Mentorship Opportunity

Are you a library student thinking about a career in academic librarianship? The ACRL-Delaware Valley Chapter can match you up with a librarian mentor who can answer questions, give advice, or just serve as a sounding board for your worries and ideas.

To be matched with a mentor, please send your contact information and your areas of interest to DVCmentoring@gmail.com. We will match you with a librarian who has expertise in those areas, and works within a reasonable geographic proximity. 

To learn more go to: http://www.acrldvc.org/mentor.htm

Professional & Job Hunting Resources

Get involved in the LIS community and boost your job search with this helpful list of resources from our student chapter liaison at ALA. Good luck!

Five EBSCO Scholarships for 2012 ALA Midwinter

http://bit.ly/obuPik

NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award for funding to the 2012 ALA Annual Conference

http://bit.ly/VOL4c

ALA Scholarships Program

ALA has lots of money that they want to give to students! Check out the opportunities here.

http://ala.org/ala/educationcareers/scholarships/index.cfm

Professional Development/Communication

ALA Listservs

So much information is shared through this listservs that I cannot stress enough that you should find some listservs to follow. There are tons and can get specific, but take a look and see what's of interest for you. I highly recommend following the New Members Round Table list (NMRT-L) as it has lots of resources for students and new librarians.

http://lists.ala.org/sympa/lists

Free Webinars!

Library Webinars is a blog organized by the Northeast Florida Library information Network and gathers information on library webinars being offered around the country. These are great opportunities to learn more about particular topics, might help generate ideas for events, and is just good information to share with members.

http://neflin2.blogspot.com/

Job Hunting Resources

I need a library Job (Facebook, email list, and twitter)

http://www.facebook.com/ineedalibraryjob

Higher Ed Jobs (good for those interested in academic libraries)

http://www.higheredjobs.com/

LibGig

http://publicboard.libgig.com/

ALA JobList

http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=17750

Association of Research Libraries Job List

http://www.arl.org/resources/careers/positions/index.shtml

LIS WIKI "HOWTO: Apply for a library job"

http://liswiki.org/wiki/HOWTO:Apply_for_a_library_job

Open Cover Letters

Wondering what your cover letter should look like? tired of looking at all those online templates? Check out  Open Cover Letters, which is full of anonymous cover letters from hired librarians and archivists.

http://opencoverletters.com/author/opencoverletters/
 

A Conversation with Jane Meyers of the Lubuto Library Project

Please join us for a very special event with Jane Meyers, Founder and CEO of the Lubuto Library Project. The Lubuto Library Project builds libraries for AIDS orphans and street children in Southern Africa (mostly Zambia). Come learn about how libraries make a difference in third world communities—and how you can get involved. For more information visit www.lubuto.org.

WHEN: Monday, September 26 from 5-6 PM

WHERE: Hagerty Library Room 033 on the Drexel Campus - Refreshments will be served. This event will also be simulcast live online at http://bit.ly/SCALAevent 

image credit: Lubuto Library Project

Surviving the Job Search, Part IV

Our guest blogger series on surviving - and succeeding in - the job search continues with Peter Coyl, librarian at an international K-12 school in Taiwan.

Job searching can be tough. But it’s even tougher when there is economic hardship and Library jobs are being cut all over the country. Some people are lucky to live in an area that has an abundance of options, while others live in an area that seems to be saturated with more job seekers than there are jobs.

Cool Careers: Culinary Library & Federal Archives

It's field trip time! Join us for an exciting library career event on Thursday, May 19 at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.

Library Tour: Feast your eyes on the culinary and hospitality collection.

Networking Reception: Mingle in the on-campus restaurant. Wine, cheese and appetizers will be generously provided by the The Restaurant School.

Career Panel: A conversation with dynamic librarians about their career paths, interesting collections and advice for students entering the field:

Madeline Copp, Academic Librarian at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, which grants Culinary Arts, Pastry Arts and Hospitality Management degrees.

Beth Bensman, Archives Specialist for The National Archives at Philadelphia, which maintains the historically significant Mid-Atlantic federal records from 1970 to the present.

This event is FREE but reservations are required.  If you would like to attend, please RSVP to drexelscala@gmail.com by Monday, May 16.