WEBSITES:  these sites offer job listings, blogs, and general information about library work and career development

        Librarian-Specific Career Advice
JOB BOARDS: Many of these allow you to set up stored searches for email or rss delivery.  If you know of others, please submit them via our form.

    New York Area, Library Specific
        The SLA New York Chapter Joblog
        SLA New Jersey Chapter Job Listings
        METRO Job Magnet

    National, Library Specific
    New York Area, General
        Craigslist New York job listings - think outside the box!  There are some library listings, but also listings for positions outside the library asking for information professional skills, for            example, a search on the word "Nexis" might find a position in fundraising research, and there are many temp listings asking for all kinds of skills.
        Kijiji - alternative to Craigslist - link goes to New York listings, but main site has listings for jobs around the country            General   
        CareerBuilder.com
        Ladders - fee-based service for executive level jobs

    Specialized

www.guru.com, www.sologig.com - Freelance

www.groovejob.com - Part-time

www.workforce50.com - Over 50

    Government Jobs
          New York State Department of Civil Service

    Twitter Feeds (Twitter account required):
        Libgig_Jobs
        LibInfoSciJobs
        ALA_JobLIST
        libassociates - LAC, Library Associates Corp
        Interested in a specific company?  Go to their website and see if they offer a Twitter feed of job notices
        New to Twitter?  A good intro can be found here: http://michaelhyatt.com/2008/05/the-beginners-guide-to-twitter.html


LIBRARY RECRUITERS:
AREA LIBRARIES:
In addition to direct assistance with job and career exploration, don't forget that, with your computer and library card you can search a number of article and other databases from home--great for company research and keeping up with professional reading. In addition, NYPL's Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) has a number of business reference services (e.g. Bloomberg) that you can use or get instruction on. Did you graduate from an area college or university?  Check with their alumni affairs or library office to see what services might be available to alums.

BLOGS:  
Links in this section go to the blog's homepage.  If you would like to subscribe so that you can view updates, scroll down the homepage and look for rss symbol, or the word "Subscribe". You will need a feed reader such as Google Reader or Bloglines to view headlines. If you're unfamiliar with rss, a good intro can be found here: http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/2006/08/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html

        Career Advice, Librarian-specific:



ASSOCIATIONS:
Here are some associations related to our industry.  If you are interested in membership, ask if they provide a discount for SLA members, students (they may require a certain number of credits), or for those who are unemployed.    Even if you can't join, you can usually sign up for email newsletters, follow or subscribe to association blogs, or attend events and classes as a non-member.  These are great ways of networking and keeping current with industry issues.

AIIM - content management
ALA
ARMA - records management
ASI - American Society for Indexing
ASIS&T
AALL - law librarians
    LLAGNY - New York chapter
METRO (check out myMETRO for individual memberships)
SAA - Society of American Archivists
Archivists' Roundtable of Metrolitan New York
SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
SLA



BOOKS:
Rachel Singer Gordon - What's the Alternative? Career Options for Librarians and Information Pros, 2008
G. Kim Dority - Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals, 2006


NETWORKING:
LinkedIn - LinkedIn is one of the best ways to showcase your experience and interests, and build a network of professional contacts.
    Related:  Presentation by SLA member Deb Hunt:  Social Media At A Library Near You, has additional links on value of LinkedIn

Meetup.com - there's a world of networking to be found here, on just about any topic of interest to information professionals.  Want to transition to a new career, or take your career in a different direction?  Go to a meeting and speak to people who are doing what you'd like to be doing and ask them for their advice, connect with those who have similar interests, or for fun join a group that's more leisure or hobby focused.  Information professions groups include the NY Librarians Meetup Group, NYC Taxonomy Community, and many more.

SLA DIVISION LISTSERVS:
http://www.sla.org/content/community/lists/divisionlists5979.cfm

CONTINUING EDUCATION:
NYC Workforce1 - learn about job training programs offered in NYC and eligibility requirements for the tuition assistance voucher program
SLA Innovation Lab - learn about and play with Web 2.0 tools and technologies. 
W3Schools Tutorials - free tutorials for learning web technologies (html, css, xml, etc.)
Continuing Education links from the Lisjobs website
Interviewing Tips and Techniques - presentation by Sharon Armstrong at SLA 2009 conference
CUNY Continuing Education
Lynda.com - (monthly/annual fee) Over 600 online tutorials for learning web, database technologies (website creation, software) and business software

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