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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&nbsp;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>.&nbsp;</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?&nbsp;&nbsp;</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?&nbsp;</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:&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</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&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire?&nbsp;</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:&nbsp;</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>
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>
Jen Jones🧏‍♀️🦻🤟🌈🩷💜💙<p>June this year marked my 35th year working as a librarian in academic libraries. So of course I’ve marked by getting two library tattoos 😍<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tattoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tattoo</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>attention <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</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/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p><p>engagement with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> is your mission</p><p>emulate the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheSummerGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSummerGame</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnnArbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnArbor</span></a>, which succeeded in creating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> mania:</p><p>"How a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publiclibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publiclibrary</span></a>'s summer game took over a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> city"</p><p>'"This summer, we have 16,000 active players..." Not bad for a library that serves about 150,000 people. It's such a local sensation that one couple even got married while playing what's known in town as "The Summer Game."'</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5477533/public-library-summer-game-ann-arbor-michigan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-54775</span><span class="invisible">33/public-library-summer-game-ann-arbor-michigan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p>Intriguing. </p><p>Instead of replacing corrupt, lying, spying, handcuffing, corporate clouds, with "self hosted" online assets, this author suggests a solution that's the perfect upgrade to society's information first responders, Libraries and Librarians.</p><p>Not AWS, not self hosting, instead:</p><p>"libraries could provide "100GB of encrypted file storage, photo-sharing and document collaboration tools, and media streaming services"</p><p>! ! ! Good idea</p><p><a href="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/203220/the-future-is-not-self-hosted" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hardware.slashdot.org/story/25</span><span class="invisible">/07/30/203220/the-future-is-not-self-hosted</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>
Sarah Scully 👩🏼‍💻⚖️📚☸️ 🏳️‍🌈<p>Has anyone out there in <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> land taken UMaine’s Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation? I’m interested because it seems practical / applicable to my job. Or if you took a similar program (online, self-paced) what did you think of it?<br>(boosts appreciated)<br><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/digitalarchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalarchives</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/librarytraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarytraining</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/digitalcuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalcuration</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/digitalpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalpreservation</span></a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>Hiring Librarians Podcast S02b E13: Talkin Union with Jaime&nbsp;Taylor</strong></p><p>We’re back!</p><p>After an unintentionally long break, we’re back. Let’s consider this Season 2b.</p><p>This episode my guest is Jaime Taylor. Jaime is a contributing person-who-hires-library-workers on the <a href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/category/further-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Further Questions feature</a> here on Hiring Librarians (which returns tomorrow), the Discovery &amp; Resource Management Systems Coordinator at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, a proud union member, AND a coordinator of library staff working in THREE different unions. On this episode of the hiring librarians podcast, we’re talking about unions, hiring, getting hired, and what exactly systems librarians do anyway. I hope you enjoy and <a href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/hiring-librarians/contact/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic</a>. </p><p>An AI-generated and not completely error free <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/129aoA8giq0T2cUyUZ6tXc4KBke2mtU1j5INDZspm-uU/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">transcript is here</a>.</p><p>Speaking of links, in this episode we talk about: </p><ul><li><a href="https://umassmsp.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Massachusetts Society of Professors</a> (MSP)&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://umasspsu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Professional Staff Union of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston</a> (PSU)</li><li><a href="https://www.umass.edu/hr/labor-relations/collective-bargaining-agreements-cbas/usamtanea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">University Staff Association</a> (USA)</li><li><a href="https://www.asme.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a> (ASME)</li><li><a href="https://www.massteacher.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Massachusetts Teachers Association</a> (MTA)</li><li><a href="https://www.nea.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">National Education Association</a> (NEA)</li><li>Jorts (and Jean) <a href="https://x.com/JortsTheCat/status/1494459747247878144" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">One Step for Each Paw Four Steps to Form a Union</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.dc37.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DC37</a> (New York City Public Employee Union)</li><li><a href="https://uaw.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America</a> (UAW)</li><li><a href="https://www.seiu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Service Employees International Union</a> (SEIU)</li><li>And you’ll hear three different commercials for my <a href="https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1484" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">upcoming class through ALA CORE</a> which runs August 4 through August 29, 2025</li></ul><p>This podcast is available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7iF73zo1jeGQ2Gh0i9lFk2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hiring-librarians/id1722140219" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7iV7io42YcgsolZXXSjbAzgC3lTWtfBY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">YouTube music</a> and other various podcasting sites (let me know if you can’t find it on your preferred platform). </p><p>I’d love to hear your requests or other feedback for moving forward. And please do reach out if you want to be a guest!</p><p><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-careers/" target="_blank">#libraryCareers</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-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-unions/" target="_blank">#LibraryUnions</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/liscareers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/unions/" target="_blank">#Unions</a></p>
