Anyone in the information industry should definitely check out this newish site, The Library News, which contains information from a number of RSS feeds of related blogs and websites. Here you will find industry relevant news, jobs, you name it — everything and anything library related. As information specialists it's your duty to stay as informed as you can and this is just one more resource for you to use!  read more »

"Medical Librarianship" is the third article of a new LibGig series, Career Profiles. Contributing author, Kim Dority, uses her background as an information specialist and consultant to share with LibGig's readers the diverse range of professions that exist within the information industry. To read the third article of this new series, click here.

Instead of beating yourself up at the end of the interview over all the things you should have said or wish you had done differently give some thought to what went right. What subtleties did you pick up on that give you hope you will be called back for a second interview or what line of questioning makes you think you are in the running for this position?  read more »

There are plenty of people looking for work, with the unemployment rate over 9% and still going up. But what are employers targeting when they are hiring? Would you believe that many are looking to fill positions with people who are already working and may not be actively searching for a new job?  read more »

Just when Librarians and Information Management professionals thought they understood what is happening with regards to the use of Web 2.0 technologies, along comes Jason Cranford Teague, author and web futurist, to fill them in on what will be on the not-too-distant horizon involving next generation uses and applications.  read more »

Many of us are tied to the traditional resume format; however, it might be to the benefit of your job search to revisit your resume to see if it is answering one important question: What did you accomplish in your last job?  read more »