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Make Your Cover Letter As Awesome As You Are, Kelly Faulkner, Cary Gouldin
Make Your Cover Letter As Awesome As You Are, Kelly Faulkner, Cary Gouldin
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Do you hate writing cover letters? Wondering how to get noticed among the applicant pool for that dream job? In this interactive workshop we will explore together how to use a job ad as a blueprint for an effective cover letter that is tailored to the interests of the hiring committee. We will address the development of specific examples from your experiences to illustrate your qualifications, as well as strategies for making edits to your existing template for each new application. Participants are encouraged to bring their resume and cover letter long with a job ad to the session. Our …
Getting There Is The Journey: Obtaining Grant Funding For A Professional Experience Abroad, Katy Webb
Getting There Is The Journey: Obtaining Grant Funding For A Professional Experience Abroad, Katy Webb
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Have you ever heard the phrase "international librarianship" and thought the experience was reserved for jetsetters with the means to permanently move abroad? When you read that term now, do you come up with a list of reasons why it could never happen for you, such as a language barrier, taking time off of work, or having no idea how to start? In 2019 and 2022, an academic librarian traveled to the Netherlands on a Fulbright Specialist grant to help a library to assess and plan their scholar's lab. This lightning talk will help you to consider ways to get …
Phone A Friend! Get A Final Answer How To Advocate For Your Library's Budget., Carrie Grimshaw
Phone A Friend! Get A Final Answer How To Advocate For Your Library's Budget., Carrie Grimshaw
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Administration at my institution had planned to cut my budget drastically for the next fiscal year. Once I was made aware of the situation, I called as many library directors as I knew so they could help me to advocate for my budget. I was a new academic Library Director and needed help on this. I learned many things but each different personality. All libraries are different and each library faces their own set of budget challenges. After speaking to four different library directors, I was able to brainstorm a list of what the library provides which is valuable to …
Engaging The Next Wave Of Librarians, Chris Cassaday
Engaging The Next Wave Of Librarians, Chris Cassaday
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Early career librarians have some difficult choices to make when choosing the path before them. Public libraries are by far the most visible and easiest avenues of the field to access, and are typically filled with myriad opportunities for the intrepid librarian even before pursuing an MLIS. Academic libraries however, are barely visible to those beginning their programs, and despite DEAI approaches, may not even be considered by some new librarians. Experience in a public library is not enough for search committees to warrant taking a risk on an academic library applicant who does not have previous publishing or presentation …