... Career development Inside/internal candidates Directorships Academic law libraries Articles reviewing the challenges of assuming a library directorship typically begin in the middle of the story. The new hire arrives from another campus to face a range of challenges. The accounts from there go...

... Career development The literature of the information professions over recent years has, understandably, been dominated by key meta‐narrative of our time – the way in which digital technologies have revolutionised virtually all aspects of professional practice. It is, however, also understandable...

... Librarianship . Santa Barbara, CA : Libraries Unlimited   2010 . 200 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1591588863   £36.05 Paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Career development Diversity management Librarianship Academic libraries The New Graduate Experience is a follow‐up...

.... Retention University libraries Personnel administration Librarians Career development Human resource strategies Of all a library manager's responsibilities, none are more important than attracting, developing, and retaining excellent professional staff. The last of those three interrelated tasks...

... redirecting resources normally spent on sending individuals employees to external leadership programs. For example, we had had previous experience with the ARL Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) (www.arl.org/news/pr/lcdp‐12nov08.shtml), the Triangle Leadership Program (www.leadershiptriangle.com...

... Career development Rachel Singer Gordon is no stranger to writing about libraries for librarians and non‐librarians. She has published several books on a wide variety of subjects, from systems libraries to publishing for librarians. Gordon is also the webmaster of LISJobs.com, which places her...

.... Professional services Mentors Authorship Career development Presentations Australia Practitioners have many reasons to write, including reporting work projects, developing a portfolio or to explore a topic of interest. They can write to improve their understanding of the literature, share...

...Ben Conyers Edited by Rosemary   Raddon . Your Career, Your Life: Career Management for the Information Professional . Ashgate Publishing , 2005 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Information profession Career counselling Career management Career...

... administrators. Change management Career development The report shows that 16,278 Australian professionals left Australia in 2004‐2005, while 18,111 people in the professions arrived as visitors to Australia. These comings and goings are roughly equal and so in numerical terms at least, the brain...

... an initial understanding of benefits to be gained through mentoring relationships to support new professionals. The study is likely to have wider application across other professional disciplines and may encourage professionals to consider mentoring as a valuable part of career development. Originality...

..., with comments on project design and the value of proposal writing and grant management as a means of career development. The paper leads to the notion that experience with proposals and grants leads to better general managerial skill, which may have value for the organization independently of the direct benefit...

... experiences of others and ultimately revise one's plans (and strategies) where they exist or embark on drawing one where none exists. While chapters one to seven are concerned with career development by taking permanent posts, chapter eight highlights opportunities that can come from using one's skills...

...   US$25 including postage © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Librarians Career development This is yet another interesting set of papers on a topical issue that we expect from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. As the topic is related...

... outcome variable; and that career‐development outcomes were significantly higher in programme participants. In addition to the previously established functions of mentoring (career and psychosocial development), the research suggests that the conceptual basis of mentoring should be expanded to include...

... and data were collected concerning recruitment and retention. The results indicate a high level of variation in attitudes and practices. There is evidence that some authorities that have career development initiatives are twice as likely to be actively recruiting candidates, and a statistically significant...

... theorists, who tend to be more dynamic and developmental in nature, highlight the stages of career decision making. The issue of career development prospects has not been given much attention by practising librarians and scholars especially in developing countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana...

... satisfaction and raise publication productivity. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Career development Job satisfaction Nigeria University libraries Since the present economic recession began in the early 1980s, the acquisition of resources and personnel budgets for librarians have been dwindling...

... had been severely damaged. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Career development Child care Feminism Men Women The first article on women’s career progression in LIS in the UK explored the overwhelming logistical and emotional difficulties women experienced in dealing with the Double...

...: The career break means that I am not at the level I should be at my age … It was my choice and I don’t regret it as far as the children are concerned, although I might regret it in career terms. Career development Child care Feminism Men Women The sexual segregation of the library...

..., professional journals and conferences, formal and informal gatherings of colleagues, to shareholders and any influencers or decision makers. Take positive action, speak well and look the part. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Career development Perceptions Personality Self‐development The first...