Career Paths and Career Development of Business Librarians [Paperback]

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.

1. Foreword  Diane Zabel

2. Demand and Supply of Business Information Professionals: A Study of the Market from 2001-2005  Lisa OConnor and Stacey Marien

3. Growing Our Own: Mentoring Undergraduate Students  Doreen Harwoodand 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 InstitutelÃ.