Judging a Book by Its Cover
By Jenine Lillian, MLIS Day
As we enter 2005, the year of graduation for the second year MLIS students, an unprecedented ASIST event is upon us: iCareer Week, where we can take a sampling of what careers await us as information professionals. To soothe the anxiety of those of us beginning to sort through papers written, leadership taken, and jobs listed for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, here is a list of unique perspectives through works available at SPL, revealing roles we may potentially take when we are at long last sailing the librarianship.
- According to Hoole; the collected essays and tales of a scholar-librarian and literary maverick
- Apostles of culture : the public librarian and American society, 1876-1920
- The assertive librarian
- Classics of librarianship; further selected readings in the history of librarianship
- Close to the machine : technophilia and its discontents
- Collective bargaining and the academic librarian
- Death and the librarian and other stories
- Doing the work of reference : practical tips for excelling as a reference librarian
- Essays of an ex-librarian
- Etta Josselyn Giffin; pioneer librarian for the blind
- For sex education, see librarian : a guide to issues and resources
- The fortune of books; essays, memories and prophecies of a librarian
- A librarian is to read
- Libraries, community, and technology
- The library as a vocation; reprints of papers and addresses
- The library of tomorrow; a symposium
- A life with men and books
- Lighter side of the library
- Magic & madness in the library : protagonists among the stacks
- The maturity of librarianship as a profession
- Net effects : how librarians can manage the unintended consequences of the Internet
- The old librarian's almanack
- The song of the library staff
- The Unabashed librarian
- Unprofessional behavior : confessions of a public librarian