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Resources
Advice
- Edmonson, Emily. "Checking
Out Her Options." (Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept
2004)
- Ennis, Lisa A. "Oh, the Things I’ve
Learned! Navigating the Labyrinth of Library Personalities." (LIScareer,
Dec 2004)
- Ewing, Robin.
"Presenting with Confidence: 10 Tips for Librarians."
(LIScareer,
Nov 2004)
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Garber, Gina. "Making
the Leap from Paraprofessional to Professional in an Academic Library."
(LIScareer, May 2006)
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Groves, Deana. "Office
Politics: Advancing from Staff to Faculty within the Same Library." (LIScareer,
Mar 2005)
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Guthrie, Ana. "Shifting: Ways to Cope When You’re the Only Minority in Your Department."
(LIScareer, Sept 2007)
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Krygier, Sarah. "Top Ten Ways
to Burn Your Bridges in Library Land." (LIScareer, May 2006)
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Matthews, Michael. "Your
First Year on the Tenure Track: Temperamental Advice for Junior Faculty in
Toxic Work Environments." (LIScareer,
Oct 2005)
- Millet, Michelle S. “Libraries
Have Cliques Too! Understanding Interpersonal Relationships in
Libraries.” (LIScareer,
Feb 2004)
- Nikolova, Milena Ivanova. "Love
It! Developing Psychological Skills to Become a Better Librarian."
(LIScareer,
Aug 2004)
- Osborn, Jennifer. "The
Librarian's
Guide to
Developing
Presentation
Skills."
(LIScareer,
Aug 2004)
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Pressley, Lauren. "Workplace Communication."
(LIScareer, Mar
2006)
- "Professional
Communication." (Info Career Trends, Sep 2002)
- Shontz,
Priscilla. "Dealing with
Difficult Supervisors." (LIScareer, Mar 2002)
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Silver, Samantha. "Can’t We All Just Get
Along?: Bridging Generation Gaps in Libraries." (LIScareer,
Mar 2005)
- "Speaking,
Training and Presenting." (Info Career Trends,
Sept 2001)
- Williams, Christina. “Interpersonal
Skills in the Virtual Reference Service Environment.” (LIScareer,
June 2004)
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Woodruff, Laura. "Becoming a People Person: Social Growing Pains of a Visiting Assistant
University Librarian."
(LIScareer, Jan 2007)
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Zimmerman, Devin. "Mindfulness for Librarians."
(LIScareer,
Mar 2005)
Websites
Print Resources
- Ross, Catherine Sheldrick and Patricia
Dewdney.
Communicating Professionally: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Library
Applications, 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1998
- Statz, Sarah R.
Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information
Professionals. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2003.
- Shontz,
Priscilla K. Jump
Start Your Career in Library and Information Science.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002
- Shontz, Priscilla
K., ed. The Librarian’s Career Guidebook.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004
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