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Info Career Trends - Jan. 2004 Editor's Note
Today's theme, balancing work and family, is one near-and-dear to my own heart - I'm struggling with similar issues to those of many of today's contributors, balancing part-time work with full-time child care and with writing and other professional activities. Inspired by today's contributors' stories of staying professionally active while balancing family responsibilities, I'd like also to take this opportunity to announce several professional developments of my own:
First, I welcome any of you to indulge your own need for professional involvement by visiting Sarah Johnson's and my new career development weblog for librarians and information professionals. Beyond the Job contains calls for papers, conference information, career and job advice, and other professional development links and resources. RSS feed available.
Sarah and I have also combined the job postings from our two major library careers sites, Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet. This combination brings you the largest single collection of library job ads online - searchable, browsable by date, or accessible via RSS. If you used our old job listings, please update your bookmarks and subscriptions: http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/
Lastly, my new book, The Librarian's Guide to Writing for Publication, is being released by Scarecrow Press this month. Purchase a copy for yourself or your library, and get ideas on furthering your own career by writing for the profession. Sample chapters, table of contents, and ordering info.
Alert readers will notice that each of my professional developments relate to - well - your professional development! I hope you will make use of these ideas and resources in a mutually-reinforcing commitment to career success. If one of the above resources helps you, I'd love to hear about it.
ICT is also seeking contributors to two upcoming issues: May (continuing education) and July (diversity). Please see descriptions of upcoming themes and contributor guidelines. Also needed: a one- time book reviewer with a background in art librarianship. E-mail queries to editor@lisjobs.com.
- Rachel