NLISN<p>📝Dissertation: To what extent are <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23autistic" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23library" target="_blank">#library</a> staff in the UK supported in their workplace?
<a href="https://open-education-repository.ucl.ac.uk/902/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">open-education-repository.ucl.ac.uk/902/</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian" target="_blank">#Librarian</a>
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NLISN<p>'How to Be a Librarian (or succeed in self-directed work) When You Have ADHD: Part 1' ⬇️
<a href="https://notesbetweenuscom.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/how-to-be-a-librarian-or-succeed-in-self-directed-work-when-you-have-adhd-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">notesbetweenuscom.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/h...</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Library" target="_blank">#Library</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian" target="_blank">#Librarian</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LibraryWorker" target="_blank">#LibraryWorker</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Research" target="_blank">#Research</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodivergent" target="_blank">#Neurodivergent</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodiversity" target="_blank">#Neurodiversity</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Employment" target="_blank">#Employment</a>
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<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HiddenDisability" target="_blank">#HiddenDisability</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ADHD" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CripLib" target="_blank">#CripLib</a><br><br><a href="https://notesbetweenuscom.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/how-to-be-a-librarian-or-succeed-in-self-directed-work-when-you-have-adhd-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How to Be a Librarian (or succ...</a></p>
nmo<p>Technical folks in <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> spaces - How's it going? Were you in non-library spaces before? How was the transition? What skills would you welcome from folks outside of the library system? Asking for a friend.</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/archivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archivists</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a></p>
NLISN<p>The outcome of the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23research" target="_blank">#research</a> project on the experiences of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarians" target="_blank">#librarians</a> is the Neurodivergent Libraries toolkit, set to be released late 2025!
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NLISNTakeCareOfYourself" target="_blank">#NLISNTakeCareOfYourself</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarian" target="_blank">#librarian</a></p>
NLISN<p>Lots of tips shared in our line session today about managing/helping <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> needs in the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Library" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Workplace" target="_blank">#Workplace</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NLISNTakeCareOfYourself" target="_blank">#NLISNTakeCareOfYourself</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarian" target="_blank">#librarian</a></p>
NLISN<p> <a class="mention h-card" href="https://bsky.app/profile/christinemmoe.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@christinemmoe.bsky.social</a> highlights that
" <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodivergent" target="_blank">#Neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarians" target="_blank">#librarians</a> are expect to perform both neuronormativity and gendered care while their neurodivergence is misunderstood or not believed"
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NLISNTakeCareOfYourself" target="_blank">#NLISNTakeCareOfYourself</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarian" target="_blank">#librarian</a></p>
NLISN<p>Research was conducted online, and participants highlighted barriers in the workplace:
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NLISNTakeCareOfYourself" target="_blank">#NLISNTakeCareOfYourself</a>
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23librarian" target="_blank">#librarian</a></p>
NLISN<p> <a class="mention h-card" href="https://bsky.app/profile/christinemmoe.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@christinemmoe.bsky.social</a> states that "Librarianship is a field that appears to be appealing to <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23neurodivergent" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> people"
(Apologies for lack of alt text on this one, we're posting live)
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NLISNTakeCareOfYourself" target="_blank">#NLISNTakeCareOfYourself</a>
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<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian" target="_blank">#Librarian</a></p>
earthling<p>The Librarian by Fritz Werner </p><p>via illustratus </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a></p>
instantiatethis<p>AHHHHH having a <a href="https://keyboards.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> heart explosion from looking at pictures of our students using our space this week and this quote that one of my team just got from a student as we were getting ready to close: "That sensory room was really great actually. We put on those headphones and sat in the egg chairs. I was tired but now I feel completely rewired. That was amazing." 😭</p>
Kool Badges<p>School Librarian Badges - fun bookish themed badges - 85p each <a href="https://www.koolbadges.co.uk/school-librarian-badge-p-9898.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koolbadges.co.uk/school-librar</span><span class="invisible">ian-badge-p-9898.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schoollibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schoollibrarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ilovebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ilovebooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booknerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booknerd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookbadges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buttons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buttons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/koolbadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koolbadges</span></a></p>
