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From Foundation to Tower: Building Blocks for Your Library Career Nataly Blas, Anna Craft, Beth Filar Williams, Mary Krautter University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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What skills do librarians need?
http://www.eduhacker.net/libraries/librarian-skillset.html
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Building Block 1: Early Career Librarian
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Building the foundation
• Theory and practice • Exploration and self-reflection • Mentorship • Networking
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Theory and practice
http://chiefmartec.com/2013/02/moving-a-blog-is-quintessential-marketing-technologist-work/
• Library school • Library literature • Internship • Practicum • Assistantship • Volunteer • Explore different types
of libraries
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Exploration and self reflection
What skills do I have?
What are my interests?
Learn about your personality style
What are my career goals?
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Mentorship
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/mentoring.html
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Networking
http://www.graphicsfuel.com
www.mbda.gov
Tips for Networking 1. Give yourself plenty of time 2. Initiate the conversation 3. Be professional, but feel free to
make small talk 4. Share your passion 5. Smile 6. Keep the communication two way 7. Follow up
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Building your interpersonal skills
Observation
Seek self improvement
Practice!
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Career advancement – It begins before your first day of work and never ends! (Tucker and Sinha, 2006)
https://twitter.com/colourlovers/status/383201824175423488/photo/1
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Building Block 2: Mid-Career
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Overview
• Assessment of where you are and where you’re going.
• Putting your career building blocks in place.
• Strategies - to keep yourself building on your awesomeness!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tilaneseven/548168843/ (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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http://www.strengthsquest.com/
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu
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Career goals/paths
Practice / Librarianship
Teaching
Management
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Build your skills
Library- specific
Technology
Interpersonal / Communication
Management
Project management
Writing Teaching
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LEARNING
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• Always risk how hard can it be? • Look to the wiser: they are old, they know things! • Groups aren’t teams. Teamwork takes time. • Always find out who is in charge of the butter • Take care of yourself first, be healthy. • Laugh often! • You can lead from wherever you are. • Good leaders empower others. • Strive to be a pioneer, but sometimes its okay to be a settler. • Give yourself the freedom to fail.
10 things I learned at the MPLA 2005 Leadership Institute @ Ghost Ranch
group morning sunrise hike to here!
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Strategies!
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Networking
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybloodyself/501605671/ (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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Mentoring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bujiie/5440930610 (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Share your skills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_grey/4582294721 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/martin2012/2434221761/ (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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Find a balance
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Building Block 3: Late Career Librarian
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Perspective: What Have I Built ?
• Put your career in focus • Accept new challenges • Become a mentor
• Contribute through networking • Value your skills
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The Capstone:Happiness with Your Unique Balance
Personal
Professional
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16180154@N07/5448427182/
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Your Definition of Professional Success
Traditional: supervision title salary
Result: $ prestige
Skills based: expertise knowledge mentoring
Result: intellectual challenge professional recognition
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Change is a Constant
Grow or
give up?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/799810839- Bill Gracey
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Change vs. Loss
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/mississippi_floodwaters_in_iow.html
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Choosing Growth
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Hone Your Skills
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Learn to Say:
N O!
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Mentoring and Networking: Pass along Your Knowledge
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Generational Challenges
So how do you download apps, again? And what is an app, anyway?
Google-apps-ne-besplaten.jpg by Valentyna Sagan
VS. Twitter is going to revolutionize Libraries!
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Value Your Contributions and Your Colleagues!
The Well Stacked Sci-Brarians representing Santa Monica Public Library take the floor on their way to winning first place in the Book Cart Drill Team World Championship sponsored by DEMCO. ALA 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ala_members/2646368549
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And maybe – go out with a bang!
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Helpful Resources • http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/careers/career-advice-2012-mover-
shaker-nina-mchale/ • http://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2012/10/07/why-you-should-take-a-librarian-
or-two-to-lunch/ • http://infomational.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/banishing-your-impostor-
metacognition-and-myths-of-self/ • http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/ULS/MidLevel • http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/default.aspx • https://www.strengthsquest.com/register/default.aspx • http://infomational.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/banishing-your-impostor-
metacognition-and-myths-of-self/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/filarwilliams/sets/72157594365460384/
Our contact info: Mary Krautter [email protected], Nataly Blas [email protected] Anna Craft [email protected] Beth Filar Williams [email protected]
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