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Library Careers

Job Listings
Blogs & Listservs
Salary Information

Job Listings

best resource Library associations offer essential professional development and networking opportunities, and usually provide job listings. Please see the Library Associations Research Guide for a list of the major library associations.
The iSchool at Drexel University: Job Postings– WWW

Find both professional and pre-professional (internship) positions on this website, maintained by the iSchool’s Career Services office. Both domestic and international jobs are represented.

LibGig– WWW

LibGig bills itself as a “new professional networking website” for information professionals.  Their website features a great job board, blogs, news and career articles, newsletters, and more!

Libjobs.com– WWW

Libjobs is another library job board.  It doesn’t have quite as many listings as some other websites, but check it out nonetheless.

Library Job Postings on the Internet– WWW

This website is a guide to finding internet library job postings and is a great compilation of job boards, both by geographical location and by type of position (academic, federal, etc).

best resource LISJobs.com– WWW

Not only does LISjobs feature job listings of their own, but you can also job banks by state, nationwide job banks, and non-US employment sources. They also feature tons of job-hunting resources, such as advice on search strategies, resumes, getting started in librarianship, salaries and specialties, and a discussion board on job hunting.

Blogs & Listservs

Career Q&A with the Library Career People– WWW

Two librarians write for this advice column (in a blog format).  Their archive of questions past goes back to 2003 (awesome), and best of all, you can submit a question about  your career concerns yourself!

LIBJOBS mailing list– WWW

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) offers information on how to subscribe to various mailing lists.  If you’re interested in job postings, make sure you subscribe to the LIBJOBS mailing list, and you’ll receive job listings directly to your inbox.

Rethinking Information Careers– WWW

If you want to try and think outside the box for your job search, check out this monthly column, which delves into exploring unusual or emerging LIS paths, and exploring LIS career paths and roles in general.

Salary Information

ALA-APA Librarian Salary Database – ELECTRONIC
Salary survey results by state, region and national averages for professional (MLS) and non-degreed librarians in several work settings and job titles.
ACRL Trends and Statistics - ELECTRONIC
Has budgets for most major academic libraries – much more than just salary information. Best when targeting a single institution.
SLA Salary Survey – ELECTRONIC
Results of annual survey of special librarians listing salaries by region, industry, type of position and experience level for mostly corporate libraries.

Books

Be sure to check out the many library careers books in our collection. Especially more current ones such as recently published “The nextgen librarian’s survival guide” (2006) PRINT or the e-book “Libraries in the Information Age” (2002) ELECTRONIC

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