Updated links from What's the Alternative? are listed in order of appearance in the book. If you find an outdated link, please email rachel@lisjobs.com.
Chapter 1
Time to Change Jobs…or Careers? A Quintessential Careers Quiz, http://www.quintcareers.com/career_change_quiz.html
Career Assessment Tools & Tests, www.quintcareers.com/career_assessment.html
LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com
Working Mother 100 Best Companies, www.workingmother.com/web?service=vpage/109
Catalyst, www.catalyst.org
Fortune Best Companies to Work for, money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2007/
Your Virtual Librarian, www.yourvirtuallibrarian.com
Gone as of April 2011.
Chapter 2
Librarian's Yellow Pages Online, librariansyellowpages.com
LISjobs.com, lisjobs.com
American Library Association Human Resources Job Listings, https://cs.ala.org/jobs/viewjobs.cfm
ALISE job board, http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=55588&orgId=ali
jESSE, web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html
Emporia SLIM Programs, slim.emporia.edu/index.php/admission/
ALISE, www.alise.org
ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship, www.ala.org/ala/diversity/spectrum/phdfellowship/phd.htm
ALISE, www.alise.org
Chapter 3
American Booksellers Association, www.ambook.org
Book Expo America, www.bookexpoamerica.com
BookSense, booksense.com
Publishers Weekly, www.publishersweekly.com
Shelf Awareness, www.shelf-awareness.com
Bookselling This Week: A Plethora of New Indies Open in 2006, news.bookweb.org/news/4955.html
Opening a Bookstore, www.bookweb.org/education/opening/
Prospective Booksellers School, www.bookweb.org/education/opening/prospective.html
ABA Emerging Leaders Project, www.abaemergingleaders.org
Paz & Associates, www.pazbookbiz.com
ALA WNBA Eastman Grant, www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/publishing/alapubawrds/wnbaannheidbreder.htm
The Grumpy Dragon, www.grumpydragon.com
Mediabistro.com job listings, www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/
American Society of Indexers (ASI), asindexing.org
National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS), nfais.org
Academy of Certified Archivists, Certification, www.certifiedarchivists.org/html/cert.html
AAM (American Association of Museums), www.aam-us.org/index.cfm
Archives and Archivists (A&A) List, www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp
ARMA International, www.arma.org
Aviso, Your Job Headquarters for Museum Careers, www.aam-us.org/aviso/
The Official Museum Directory, www.officialmuseumdir.com
MUSEUM-L discussion list, home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A0=MUSEUM-L
Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org
Idealist.org, www.idealist.org
USAJOBS, www.usajobs.gov
Looking for a Federal Information Job? www.loc.gov/flicc/wg/looking.pdf
Craigslist, www.craigslist.org
Association of Professional Genealogists, www.apgen.org
The Board for Certification for Genealogists, bcgcertification.org
Genealogy Librarian News, genlibrarian.blogspot.com
National Genealogical Society, ngsgenealogy.org
Chapter 4
Marketing Library Services newsletter, www.infotoday.com/mls/default.shtml
American Marketing Association, www.marketingpower.com
PUBLIB lists.webjunction.org/publib/
SYSLIB-L listserv.buffalo.edu/archives/syslib-l.html
National Book Critics Circle, www.bookforum.com/Bloomsbury
GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido, "How to Write a Decent Book Review," www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/bookrevs.html
Liminal Librarian 2006 Speaking Survey, results, http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68
Liminal Librarian 2006 Speaking Survey, comments, www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=69
Toastmasters, www.toastmasters.org
Chapter 5
MARSH Affinity Group insurance, www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/membership/marshaffinitygroupinsuranceinformation/marshgroupinsurance.htm
National Writer's Union, Insurance, www.nwu.org/nwu/?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.3.18
Editorial Freelancers Association, www.the-efa.org/res/rates.html
SBA Small Business Planner, www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/index.html
