List of Contributions

As an early career academic librarian (year 2!) whose focus is teaching, pedagogy, and spotlighting information literacy in the curriculum, the following are a few examples of how I dive into professional development. For PD, I'm super close to wrapping up Ohio State's Teaching Information Literacy ...

Prompt: Imagine you have a magic wand that could instantly change or implement one thing in your library – no limitations! What would it be and why? This could be related to resources, services, space, community engagement, or anything else. Now let's engage in magic and reality! Step 1 (Realm ...

Hi Brandon! Regarding your question about CV vs Resume, if you're applying to Academic Library positions, strongly consider creating a CV. I am on a team that hired 8 librarians in the last 2-3 years. Resume's typically were insufficient. Also, if you are not applying for higher ed, for which I am less ...

Also new to conferences, but I did get to go to San Diego. Loved it, but lessons learned (among those already shared): Extra space in your luggage for added weight. Individually wrapped snacks for times when you have back-to-back awesome sessions. And though I don't want to give myself bad luck... the ...

Happy New Year NMRT Members! The NMRT Online Programs Committee's first discussion post of the new year celebrates YOUR victories! Welcome to a new year of librarianship. Let's continue to share and grow professionally this year together. Naturally, in January we hope for prosperity. We strategize ...

I'm new to my role as a librarian, but not new to my institution. I've found that a strategy I'm employing is to participate actively in the onboarding opportunities offered by our library regardless of whether I "already know" the topic. More importantly, these sessions give me space to get to know ...