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Taking charge of your career : a guide for library and information professionals /

This book is about rethinking your career in a refreshing and systematic way to take into account your professional and personal goals. The book provides students and information and library professionals (at all levels) with tools and practical steps to making changes in their career. At the heart...

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Main Authors: Ptolomey, Joanna.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Chandos Publishing,
Publisher Address: Oxford [England] :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos information professional series
Subjects:
Librarians.
Library science > Vocational guidance.
Information science > Vocational guidance.
Career development.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843344650
Summary: This book is about rethinking your career in a refreshing and systematic way to take into account your professional and personal goals. The book provides students and information and library professionals (at all levels) with tools and practical steps to making changes in their career. At the heart of the book is a methodology called 'personal strategic planning', which allows the reader to work out a baseline for what is important to them in a career and provide techniques and tools for moving forwards.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781780630106
1780630107
Index Number: Z682
CLC: G251.6
Contents: Introduction -- Part 1 The backbone -- Skip this at your peril: Your LIS career I presume? It's all about you -- Check out the view -- the LIS landscape -- Part 2 Everyday tools for taking charge of your career: Tips for keeping up with business as usual and managing change -- Making the time for managing your career -- Taking charge using project management as a tool. Part 3 Different stages of your career: Career breaks -- Starting out, making it count -- Managing and leading -- Going it alone -- being an independent information professional -- Part 4 Complete framework for personal strategic planning: Personal strategic planning.

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