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Phoenix Friends of SIRLS Gathering, Tuesday, September 9, 6:00 pm +

Please share your needs and interests for this group below:

¨     Career development

¨     Conference Reports

¨     Finding a job

¨     Library research

¨     Library Tours (specify)

¨     Library trends and issues and directions

¨     Networking

¨     Personal accounts of any of the above

¨     Resumes & cover letters

¨     Specific Skills, e.g., reference Interviews, digital collections, database searching     (specify below)

¨     Types of libraries & librarians

¨     Other, please specify below!

 

Last year:

·         Peter Boticelli (digital collections and the “DIG-IN” program)

·         Jana Bradley (new directions in the library profession)

·         Tom Wilding (academic librarianship as a career;

·         SIRLS academic advising)

·         A panel discussion with 5 recent SIRLS graduates talking about their first year on the job.

·         A discussion by 2 SIRLS students on their experiences at the ALA Conference.

·         A presentation by 2 Mesa Community College librarians on career path opportunities in community college libraries.

·         A resume and interviewing skills workshop by Sandy Kramer.

·         Presentations by 2 academic librarians at ASU about their jobs and their research interests (one in life sciences and one in Asian Studies)