rowmyboat<p>I road three different bikes &amp; rowed two boats today. Maintaining my title of Only <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a> Who Gets Picked First at Kickball. <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/rowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rowing</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p><p>(Retired Yeti ProFRO mtb, Redline cross bike, ANT box bike cycletruck; not new/not too old Vespoli mid weight 8+, 2023 Vespoli lightweight 4x)</p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff&nbsp;position”</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>.&nbsp;</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>Institution website and sometimes Indeed</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Yes and no. If the institution does post it, they hide behind using the matrix indicator and not the actual dollar amount</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>√ N/A – we don’t hire librarians</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Not enough applicable experience. Doesn’t have to be library experience, but needs to have transferable skills.</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?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ Other: Morning the part, but I’ve asked to do so in current and future postings</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>Plan to provide the day before</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:&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I would if asked. This is something I would explore doing proactively in future postings</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Follow instructions of application process/provide a complete application package</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Teachable </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>Coordinator of Library 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>√ more than 75%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Applicable experience and education </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>√ 3-4</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>√ 1</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>√ Other: No, but the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position. I’m prepared to vigorously oppose that action leading up to and when the attempt is made</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </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>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library&nbsp; </p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been:&nbsp;</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/" target="_blank">#GLAM</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/libraryjobs/" target="_blank">#libraryjobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis/" target="_blank">#LIS</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>
Michael Meckler<p>Classics librarian job: The University of Cincinnati Libraries seek to fill the position of Head of the John Miller Burnam Classics Library. The Head of the Classics Library provides services to the internationally recognized Classics Department, researchers, faculty, and students. The successful candidate for this tenure track position will continue to enhance the library’s reputation as a world-class, top-ranking research library for Classics scholars at UC and globally.</p><p>(On a personal note, I can vouch that this is one of the top Classics libraries in the US. It has an individual endowment that has enabled it to maintain a vigorous acquisition policy in an era of library funding cuts.)</p><p>More information at the link below.<br> <a href="https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Head-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Hea</span><span class="invisible">d-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AcademicJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cincinnati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cincinnati</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalAntiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAntiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalArchaeology</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Librarians Convene to Develop Strategies for Documenting Their Community’s Digital Heritage</p><p>by Anna Trammell</p><p>A group of librarians and cultural heritage workers from across the country recently convened at two events hosted by Internet Archive’s Community Webs program. via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/07/10/librarians-convene-to-develop-strategies-for-documenting-their-communitys-digital-heritage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/07/10/li</span><span class="invisible">brarians-convene-to-develop-strategies-for-documenting-their-communitys-digital-heritage/</span></a></p><p><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/Digital_heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digital_heritage</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>How Belle Da Costa Greene Managed Financier J.P. Morgan's Library — While Hiding That She Was Black</p><p>Hired by financier J.P. Morgan to manage his collection of books, manuscripts, and artworks, Belle da Costa Greene broke barriers in New York high society as a young female rare books expert — all while hiding a big secret about her race.</p><p>By Genevieve Carlton</p><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-da-costa-greene" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allthatsinteresting.com/belle-</span><span class="invisible">da-costa-greene</span></a></p><p><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/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a></p>
NLISN<p>'On <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Library" target="_blank">#Library</a> School and Invisible Disabilities'⬇️ <a href="https://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2021/12/13/on-library-school-and-invisible-disabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2021/12/13/o...</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=%23HE" target="_blank">#HE</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23education" target="_blank">#education</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> <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=%23HiddenDisability" target="_blank">#HiddenDisability</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Dyslexia" target="_blank">#Dyslexia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Autism" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ADHD" target="_blank">#ADHD</a><br><br><a href="https://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2021/12/13/on-library-school-and-invisible-disabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">On Library School and Invisibl...</a></p>
Tommi 🤯 @ WHY 📞9848<p>I had the honour to be invited by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeal.center/@ZFAVClub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ZFAVClub</span></a></span> to participate in an online live workshop exploring the mighty and wonderful CLI tool of the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span>, in collaboration with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@dweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dweb</span></a></span> 💕</p><p>If you are interested in data preservation and digital commons, please do watch it, as we did our best to shed some light on the most powerful yet little known features of this software.</p><p>The <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> is an invaluable resource for unlimited, public, open, and free storage for the whole Universe. It seems too good to be true, but it is!</p><p>We also touched upon the value of <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a>, and <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/publicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicDomain</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/youtube-8Pr05zlXdlo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/youtube-8P</span><span class="invisible">r05zlXdlo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/commonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonGood</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hackerLibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackerLibrarian</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWeb</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workshop</span></a></p>
NLISN<p>We see you,#Academic <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Library" target="_blank">#Library</a> staff. Solidarity to you all at this time✊ "Academic Librarian Burnout: A Survey Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory' ⬇️ <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01930826.2020.1729622" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...</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=%23HE" target="_blank">#HE</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> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Workplace" target="_blank">#Workplace</a><br><br><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01930826.2020.1729622" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Academic Librarian Burnout: A ...</a></p>
H-Net Humanities<p>FEATURED JOB: Languages, Literatures &amp; Digital Humanities Librarian [Non-Tenure-Track] University of Missouri - Columbia, Libraries</p><p><a href="https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68835" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php</span><span class="invisible">?id=68835</span></a></p><p><a href="https://h-net.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a></p>
Karin Dalziel<p>My work is hiring a Librarian to be an Associate Dean for Research and Learning: <a href="https://employment.unl.edu/postings/97285" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">employment.unl.edu/postings/97</span><span class="invisible">285</span></a></p><p>(on site in Lincoln Nebraska)</p><p>I am not on the search committee, feel free to ask questions if interested. </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/librarianJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarianJob</span></a></p>
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"We are searching for the right individual whose effectiveness for the library will be matched by their satisfaction and enjoyment working here. If a part-time unbenefited position is appropriate to your circumstances, we feel you will find it a most rewarding place to work."

Part-time director who will be takes with 90 things to accomplish in the first two weeks.
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