Career Potential and Opportunities

One of the professors at USC SLIS made a good point about exploring different opportunities as you work through the Masters program because through exploration, you see the variety of possibilities available once you earn your MLIS. That means that often what was thought to be a professional goal is supplanted by a new direction within the library and information science field.

Here are websites for such exploration and browsing.
1. ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science and Technology)
"The Information Society for the Information Age"
On the Task Bar, click "Careers."
Click "Jobline."
Click "View Jobs" "Access the newest and freshest jobs available to professionals seeking employment."
Notice the variety of positions!
http://asist.org/

2. SLA (Special Libraries Association)
"Connecting Peoople and Information"
On the Task Bar, click "Careers." There are 5 choices: Job Seekers, Articles and Resources, Virtual Advisor, Career Connections, and Career Disruption.
Also try "Inside SLA" for an explanation of the Information Professional's roles and responsibilities.
http://www.sla.org/

3. ALA (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/education/educationcareers.htm
Some areas covered are Careers in Library, Recruitment, Library Employment Resources, Employment Opportunities.

4. AASL (American Association of School Libraries)
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm
Under Education and Careers, some of the areas covered are Professional Learning Communities, School Library Media Education Programs, Recruitment to School Librarianship.