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Displaced at ALA Annual

Hello from ALA 2009, Chicago.  I’ve just come from the Placement Center, located in the far-off land of McCormick Place South.  Although this was the first time I’d ever ventured there, I have to admit that I walked away a bit disappointed.  Twelve booths lined the ballroom—only two of which were academic libraries…only one of [...]

Library Job Searching in a Tough Economy

When I read recently that I had been one of 200 potential candidates for an academic library position I came to the sad realization that, yes, this economy was going to affect my job search tremendously.  As a recent graduate from Dominican University’s LIS program, I’ve been on the hunt for a few months and [...]