The Mentor: Landing that First Job without Library Experience

Authors

  • Tracy Bicknell-Holmes Boise State University

Keywords:

jobs, libraries, career

Abstract

So you have a brand new MLS/MLIS or you’re working on one. You’ve started looking at position ads and most require library experience. You don’t have library experience. How can you get your first library job if no one will hire you before you have library experience?

Author Biography

Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Boise State University

Dean, Albertsons Library

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Published

2016-07-11

Issue

Vol. 80 No. 2 (2016): New Voices

Section

Columns

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