Brief chapters written by MLS-wielding information professionals in a wide variety of settings describe a typical work day in his or her position and type of organization, as well as the joys and annoyances they experience, for an honest sense of what it's like in the real world.
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: What Do Librarians Do All Day? Part I: Public Libraries Part II: Academic Libraries Part III: School Libraries Part IV: Special Libraries Part V: Consortia Part VI: LIS Faculty Part VII: Library Vendors Part VIII: Publishing Part IX: Associations and Agencies Part X: Nontraditional
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.
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 librarianship are represented, as
well as positions with consortia, library schools, vendors,
publishers, associations and agencies, and other nontraditional
arenas….This book would be an excellent source for library and
information science students and is recommended for libraries in
institutions that grant library and information science
degrees.
*Reference & User Services Quarterly*
This book is extremely engaging and written in a breezy,
conversational style. The contributors are very forthcoming, and
will leave students and researchers looking for careers as
information professionals with much food for thought. A Day in the
Life is recommended for public, community college, and academic
libraries.
*American Reference Books Annual*
The editors of LIScareer.com Murray (librarian, Spanish and
Portuguese language, Duke U.) and Shontz, a freelance writer and
former librarian provide a collection of 95 accounts of careers in
library and information science by those who work in them. Public,
academic, school, and special libraries, as well as those in
consortia, LIS faculty, vendors, publishing, associations and
agencies, and nontraditional careers (such as consultants and
nonlibrary fields), contribute their experiences in a variety of
careers in these fields. They each share about their typical
workday or routine, advantages and disadvantages of their
positions, and give advice to job seekers. They focus on the US,
but some share experiences working around the world.
*Reference & Research Book News*
A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information
Science is an omnibus anthology of ninety-five essays by diverse
authors. Focusing primarily upon the many different types of
library science jobs available, from working for school libraries
or special libraries to library vendors, positions in publishing,
and nontraditional careers such as personal librarian or
independent information professional, A Day in the Life is a
first-rate resource for library and information science students,
prospective information professionals, new librarians, and anyone
considering a career change. An index for quick reference rounds
out this broad-ranged anthology steeped in the professional field
experience of its many contributors.
*Midwest Book Review*
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