Via Kyle, a job description that seeks new grads and enthusiasm from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina: http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/item.asp?ID=36695 New librarians: start your career at a top-ranked liberal arts college! Do you have a passion for teaching? Do you enjoy working with students and faculty? Help grow our information literacy program and teach our outstanding students in class and one-on-one. We want your newbie enthusiasm and fresh ideas, and we’ll mentor you in your growth. I’d like to see more of this: a promise from the hiring library to mentor the newly minted librarian. I would share this with them: […]
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The Highland Park Public Library is looking for a Reference/Electronic Resources Librarian to join our team. We have one such position and are planning to fill a second one. We seek an individual with interests and skills in both reference and technology. We are looking for someone who will: Provide leadership to our staff in utilizing web 2.0 technologies in addition to our traditional reference services Recommend and implement new and developing technologies Contribute to the development and redesign of the Library’s website Contribute to our virtual services offerings Provide training and support for staff and public with new and […]
Explore Your Inner Librarian Originally uploaded by Michael Casey Via Michael Casey: http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~renroger/555/final/explore.html
This just in: http://www.blyberg.net/2007/12/10/a-loose-cannon-in-darien/ Kate Sheehan will join Darien Library as Head of Knowledge and Innovation Services on March 1, 2008. She is currently Coordinator of Library Automation at Danbury Library, blogs at loosecannonlibrarian.net, is an active speaker on Library 2.0 and social software initiatives, and has gained national recognition for implementing the first LibraryThing plug-in to a library catalog. I’ve said it before and I will say it again: watch what Darien Library does very closely. The new building and staff will exemplify a true model of innovation and planning for public libraries. And get a load of that […]
From Hey Jude: http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/the-six-secrets-of-success/ 1. Love your employees as well as your customers – this is essential for productivity. 2. Connect peers with purpose – this is how you give coherence and cohesiveness – We need direction plus flexibility from the centre. The secret glue of cohesion is peer interaction. 3. Bullying backfires – identifying ineffectiveness without being punitive or pejorative in your actions. 4. Learning is the work – be careful – PD is a good way to avoid change! It’s about professional learning not professional development. We shouldn’t learn outside and apply it. It’s the difference between prescription […]
Have you seen these jobs open at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County? http://plcmc.org/About_Us/jobs.asp POSITION TITLE: Director of Community Engagement & Development LOCATION: Main Library STARTING SALARY: $78,972-$101,000 DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Director of Community Engagement & Development is a key position on a new, senior-level executive team and is responsible for developing and directing the overall strategy and vision for the Community Engagement department of PLCMC. It provides oversight and management of Community Engagement functional areas including: Fundraising & Development, Volunteer Coordination, Customer Satisfaction Assurance, Festivals & Exhibits including Novello, and Library Partnerships. This person is responsible for […]
Joy Bevan writes: Hello, Michael! I am a long-time fan of TTW and thought my fellow readers would be interested in knowing about a newly-created Executive Leadership Team job posting here at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. This position will be responsible for the management of the website, will help direct and oversee our Virtual Branch, and will help guide all web services, among other things. I think it is a tremendous opportunity for someone who has a good vision for library web services! ClicktoseetheJob I apologize for not being able to nicely link to the listing; I hope all the […]
By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens We recently heard from a ‘librarian in the trenches’ who copied our recent column on transparency (‘The Open Door Director,’ LJ 7/07, p. 29) for colleagues but was chastised by the library director for being too open with ‘lower levels of staff.’ We’ve received several comments like this since The Transparent Library began last April, which indicates that some library managers still prefer opacity. We’d like to share some examples and ideas on how to improve the situation. Michael S.: As an academic, I’ve talked with many librarians this year about these topics. I […]
Good news about my colleague and UNT cohort member Stacy Creel! Congrats Stacy! Stacy L. Creel, a well-known YA librarian and educator, has been named the new editor of VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) by the magazine’s publisher, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Creel has held positions in children’s/YA departments in Houston, New York, and Tallahassee public library systems. In addition, she is an active member of the American Library Association’s YA Library Services Association (YALSA) and is currently serving as the co-chair of the YALSA Pre-conference “Tweens & Reading” program for the 2008 annual conference, and is a member of […]
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/10/emusic-says-no-.html Sarah Houghton-Jan discussed DRM and usage of electronic resources: Hint to Libraries: Please examine your online resource statistics. When you’re shelling out thousands a pop, it wouldn’t be too much of a burden to make sure those resources are actually being used. Right? 🙂 You might be surprised that the resources your staff tell you they use all the time are actually the lowest-used in your collection…or what you think might be used, based on instinct, just isn’t. At that point, you have to ask yourself why, and make adjustments in PR, staff training, staff promotion of the resources […]