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Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for the New Librarian
by Meggan Press
Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for the New Librarian is a concise, practical guide to the job search for librarians interested in a career in academic libraries. It opens with concrete suggestions for how to direct your education toward full-time employment and get the most out of student experiences. The majority of the book is dedicated to the job hunt itself, covering the various steps of the academic hiring process, breaking each step into manageable pieces, and providing lots of tips and insights from the perspective of the search committee. Special emphasis is placed on the presentation, one of the most stressful and novel parts of the interview process for a new librarian. Along the way you’ll get glimpses into the “whys” of academia and how they manifest in the hiring processes. Finally, there is guidance for after a job offer, providing tips on negotiation and concluding with practical advice for the first year of a new job..
Sharing Spaces and Students: Employing Students in Collaborative Partnerships
by Holly A. Jackson
In six chapters—The Importance of Partnerships, Annual Goals, Hiring Students, Developing Training, Assessing Success, and Moving Forward—Sharing Spaces and Students helps partners within the library bridge the gap between expectations and outcomes, and hire and train students to deliver high-quality work on behalf of all involved parties. Case studies throughout the book examine partnerships with academic departments, writing centers, career centers, cultural centers, tutoring services, technology services and information technology (IT) departments, as well as first-year experience and peer-learning departments.
Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs: Structures, Practices, and Contexts
edited by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Elizabeth Galoozis, and Rebecca Halpern
The Engaged Library: High-Impact Educational Practices in Academic Libraries
edited by Joan D. Ruelle
Games and Gamification in Academic Libraries
edited by Stephanie Crowe and Eva Schlippa
Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Information Literacy through Co-Curricular Activities
edited by Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan
The Critical Thinking About Sources Cookbook
edited by Sarah E. Morris
Library Partnerships in International Liberal Arts Education: Building Relationships Across Cultural and Institutional Lines
edited by Jeff Hiroshi Gima and Kara Malenfant
Becoming a Library Leader: Seven Stages of Leadership Development for Academic Librarians
by Shin Freedman and James M. Freedman
Developing the Next Generation of Library Leaders (ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 75)
edited by Lori Birrell
Leading Change in Academic Libraries
edited by Colleen Boff and Catherine Cardwell
The 360 Librarian: A Framework for Integrating Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and Critical Reflection in the Workplaces
by Tammi M. Owens and Carol A. Daul-Elhindi
The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook
edited by Raymond Pun and Gary L. Shaffer
Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students
edited by Ngoc-Yen Tran and Silke Higgins
Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World
edited by Sara R. Benson
Building Teaching and Learning Communities: Creating Shared Meaning and Purpose
edited by Craig Gibson and Sharon Mader
Improving Library Services in Support of International Students and English as a Second Language Learners
edited by Leila June Rod-Welch
Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization
edited by Andrea Patricia Baer, Robert Schroeder, and Ellysa Stern Cahoy
The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
edited by Melissa Mallon, Lauren Hays, Cara Bradley, Rhonda Huisman, and Jackie Belanger
Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future
Prepared by Nancy Maron and Rebecca Kennison with Paul Bracke, Nathan Hall, Isaac Gilman, Kara Malenfant, Charlotte Roh, and Yasmeen Shorish
Scholarship in the Sandbox: Academic Libraries as Laboratories, Forums, and Archives for Student Work
edited by Amy S. Jackson, Cindy Pierard, and Suzanne M. Schadl
Critical Approaches to Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses
edited by Angela Pashia and Jessica Critten
Motivating Students on a Time Budget: Pedagogical Frames and Lesson Plans for In-Person and Online Information Literacy Instruction
edited by Sarah Steiner and Miriam Rigby
The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries and International Students, Collections, and Practices
edited by Yelena Luckert and Lindsay Inge Carpenter
Library Service and Learning: Empowering Students, Inspiring Social Responsibility, and Building Community Connections
edited by Theresa McDevitt and Caleb P. Finegan
Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students
edited by Crystal Renfro and Cheryl Stiles
The Library Outreach Casebook
edited by Ryan L. Sittler and Terra J. Rogerson
Institutional Repositories: CLIPP #44
compiled by Brighid M. Gonzales
Academic Libraries and the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment, 2-Volume Set
edited by Marwin Britto and Kirsten Kinsley
The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments, Third Edition (PIL #74)
by John M. Budd
Shaping the Campus Conversation on Student Learning and Experience: Activating the Results of Assessment in Action
edited by Karen Brown, Debra Gilchrist, Sara Goek, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Kara Malenfant, Chase Ollis, and Allison Payne