; check the ones you are most interested in to see what they offer. Most local and regional Chapters have networking events or ways you can do informational interviews with librarians working in settings of interest to you.
Society of American Archivists, https://careers.archivists.org/
Association of Research Libraries’ Career Enhancement Program (fellowship), https://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3696#.XEt6RFxKiUk (UCSD Coordinator is librarian Alanna Aiko Moore, aamoore@ucsd.edu
Inspiration:
Library Juice: on the intersection of libraries, politics and culture, http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/
Library Success: best practices wiki, http://www.libsuccess.org/Main_Page
Steven’s Lighthouse: illuminating library industry trends, http://stephenslighthouse.com/
Roy Tennant, https://twitter.com/rtennant
Robert McDonald, https://twitter.com/mcdonald
Michael Stephens, https://twitter.com/mstephens7
Digital Shift, https://twitter.com/ShiftTheDigital
ALA Tech Source, https://twitter.com/ALA_TechSource
you have two other great campus resources available to you
