Welcome! As a bonus for readers, this site features live and updated links to each URL mentioned in The Accidental Systems Librarian, written by Rachel Singer Gordon and published by Information Today, Inc. -- as well as to additional resources that have emerged since its publication.

• Read the article that started it all: "A Course In Accidental Systems Librarianship," from the Nov./Dec. 2001 issue of Computers In Libraries. [.pdf format; zoom in to read.]
• Read "Overcoming the Systems Librarian Imposter Syndrome," from the Sept. 2003 issue of LIBRES. [Scroll down to "Essays and Opinions Section."]
• Read the ExLibris review (Feb. 21, 2003).
• View the PowerPoint Presentation from the May 2003 Information Today conference.
• Read an excerpt on "The Support Interview," posted on WebJunction.org.
• I'd love to come talk to your group about accidental systems librarianship! E-mail rachel@lisjobs.com for fees and availability, or take a look at where else I'm speaking lately.

RELATED RESOURCES

• SYSLIB-L mailing list
• WebJunction's focus on systems librarianship

ARTICLES ON THE SPECIALTY

• "The Self-Education of Systems Librarians"
• "On Being a Systems Librarian"
• "Accidental Systems Librarian"
• "Ping, touch, head, tail: or, how to become a systems librarian"

 
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