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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:02:20 -040 Dear Ed Media MLIS candidates,
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From: Linda Murray
To: SCILS_LISSA@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: To all ED MEDIA MLIS students -Paving the way to a successful career
As the past co-president of RASL, I would like to leave you with a few final thoughts. While there is a need forgreat school librarians, there is most definitely competition for positions. The more experience and contacts you have, the easier the job search will be. Here are my suggestions for making to road to success a little easier.
2. JOIN RASL, the listserv, and refer to the website at http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~rasl. There are links to the library cooperatives, and professionals and job sites. To quote a classmate of mine, "RASL saved my life." Talk with your fellow students and RASL officers about scheduling, internship etc.
3. Attend RASL meetings and workshops: The guest speakers for RASL are working professionals who are tops in their field. I learned invaluable skills for resume writing and interviewing at our April workshop.
4. Network. Know your fellow students as they will be you professional
colleagues.
5. Attend the NJASL conference. Almost every library media specialist
in the state of NJ attends this conference. You will need to find opportunities for internship (592) and for a job. In addition, the experience and professional ideas you garner from the guest speakers are invaluable. Join NJASL (student price) http://www.njasl.org and receive the newsletter for current information.
6. Join ALA and AASL http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/membership/membership.htm. You will receive magazines and emails that keep you informed on happenings in the library world.
7. Get a part time job. If you have never worked in a library, you should pursue a part-time job. It's hard to get a job without some sort of paid experieince. Salary scale is based on experience. And finally, support your RASL officers. Your new co-presidents for RASL are:April Bochino aprilteacher@comcast.net & Mike Bobish bobish@eden.rutgers.edu. I know they will do a great job carrying on the RASL association. Best of luck to everyone. Feel free to email me off line if you have anyquestions. Please put RASL in the Subject line.
Linda Wien Murray, MLIS May '06July 2006
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