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LIBRARIANSHIP: PHILOSOPHY, VALUES, AND ISSUES

FORTHCOMING Taking Your Rethinking

Becoming an MLIS Abroad Information Work
Independent Getting and Succeeding in A Career Guide for
Information an International Library Job Librarians and Other

Professional LARA SEVEN PHILLIPS AND Information Professionals
KATHERINE G. HOLVOET
Second Edition | G. KIM DORITY
How to Freelance,
Consult, and Contract
for Fun and Profit

MELISSA M. POWELL, EDITOR
FOREWORD BY LOIDA GARCIA-FEBO

November 2016, 250pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
Print: 978-1-4408-5021-9 February 2016, 264pp, 7x10
$50.00, £39.00, €46.00 Print: 978-1-61069-959-4
eBook: 978-1-4408-5022-6 $55.00, £43.00, €50.00
eBook: 978-1-61069-960-0

This book explains how and why to
get an international library job, what “ This book is interesting and
November 2017, 176pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 valuable reading for librarians,
Print: 978-1-4408-5540-5 to expect when you arrive in your especially school librarians who
$50.00, £39.00, €46.00 host country, and how to overcome
eBook: 978-1-4408-5541-2 challenges in your new home. might be facing district cuts,
and would also be of interest to
FEATURES educators considering a career
Many LIS professionals and LIS students • Supplies potential expat librarians change to librarianship. ”
are interested in independent work invaluable information about what —VOYA, August 2, 2016
opportunities, either as a full-time to expect from libraries abroad,
career or on a temporary or part-time identifying differences, constraints, “ Rethinking Information Work
and obstacles as compared to U.S.
basis. This book shares the experiences norms can be useful to LIS students,
of successful information professionals • Describes the realities of moving and new librarians, and mid-career
who work as contractors or consultants, working abroad, thereby enabling professionals alike. . . . This
providing a complete picture of what to readers to accurately assess if a book is highly recommended
expect and a step-by-step plan to start foreign job would be a good fit for all library and information
professionals and students.
your independent career. • Guides librarians taking a job outside ”
FEATURES the United States and Canada —Technical Services Quarterly,
through the intricacies of moving December 20, 2016
• Helps librarians to determine whether abroad, thriving in their new job, and A state-of-the-art guide to the world
they are suited for the career of building networks (professional and
being an independent information social) of library and information science that
professional gives readers valuable insights into the
• Provides practical information suited field and practical tools to succeed in it.
• Presents practical advice on every to librarians with experience in
aspect of launching a successful academic, school, or special libraries FEATURES
career as an independent information as well as newly graduated librarians • Identifies a broad range of Library
professional—from legal and and Information Science (LIS) career
financial necessities to marketing and options
management strategies
• Identifies professional skills and
strengths needed in the LIS field
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