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Librarians in the 21st Century: Designing a Career Strategy for Evolving Roles and Opportunities
1. Librarians in the 21st Century:
Designing a Career Strategy for
Evolving Roles and Opportunities
Lisa Chow | Sandra Sajonas
October 18, 2013 Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual
Conference
http://bit.ly/peopleinteract
2. Objectives
1. Participants will receive an overview of new and
evolving roles of librarians.
2. Participants will conduct an individualized career
analysis.
3. Participants will be equipped with practical career
strategies for keeping their skills current with the shifting
profession.
3. We surveyed 10 leaders in the library world...
Consultant
Digital resource librarian
Academic librarians
Outreach librarian
Legal librarian
Children’s librarian
Reference librarian
Research librarian
Instructional librarian
7. Trends
● Think micro-careers. The modern information career will
be made up of micro-careers.
● There is no box. Information professionals are doing work
outside of traditional spaces, titles, responsibilities, etc.
● Think tech. The profession and information is going
online/digital/electronic.
● Be a part of the team. The information professional works
collaboratively.
11. CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
Find colleagues to share & bounce off ideas.
Have a partner-in-crime.
Get to know your fellow librarians/students.
Find a mentor or two.
Be a mentor.
18. GET OUT THERE
Attend cheap/free events, unconferences,
trainings and meetups.
Attend national & local conferences.
Organize your own event.
19. GET INVOLVED
Apply to various library programs & initiatives.
Get involved with local and national
associations & groups.
20. KEEP UPDATED
Keep up with library land
(and the world).
influencers, listservs, blogs, LinkedIn, Google
Alerts
21. KEEP LEARNING
● MOOCs (Massive online open
courses)
● Continuing education
● Informational interviews
● Ask colleagues to show you
what they know about a topic
or software/tool of interest
● Books, videos (YouTube,
Vimeo), podcasts, the usual...