DC Books to Prisons<p>We are located in <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>, but there are other programs similar to ours scattered around the country. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gbhnews</span></a></span> recently published a great article about a prison book program in <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/QuincyMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuincyMA</span></a> (<a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>). It includes excerpts from letters sent by incarcerated readers, among them this one:</p><p>"Our prison doesn’t have a <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> at present, so the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> is closed and locked at all times. We cannot go to it, we cannot check books out."</p><p><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-08-19/free-books-from-quincys-prison-book-program-bring-a-beacon-of-light-to-incarcerated-people" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wgbh.org/news/local/2025-08-19</span><span class="invisible">/free-books-from-quincys-prison-book-program-bring-a-beacon-of-light-to-incarcerated-people</span></a></p>
Black Pantser<p>An opportunity for a US-based librarian or information science specialist to do research at the British Library. The application deadline is Monday, September 15, 2025.</p><p><a href="https://fulbrightscholars.org/award/fulbright-british-library-eccles-institute-scholar-award-library-and-information-studies-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fulbrightscholars.org/award/fu</span><span class="invisible">lbright-british-library-eccles-institute-scholar-award-library-and-information-studies-0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/InformationScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationScience</span></a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“Some experience is desirable, but if the position is truly entry-level, then we only require an MLS”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>LlinkedIn, Inside Higher Ed, local newspapers, regional consortia or library groups.</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>Not really.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Other: Some experience is *desirable*, but if the position is truly entry-level, then we only require an MLS</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>When the applicant clearly has NO credentials.</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ Not sure.</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ First round/Initial Screen</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Address the job requirements!! This can be in your cover letter or in your CV. And if you’re asked for 3 references, don’t just send 2 names. Additionally, even if you don’t have expertise in a “required” or “preferred” area, show how another skillset still makes you marketable.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Engaging. </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Cataloging and Technical Services</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Having a basic skillset in cataloging.</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>Don’t know, as I’ve been here just 2 years.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ None!</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are fewer positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ Not necessarily.</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>Certain outward-facing skills, like the ability to collaborate outside of the library, are increasingly important at smaller libraries. Traditional *types of work* are dying.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Mid-Atlantic US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Urban area, </p><p>√ Suburban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Subject / collection management / outreach</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
David D. Levine<p>Hey <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>! All the books of my Nebula-winning Arabella of Mars trilogy are discounted in Overdrive through 9/30! Add them to your collection today! (And if you are not a <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a>, please request them from your local library.)</p>
NLISN<p>Registration is open for the Canadian neurodivergent gallery, library, archive & museum workers conference
🍁🧠📚📜
It's Free & Online!
Sessions include:
Navigating Environmental Mismatch as a <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodiverse" target="_blank">#Neurodiverse</a> Academic <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian" target="_blank">#Librarian</a>
Navigating Work Post-Disclosure
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Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“I’m not a fan of those “I’m different from everyone else”resumes when you begin to write a short novel on how awesome you are and then don’t provide any previous work experience to back that up.”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>City HR posts on City website and Indeed</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>No</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Depends on the type of job</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Other: Not sure.</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>No skills or experience similar to the job requirements and duties.</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ None</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I’m the only direct hiring authority for the library department and I do not have the time to do so.</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Gain experience in the field or have worked in a similar environment in which the skills can be easily transferable.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Flexible</p><p><strong>Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?</strong></p><p>The city has one person in HR and I’m the only one in our department that has to set up interviews, conduct interviews, provide training and set up the new employee. I’m also the director, so on top of that I lose time from my own duties such as management, budgeting, facility upkeep etc.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>We lost half the staff in a month, so two Library Clerks and one library assistant</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 75-100</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Someone that can actually write a resume, has had work experience, shows that they are not a job jumper, demonstrates flexibility and the ability to learn tasks on their own without being micromanaged.</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>More applications than a year before, but fewer qualified.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ None!</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ None!</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are the same number of positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Yes and No, depends on what part of the country you’re in.</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>It will be if people continue to bar Librarians from doing their job and if tax payers don’t pay enough in taxes to sustain Libraries.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southwestern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Suburban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Besides the Director, 1 Youth Librarian.</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee</p><p><strong>Do you have any other comments, for job hunters, other people who hire, about the survey, or for Emily (the survey author)?