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Info Career Trends - November 2004 Editor's Note
This issue’s theme of leadership could hardly be less timely. Librarians at all levels are beginning to realize the necessity of succession planning and of focusing on the future of our profession. This depends both on our ability to grow new leaders and on newer librarians’ willingness to develop their own skills and learn from the acquired institutional wisdom of their predecessors. Today’s authors repeatedly emphasize the theme that library leaders are “made,” rather than “born;” think as you read about how you can make yourself more viable as a library leader.
Part of developing your leadership abilities includes paying attention to your own professional development. We stretch ourselves and grow professionally by contributing to the profession in various ways, from participating in associations to keeping up with new developments to writing for the professional literature. If you want to stretch your own skills, keep in mind that ICT is currently seeking contributors to the March (alternative careers), May (charting our path), and July (getting what you're worth) issues. Find contributor guidelines at http://www.lisjobs.com/newsletter/theme.htm#contrib , and please send queries to editor@lisjobs.com. I look forward to seeing your ideas!
On that note, if you’re interested in writing for ICT (or anywhere else, for that matter), you might want to check out my new monthly “Publish, Don't Perish” column for Emerald’s Library Link. It provides advice and reassurance for all librarian writers, whether you’re working on your first piece or your 50th.
- rachel
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