Tagged: Professional Development

You’re excited about going to graduate school in information science, and you’d love to begin connecting with other prospective students, and with seasoned information professionals to hear all about their trials and successes in your chosen career field. Professional conferences are a great place to hear about the many opportunities in the field.

Are you already a credentialed teacher, looking to switch your focus to librarianship? Or perhaps you work in a school library and want to earn a degree that can help you give your job a bit more focus and depth. If you are passionate about working with children and teens in school settings, you may want to take a look at the iSchool’s Teacher Librarianship Career Pathway.

The Library 2.0 Worldwide Virtual Conference is a perfect way to attend a conference, no matter where you live. Just like the iSchool’s exclusively online programs, the conference is completely online, across time zones, and with participants from around the world.

If you’ve always loved working with children, or have a special ability to relate to teens, then you’re probably considering Youth Services librarianship. The School of Information’s Youth Services Career Pathway can help you shape your MLIS degree to prepare you for working with young people. Following the Youth Services Career Pathway will prepare you for a career as a Children’s or Young Adult Librarian, as well as a career in Youth Outreach or Young Adult Reference Services. The iSchool’s career pathways serve as guidelines to choose your elective courses to fit your career goals.

Even during my undergraduate education (a few, ahem, years ago) I knew I wanted children. Once I had kids, I started reading to them—in utero, actually. I love books, I love children and I love reading to children. I figured that being a children’s librarian would be a good fit for me. I didn’t think much further than that.