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What Do You Wish You'd Learned in Library School? A Summary of Responses

We recently posted the question "What do you wish you'd learned in library school?" on our blog, and summarized the responses in an Informed Librarian article (Dec 2007).  This is a more detailed breakdown of the answers.  Please note that this wasn't a scientific or statistically valid survey.  We didn't give respondents choices - we asked for "gut reactions" - so when compiling our lists we may have made different categorizing decisions than someone else would.  We appreciate all the feedback we got!
supervising/management 23
business/budgeting 22
technology 17
marketing 15
instruction/teaching 11
job search/professional development 8
negotiation 7
working with others/interpersonal 7
building management 7
politics 6
project management 6
collection development 6
cataloging 5
research methods 4
grant writing 4
public speaking 4
strategic planning/future thinking 4
social work 4
training staff 3
customer service 3
reference 3
workflows 2
serials 2
tenure 2
office machine maintenance 2
foreign languages 2
acquisitions 2
reader's advisory 2
library programming 2
organizational reorganization 2
preservation 2
writing for publication 1
big picture 1
electronic resources 1
copyright 1
first aid 1
information architecture 1
writing contracts 1
indexing 1
access services 1
library history 1
independent info professional career 1
volunteers 1
Friends of the Library 1
fundraising 1
appraising materials (financial value) 1
running a meeting 1
 

About the Author: 

Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray are editors of LIScareer and recently co-edited the book A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science.   For more about us, see the About page.

Article published Nov 2007

Disclaimer: The ideas expressed in LIScareer articles are those of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the LIScareer editors.

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