Managing your brand : career management and personal PR for librarians / Julie M. Still.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Still, Julie M., author.

Series:

Chandos information professional series.

Chandos Information Professional Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library science--Vocational guidance.

Library science.

Librarians.

Career development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 114 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Career management and personal public relations for librarians

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Managing Your Brand: Career Management and Personal PR for Librarians sets out guidelines for developing career pathways, including options for career change and the exploration of community service, as an avenue that can provide new opportunities. The text allows librarians at all levels to maximize their talents, providing them with career planning strategies that will facilitate professional development and personal satisfaction. Early chapters provide advice and strategies to readers, with later chapters addressing working relationships, librarianship, scholarship, and other forms

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Managing Your Brand: Career Management and Personal PR for Librarians""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""About the author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1: Getting started""; ""1.1 . Why people will want to read this book""; ""1.2 . Structure of the book""; ""1.3 . Author credentials""; ""Chapter 2: Planning your pathway""; ""2.1 . Deciding what you want""; ""2.2 . Developing a personal mission statement""; ""2.3 . Understanding where you are""; ""2.4 . Creating a map""; ""Chapter 3: Counting your assets""; ""3.1 . Measurement without judgment""

""3.2 . Discrete pieces of information""""3.3 . Tools for tracking activity""; ""3.4 . Circles of colleagues""; ""3.5 . Working with people""; ""Chapter 4: Librarianship""; ""4.1 . Within the library""; ""4.2 . Within the institution""; ""4.3 . Finding allies""; ""4.4 . Monotonous excellence""; ""Chapter 5: Scholarship""; ""5.1 . Research""; ""5.2 . Speaking""; ""5.3 . Writing/Publishing""; ""5.4 . Editing""; ""Chapter 6: Service""; ""6.1 . Service to the library""; ""6.2 . Service to the institution""; ""6.3 . Service to the profession""; ""6.4 . Community service""

""Chapter 7. Building walls towers and bridges""""7.1 . Walls""; ""7.2 . Towers""; ""7.3 . Bridges""; ""7.4 . Putting it all together""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 19, 2015).

ISBN:

9781843347699

1843347695

OCLC:

912324666