May Issue of Info Career Trends Newsletter

The latest issue of Info Career Trends is now online. The issue is also available in text format.

Contents:

• Editor's Note
  Introduces the issue, talks about ways of building our path, call for contributors, mention of editor's availability as writer and speaker.
• Career Q&A
  Career Q&A from The Library Career People - today's topics: job hopping and holding out for the perfect job offer.
• The Long Road Home
  Denise Sharp explains how she has charted her library career through a combination of volunteering, education, and networking - as well as the willingness to do just about anything!
• Unexpectedly Unemployed
  Tanzi Merritt gives tips on overcoming unexpected unemployment and making the most of an unfortunate situation.
• Personal Interests and Organizational Needs: A Balancing Act
  Sally Gibson discusses ways to create a fulfilling career by balancing your personal needs and interests with the needs of your institution.
• The Path Never Intended
  Chrissie Anderson Peters talks about her circuitous path to librarianship and how the road never intended can turn out to be the path that is meant to be.
• What's Online? Recommended Resources
  Links to sites and articles on different facets of charting a library career path.
• Book Review
  Our Own Selves: More Meditations for Librarians, reviewed by Jessamyn West.