Opportunities and challenges in the job market, free Joint Panel by IFLA New Professionals SIG, UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter, and ASIS&T SIG III on 28th March at 5:00 pm CET/ 12:00 pm EST

IFLA New Professionals SIG, UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter, and ASIS&T SIG III invite you to a free panel on opportunities and challenges in the job market on 28th March at 5:00 pm CET/ 12:00 pm EST

Panel Description: You will learn tips and tricks for writing cover letters and Resumes/CVs. Our expert speakers will provide insights into what hiring managers seek in job applications. If you need feedback about your resume, email it to: npsig.ifla@gmail.com. Please note that your resume will be used as an example during the panel. We will pick the first 5 resumes.

Presenters:

Anna Motes, Career Coach, College of Information, University of North Texas, USA

Dr. Tai-Yi Huang, Lecturer, College of Information, University of North Texas, USA

Dr. Devendra Potnis, Professor and Director, Inclusion Lab, School of Information Science, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA

The flyer is attached for distribution among your networks.

Register (for free): https://tinyurl.com/CareerPanelWorkshop

We look forward to meeting you.

Best regards,

On behalf of the panel organizing committee

NPSIG Webinar – Empowering communities: The impact of volunteering in the library field

Dec 5th is International Volunteer Day. Join us to celebrate this day and learn about the importance of volunteers and their impact on the success of libraries and associations. 
Our speakers will talk about:

• How to create volunteering activities in libraries
• How volunteers help libraries
• Benefits of volunteering at WLIC
• What they learned as a volunteer in a library
• How volunteering helped them with their job

Date/Time: Tuesday, December 5th, 1 pm UTC
Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jVFg9id_RAGWsfTdEQbNtQ

NPSIG’s Library Job Stories

We have started a series of posts on our social media about librarian’s job stories. Here’s the one from week 2.

Library job story of a librarian from Eswatini

How did you find your job?

I applied and was hired as a Trainee as they had a post for someone with a Law degree who was willing to expand more into information service provision for legal scholars and general library users.

What qualifications were required for the job? (e.g. degree, years of experience, etc)

A basic Law Degree meant for further training as a subject librarian. No years of experience were required as this was a training position.

How was the interview?

Interview was interesting as they wanted to know how I thought I could tackle challenges of information services to legal scholars in the library and what I was bringing on the table.

Any tips for new librarians?

Just be yourself and express the zeal and passion for the profession without being superficial. Know the current trends and needs of information users so you can work on making a difference.

NPSIG Activities at IFLA WLIC 2023

We have planned fun activities for you in Rotterdam. Come and join our flashmob on Monday August 21 at 18:15 in Rotterdam Central Station. Bring a children’s book with you!

We also have some sessions in WLIC. We are cooperating with CPDWL in their session about Toxic Librarianship and Leadership. We also have our very own session planned about finding jobs which is on Tuesday August 22nd at 4:30 in room port 1 B.

Our list of activities is below. We can’t wait to see you!

Librarian flashmob in Rotterdam on August 21st at 6:30pm

IFLA-WLIC participants, Dutch librarians and all library allies are invited to come to Rotterdam Central Station at 18:15 on Monday, August 21st with a children’s book in their own language.

Everyone will read his/her/their book aloud while walking as of 18:30 and during 5 minutes. During that time, we will take pictures and videos. After that, people can leave the station and resume their normal activities!

You can have a look at previous IFLA-NPSIG flashmobs:

• in Wroclaw (Poland) in 2017
• in Athens (Greece) in 2019
• in Dublin (Ireland) in 2022

Based on an idea by the Dutch New Library Professionals group and inspired by the many world-famous Dutch children’s books writers, such as Annie M.G. Schmidt or Annet Schaap, this year’s performance/flashmob celebrates the importance of reading to children.

When we were young, these books helped us understand the world and gave us magnificent memories ; it’s time to pay them tribute!

This performance/flashmob is organized by Rotterdam Public Libraries and IFLA New Professionals in accordance with Rotterdam Central Station.

NPSIG IFLACamp #9

Come and have fun with us before the IFLA Congress 2023!

NPSIG’s one and only famous IFLACamp is on August 18th and 19th 2023 in Rotterdam. We have discussions and skillcamp planned on August 18th in Goethe Institut and on August 19th we will be exploring Rotterdam together.

IFLACamp is the famous un-conference arranged by NPSIG 2 days before IFLA Congress. You can get to know NPSIG members and meet other early career librarians.

We have a special page just for IFLACAmp –> iflacamp.wordpress.com

You can sign up for IFLACamp through that page or by clicking here.

And yes, IFLACamp is free!