How to Thrive as a Library Professional
eBook - ePub

How to Thrive as a Library Professional

Achieving Success and Satisfaction

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Thrive as a Library Professional

Achieving Success and Satisfaction

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About This Book

Whether you are planning to enter the field of librarianship or are a seasoned veteran, your success requires conscious planning. With its big picture approach, this guide shows you how to manage your career to optimize professional fulfillment. This book is a practical and straightforward approach to finessing your practice, with easy-to-implement takeaways. Covering topics that range from determining a career vision and cultivating relationships to using narrative to make connections and employing mindfulness, compassion, and self-forgiveness; this book will help librarians at all stages of their careers to take charge and forge their own way in the vast and shifting landscape of information science. You will discover new perspectives, gain knowledge, and prepare to take decisive action to further your professional practice. You also will be prompted to consider new ways of thinking about your current practice as well as where you want to go. By developing a deliberative approach to building a practice, you will come away ready for action and with a new perspective—on yourself, your work, your organization, and the community your serve.

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Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Year
2019
ISBN
9798216099444
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Library & Information Science
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Forging a Path: Career Vision
  9. Chapter 2 Gathering and Lending Support: Relationships
  10. Chapter 3 Getting Your Bearings: Understanding Organizational Culture
  11. Chapter 4 The Choices We Make: Creating Habits for Professional Growth
  12. Chapter 5 Telling Our Stories: Using Narrative for Self-Promotion, Professional Development, and Influence
  13. Chapter 6 Finding Your Place: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
  14. Chapter 7 Discovering Your True Purpose: Reflective Practice
  15. Index