Library Mentor

Career Planning: Guide to Effective Resume Writing and Interviewing Skills Workshop

University Libraries' Mentoring Program is sponsoring a career planning workshop. The program will focus on resume writing and interviewing. The workshop will be held on Friday December 15, 2006 from 12noon -2:00pm at Olin Library on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Participants should bring resume. Space is limited. For additional information contact Cheryl Holland, Mentoring Coordinator, at: cholland@wustl.edu or 314-935-6626.

Graduate Library Programs

There are all types of graduate programs in librarianship throughout the country. For a current comprehensive list of these programs, check ALA's list of accredited graduate programs. Also, if you are unable to go away to a graduate program in Library Science, there are a number of distance learning programs that might suit your needs.

New Books Added to Collection!

There have been several new titles in Library and Information Science recently added to the collection. These titles cover topics on careeer planning and opportunities and information literacy.

• Sacred stacks: the higher purpose of libraries and librarianship; Z716.4 M37 2006, Nancy K. Maxwell
• Career opportunities in library and information science careers; Z682.35 V62 C37 2005, Linda P. Carvell
• Information literacy assessment; ZA3075 N435 2006, Teresa Y. Neely
• Jump start your career in library and information science; Z682.35 V62 S47 2002, Priscilla K. Shontz
• Expectations of librarians in the 21st century; Z682.35 V62 E98 2003, edited by Karl Bridges
• Rethinking information work; Z682.35 V62 D67 2006

• The librarian's career guidebook; Z682.35 V62 L53 2004, edited by Priscilla K. Shontz