Corporate
Responses from Librarians |
1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
Reading is my favorite
hobby, and I would like to share what I've learned from books with my family,
friends as well as people aound me.
2.
What is your job in the Library now?
In
a small library of 4 people, I do every kind of job, cataloging, reference,
purchasing, library orientation, ILL, and even book-repairing; I
prefer to call myself as the Reference Librarian, ready to help people find
what they need.
2.A. What type of library do you work in?
Special library in a
corporation.
Li-Mei
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1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
To help people find information -- actually, I think I was destined
to be a librarian from birth. My parents took me to the library every week
before I was born and every week after I learned to read (at 2-1/2). The
librarians picked out my name. I got my library card at age 4. I worked
in libraries in grade school and jr. high, then again as a secretary in
several firms. My first job out of college was "Research Librarian"
for an urban planning firm. (Looking back on it, I did a good job--even
before I went to library school.)
2. What is your job in the Library
now?
I am president of my own company.
2.A. What type of library do you work in?
I'm not in a library right
now. I worked in corporate and academic libraries for 16 years (with 7 months
out working in a government library--nice people, rotten job. Had to follow
archaic rules blindly.)
2.B.
Main Duties?
I publish a newsletter for solo librarians, give workshops
around the world on library and time management, and have written 4 books
on library management. INFORMATION BRIDGES INTERNATIONAL, INC. /I\B/I\ http://www.ibi-opl.com
Publisher and Editor of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for
Librarians and Management
Author of The OPL Sourcebook: A Guide for Solo and Small Libraries,
Information Today, Inc., 2001, ISBN 1-57387-111-7
Time Management, Planning and Prioritization for Librarians, Scarecrow
Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8108-4438-9
The Visible Librarian: Asserting Your Value With Marketing and Advocacy,
ALA Editions, 2003, ISBN 0-8389-0848-9
Judith
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1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
Liked reading, liked organizing
things, liked intellectual pursuits, liked
helping people.
2.
What is your job in the Library now?
I am a Corporate Librarian at Highsmith
Inc., a direct marketer of supplies and equipment to libraries and schools.
2.A. What type of library do you work in?
A corporate library with 2300+
books and 400+ magazine subscriptions, serving about 210 employees in one
location. I am a solo librarian.
2.B.
Main Duties?
Anything and everything: ordering, cataloging, processing,
weeding & shelving books; ordering, renewing, checking in, routing,
weeding and shelving magazines; marketing: National Library Week celebration
each April, bimonthly newsletter, soon to have a presence on the company
Intranet; research on a very wide range of topics for any employee in the
company; interlibrary loan; current awareness to keep employees abreast
of new markets, new customers, trends in our fields of education and libraries.
Genevieve
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1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
Because the school library
was the prime sane space in the elementary
and secondary school I attended.
2.
What is your job in the Library now?
I direct a company which catalogues
for libraries. See url for Special Libraries Cataloguing http://www.slc.bc.ca/ with linked pictures.
2.A. What type of library do you work in?
Cataloguing vendor, i.e., our
source agency.
2.B.
Main Duties?
Administration.
J.
McRee
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1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
I decided to become a librarian because I loved books number one. Second
I enjoyed the organization aspect of librarianship and all the information
involved with the job.
2. What is your job in the Library now?
Lead
Cataloger.
2.A. What type of library do you work in?
I actually work for a company
that distributes books and AV materials to school libraries around the world.
(the dreaded vendor)
2.B.
Main Duties?
I am in charge of a cataloging department with ten employees.
We create the enhanced MARC records for every type of material that a school
library could possibly order. By enhanced I mean that all of our records
contain Dewey numbers and get both Library of Congress and Sears Subject
headings. We also make sure every record has a 520 (annotation) tag. We
also work with others in the company to create records according to the
different customers specifications.
Paula
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1.Why did you want to become a Librarian?
My mother had clipped an article from "Cosmopolitan" that listed
librarians among the top ten professions for women. This was back in the
early 70's. I absolutely did NOT want to be a librarian. However, I was
working in my college library as a workstudy student....I got my degree
in History and Art History, and once I graduated, I just kept on working
at the library....well, time passed, two years to be exact, and I just decided
that I should be paid what the professional librarians should be paid. It
was at that point that I decided to go to library school and make the "big
bucks".....
2. What is your job in the Library now?
I am the
Manager of Business Development at The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI), a library
contracting services company. We provide contract cataloging, retrospective
conversion, collection management, project management, and consulting services.
Our clients include academic, public and special libraries, as well as archives,
historical societies and museums. While I spent the majority of my career
as a corporate librarian, this job focuses on marketing, proposal writing,
and project management
Laurice |