SCORE (Service Council of Retired Executives), www.score.org
SBA (Small Business Administration), www.sba.gov
ITI's Super Searchers series books.infotoday.com/books/index.shtml#sss
Craigslist, craigslist.org
Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP), www.aiip.org
AIIP mentoring program, www.aiip.org/AboutAIIP/aiipmentor.html
Frequently Asked Questions About Information Brokering, www.marketingbase.com/faqs.html
Independent Librarians Exchange (ILEX), www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclasections/ilex/ilex.cfm
Info-Entrepreneurship, www.batesinfo.com/info-brokering.html
Online, www.infotoday.com/online/
Online Insider, www.onlineinsider.net
"Resources for Independent Careers," www.rethinkinginformationwork.com/Independent%20Careers.html
Chapter 6
APRA Canada, www.apracanada.ca
Ketchum Canada Inc., www.kciphilanthropy.com
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), www.afpnet.org
Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA), www.aprahome.org
Foundation Directory Online, fconline.fdncenter.org
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), www.scip.org
SLA Competitive Intelligence Division, units.sla.org/division/dci/cihome.htm
SLA Competitive Intelligence Certificates, www.sla.org/CIcertificates
ASRC Management Services, www.asrcms.com
Library Associates, www.libraryassociates.com/searchjobs.html
ARMA International, www.arma.org/careers/index.cfm
KMWorld, www.kmworld.com
SLA Knowledge Management Division, http://wiki.sla.org/display/slakm
IFLA Knowledge Management Section, www.ifla.org/VII/s47/index.htm
Information Architecture Institute, iainstitute.org
Information Architecture Resources, www.jjg.net/ia/
Internet Librarian and Internet Librarian International conferences, www.infotoday.com/conferences.shtml
ResearchBuzz, www.researchbuzz.org
ResourceShelf, www.resourceshelf.com
Search engine university, www.searchengineu.com
Information Bridges International, www.ibi-opl.com
SLA Solo Librarians Division, units.sla.org/division/dsol
MOLA, www.mola-inc.org
Google Librarian Central, librariancentral.blogspot.com
Chapter 7
American Translators Association, www.atanet.org
International Medical Interpreters Association, www.mmia.org/default.asp
Craigslist, www.craigslist.org
FreelanceWriting, www.freelancewriting.com/freelance-writing-jobs.php
Mediabistro.com -- Freelance Marketplace, www.mediabistro.com/fm/
National Writers Union, www.nwu.org
American Society of Journalists and Authors, asja.org
Inkygirl: Daily Diversions for Writers, www.inkygirl.com
Chapter 8
ASIS&T, asis.org
LITA, lita.org
MCSE, www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/default.mspx
MCSA www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/default.mspx
CompTIA A+ certification, certification.comptia.org/a/default.aspx
Chapter 11
ALA LIS Directory, www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/lisdirb/lisdirectory.htm
San Jose State University, slisweb.sjsu.edu
University of Denver, www.du.edu/education/programs/lis/
UC Berkeley, www.ischool.berkeley.edu
University of Michigan, www.si.umich.edu
University of Washington, www.ischool.washington.edu
Who's Hiring SI Grads? www.si.umich.edu/careers/who-is-hiring.htm
Comparison Guide to Distance Programs for Getting the MLS, www.becomealibrarian.org/DistanceEdComparison.htm
Emporia, slim.emporia.edu/programs/programs.htm
University of Arizona School of Information Resources & Library Science, www.sir.arizona.edu
Wayne State Library and Information Science Program, www.lisp.wayne.edu
Appendix A
Temporary and Employment Agencies, www.lisjobs.com/temp.htm
PIUG (Patent Information User's Group) list, www.piug.org/list.php
ARMA's RIM list, www.arma.org/rim/listserv.cfm
RECMGMT-L, www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=RECMGMT-L&H=LISTS.UFL.EDU
AMIA Job Exchange, www.amia.org/inside/jobex/
SLA Career Center, sla.jobcontrolcenter.com/search/
University of Washington iProJobs e-mail list, mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/iprojobs
Monster, Monster.com
Careerbuilder, Careerbuilder.com
Craigslist, craigslist.org
Riley Guide: Research & Target Employers & Locations, rileyguide.com/research.html
Quintessential Careers: "Should You Consider a Functional Format for Your Resume?" www.quintcareers.com/functional_resume.html