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• "On the Image of Librarians and Libraries" by Jennifer Cram

  Several articles on this site are highly recommended as background reading on the subject of librarians, promotion, and self-promotion. First, read "No Permission Needed: Librarians And The PPC Factor," which describes how librarians fail to recognize and use their power, and how to overcome the perception of powerlessness. Then, check out "Professionalism: a Matter of Relationships, Choices and Obligations," and "What's Luck Got To Do With It? Thoughts On Personal Effectiveness and the Beginning Librarian."

   

• "Market Yourself Online!" by Rachel Singer Gordon and Sarah L. Nesbeitt

  On using the Internet for professional development.

   

• "A Wish List for Librarians: A Commentary Based on The Greedy Associates Listservs" by Barbara Fullerton

  What we would ask for if we gave ourselves license to be "greedy."

   

• "Librarians Want More Pay, And They're Learning To Ask For It" -- from the Savannah Morning News, spinning off of the June 2002 ALA conference in Atlanta

  Same old news about how we want and deserve better pay...

   

• "Learning To Be Ourselves, With More Skill: Aurora And Beyond" by Richard Sayers

  From the 2000 ALIA Conference Proceedings, on how we can lead effectively by following the maxim "be yourselves -- with more skill."