About the Author

Rachel Singer Gordon is the former Head of Computer Services at the Franklin Park Public Library, Ill. She is the founder and Webmaster of the library career site Lisjobs.com, from which she also publishes Info Career Trends, a free, bimonthly electronic newsletter on career development issues for librarians. Since 2002, she has been the "Computer Media" review columnist for Library Journal.

She has written and presented widely on the intersections between technology and librarianship, and her published work includes Teaching the Internet In Libraries (ALA Editions, 2001) and The Information Professional's Guide To Career Development Online (Information Today, 2002). Rachel holds an MLIS from Dominican University and an MA from Northwestern University.