</strong></p><p>My comment is for the job hunters: For me, the hiring process starts with your resume. I look for clean and detailed information about your previous work experience, especially if you have never worked in a library before. Please spell check your resume too. It’s a “no” for me if you can’t take the time to check your work, especially being that library workers have to take the time to check the little details to find things and problem solve! You need to sell me on how those skills would translate to the library. Also do a cover letter to explain any gaps in your employment and tell me why you want to work for my library and what you can bring to the team and the community to make it better. Im not a fan of those “I’m different from everyone else”resumes when you begin to write a short novel on how awesome you are and then don’t provide any previous work experience to back that up. </p><p>I’m always looking for people who want to contribute something, are a team player, can be flexible, and want to learn through making mistakes. Even if you don’t have experience yet, people with integrity will get a place in the library over someone who may have the desired skill set. Certain qualities just can’t be trained into someone, while learning a new skill set can.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“My organization makes a big effort to hire diverse staff members.”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>I’m not in charge of advertising job listings, so I’m not sure, but I know we post them on our library website and in library listservs, especially all the ALA affiliated bipoc listservs.</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>The hiring committees don’t know where or how the applicants find the job ads.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Lack of experience in libraries or public service/customer service</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ Other: If the candidate lives nearby, we interview in person. If they live far away, we do virtual interviews.</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Write a great cover letter.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>enthusiastic</p><p><strong>Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?</strong></p><p>I work in a public library and have been on many hiring committees. My organization makes a big effort to hire diverse staff members. We have gotten rid of MLS requirements for almost all positions, except Director-level positions. Even our Librarian positions and Manager positions do not require an MLS. This has helped increase and diversify our applicant pool.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Information Services Assistant (paraprofessional role one step below Librarian in our system)</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 26-50%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Someone with library experience and/or customer service or public service type of experience, someone willing to learn and enthusiastic about the position.</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>More applicants than usual were qualified. We also had a lot of internal applicants.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 200+</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ Yes, at least some workers are union members</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ I don’t know</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>Honestly, I’m not sure. I don’t think libraries (I’m speaking about public libraries here) are dying at all. If anything, they are very much essential to the community. But old school librarianship might be dying. By that I mean, a Librarian position where the person needed to have an MLS degree. Most public libraries are staffing their branches with paraprofessionals who are expected to do the work that MLS-degreed Librarians used to do. Not saying that is good or bad. So I don’t think librarianship is a dying profession, but the nature of the work is changing and the requirements to become a librarian are changing.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Midwestern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Urban area, </p><p>√ Suburban area, </p><p>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Children’s librarians, adult librarians, teen librarians, catalogers, managers, paraprofessionals who work on the desk at branches</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a> cuts at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> schools will 'rob kids of opportunities' as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> Government urged to intervene </p><p>EXCLUSIVE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> warned library cuts on Scotland's largest local authority risked worsening the country's 'shameful attainment gap'.</p><p>Chris McCall Deputy Political Editor, 02 Aug 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Glasgow Life, which manages the library service for the council, is proposing to take 16 librarians out of the city's education system. The plans would see the school service headed up by a principal librarian along with three area-based librarians, while an 'assistant' would be placed in high schools.</p><p>"An online petition against the cuts and shared among parents has since been signed more than 1,300 times.</p><p>"Joy McLean said she was concerned about how a decline in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibraryServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryServices</span></a> would impact her daughter and other pupils. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> are essential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/educators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educators</span></a> who foster a love of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a>, support research and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a>, and help students thrive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academically</span></a> and personally,' she added."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/librarian-cuts-glasgow-schools-rob-35659625" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/librarian-cuts-glasgow-schools-rob-35659625</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibrariesRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibrariesRule</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScotlandPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotlandPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoveOfReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoveOfReading</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupportingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupportingResearch</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalThinkingSkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinkingSkills</span></a></p>
Anna L. Creech, MLIS 🏳️🌈<p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fobazis-road-to-recovery/cl/d?utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp13_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link_modal&attribution_id=sl%3Abc15667d-5887-49de-a130-760360dcb1fb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/support-fobazis</span><span class="invisible">-road-to-recovery/cl/d?utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp13_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link_modal&attribution_id=sl%3Abc15667d-5887-49de-a130-760360dcb1fb</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a></p>
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