What's the Alternative? Career Options for Librarians and Info Pros

About this book

For librarian professionals and students who are considering transferring their information-based skills into a nontraditional employment setting Gordon provides insight as a person who has gone through that career change herself. An initial chapter addresses making the leap and following sections discuss organizations serving libraries and librarians; organizations similar to libraries; information work and working in different roles; IT outside of libraries; nontraditional roles in traditional institutions; and two sections discussing the details of self-employment freelance and contract work. Closing chapters discuss returning to librarian work from careers outside the field and the future of the career of the librarian. Practical and useful appendices include assistance on finding nontraditional positions a lengthy list of helpful websites and a copy of the survey Gordon used to gather information from librarians in nontraditional fields. Annotation 2008 Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)