Maybe you have been following this blog since your wee days in library school or maybe you’ve recently heard about the benefits of a library residency program and you’ve decided that, by gosh, you want to be a resident librarian.
But, now that it’s April and you are set to graduate from library school in a month, two months, or maybe six, you suddenly realize that it’s high time you start thinking about how to find your ideal residency position.
Where do you even start?
When it comes to the job search process, …

Guest post written by Ameet Doshi.
Ameet Doshi serves as the head of the User Experience Department and the subject librarian for the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
After spending nearly a year in a seemingly fruitless search for my first post-MLS librarian position, I became frustrated enough to leave the country and wander around New Zealand for almost a year. Thinking back, it was undoubtedly an impetuous but wise decision. I had been saving money for a “big” trip and the difficult job market …

In the fall of 2011 I took on working my full time job, attending classes online for my Masters in Library and Information Science, and participating in a practicum.  I conducted my practicum with the Head of Public and Learning Services at Texas A&M University Libraries.  This experience allowed me to co-teach information literacy courses, work on a qualitative research project, and gain experience on the circulation desk.  Working with patrons was exciting because my current position requires me to work solely with faculty and administrators.
Co-teaching with experienced librarians gave …

As the 2011-2013 Residency Librarian at Towson University’s Cook Library, I have the privilege of rotating through the library’s three main departments during my first year: Technical Services, Research & Instruction, and Special Collections & Archives.
This post will provide a glimpse into my experience while working in Research & Instruction. I’ll post an update about my Special Collections & Archives rotation later this summer. You can read about my completed rotation in Technical Services in a previous post.
I am a Research and Instruction Librarian! The confidence and excitement I felt …

Thanks to a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services , Dr. Sandra Hirsh, professor and director of the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University, is guiding the Catalyst Project, an exploration regarding how residency programs can support libraries’ efforts to integrate emerging technology.
Together with project partners, Hirsh will conduct an in-depth exploration of a new residency model for recent Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) graduates. The residency model will focus on embedding new graduates with technology skills into a …