A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science
Priscilla K. Shontz
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Description for A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science
Paperback. How can you become an effective advocate for intellectual freedom and patron privacy while maintaining a positive relationship with diverse elements of your community? The author advocates assuming a proactive role in each library function, from collection building to community outreach. He also presents guidelines on policies and procedures. Editor(s): Shontz, Priscilla K.; Murray, Richard A. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: GLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 30. Weight in Grams: 962.
The editors of liscareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. Many people, not just those new to the field of Library and Information Science, are curious about their career options. The editors ... Read more
The editors of liscareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. Many people, not just those new to the field of Library and Information Science, are curious about their career options. The editors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591583646
SKU
V9781591583646
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About Priscilla K. Shontz
Priscilla K. Shontz is a freelance writer and webmaster/editor of LIScareer.com. Richard A. Murray is Catalog Librarian for Spanish & Portuguese Languages at Duke University.
Reviews for A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science
If a general overview of what one can do with a library degree is of interest, this work may prove useful.
Library Journal
Shontz and Murray have gathered a diverse selection of career options available for those with an MLS, and each chapter is written by a person working in the position covered. Public, academic, school, and special ... Read more
Library Journal
Shontz and Murray have gathered a diverse selection of career options available for those with an MLS, and each chapter is written by a person working in the position covered. Public, academic, school, and special ... Read more