Audience Questions: Landing Your Ideal Library Job

If you were there for AL Live Episode 2, Landing Your Ideal Library Job, you know we had a great discussion with a very active Q and A. In fact, the audience participation was so active that we were overwhelmed by audience questions and comments, and our panel only had a chance to address a small fraction of those that came up.

As requested by members of our audience, we’re posting a list of some of the questions that our panel was unable to answer during the event. Our panelists and other experts will weigh in via the Twitter feed embedded below and in the comments section.

If you missed the episode, check out the recording!

• Can you talk about candidates who have not "worked" in a library? I am nearing the end of my MLS and have 26 years of Retail Management experience, not library experience.
• Having been on many search committees, the biggest issue is that library candidates are all the same with the same background. So how can you make yourself different from anybody else?
• What are some ways to find out about the culture within a workplace?
• Are there statistics about how many library students there are to the jobs that are available?
• I'm told that if you have a strong technical background (web development/design, database administration, system administration) it's entirely possible to find library jobs (with long-term prospects) without a library degree. Is this true?
• I have the MLS but have been stuck as a paraprofessional for 8 years any advice for me?
• I've seen an increasing number of Instructional Librarian positions lately. Are these on the increase?
• How can I make my personal blog and online portfolio more impactful/effective in job search?
• What are your impressions of Advanced Certificate Programs after the MLIS? Are they of value to employers? And, do PhD's matter a lot?

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