Description
Contributors provide insights about business librarianship in various types of institutions, explore traditional and non-traditional career paths in business librarianship, and discuss numerous strategies for professional growth (from earning an MBA degree to working abroad). Among the topics covered are the following: recruitment of business librarians (including recent data on the supply and demand of business librarians); the special concerns of early career and mid-career business librarians; the importance of mentoring; leadership development; and business librarians on the job in academic, public, and corporate libraries. This book will appeal to a wide audience: practitioners; directors of public, academic, and special libraries serving the business community; library and information science educators; and those considering business librarianship as a career, including students, generalist librarians, and individuals seeking a career change.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship.
Table of Contents
1. Foreword Diane Zabel
2. Demand and Supply of Business Information Professionals: A Study of the Market from 2001-2005 Lisa O’Connor and Stacey Marien
3. Growing Our Own: Mentoring Undergraduate Students Doreen Harwood and Charlene McCormack
4. The Orientation and Training of New Librarians for Business Information Ryan Womack
5. Early Career Librarianship in the Business Library Gene Hayworth
6. Development of Mid-Career Librarians Cory Tucker
7. Growing Your Own Leaders: Succession Planning in Libraries Judith M. Nixon
8. Reframing Leadership: The ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians Sally W. Kalin
9. The UCLA Senior Fellows Program Juliet Rumble and Bonnie MacEwan
10. Transition from Staff to Faculty in an Academic Library Cheryl McCallips
11. Transitions to Academic Libraries for Business Librarians and Librarians’ Response to Adjunct Teaching Christopher LeBeau
12. Taking Business (Librarianship) Public Mark E. Andersen
13. Transitioning to Corporate Librarianship Emily Rimland and Glenn Masuchika
14. Successful Mentoring Programs: Examples from Within and Without the Academy Bonnie A. Osif
15. The Mentoring Role of Professional Associations Diane Zabel
16. Keeping Up With Business Reference Celia Ross
17. Networking Strategies for Business and Economics Librarians Bobray Bordelon
18. Burnout Strategies for Librarians Kevin Harwell
19. The Career Choices of Business Librarians: A Survey and Discussion Todd M. Hines and Amia L. Baker
20. The MBA and Academic Business Librarians: More than Graduate Education for Subject Specialists Glenn S. McGuigan
21. The Value of International Experience David A. Flynn
