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Check out this fabulous new addition to the Now hiring @ your library education, job, and career resources! The Library Career Resource Center includes many outstanding resources for library education and career development. Funded through an IMLS grant, the Library Career Resource Center was developed by the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department as part of the Making It Real : Recruitment, Education, And Learning Project. “The project is designed to recruit and educate professional librarians, cultivating a diverse new workforce that is well prepared to serve community needs, especially those of diverse groups and special populations.”

Rutgers University is accepting applications for its fall 2007 program for
paraprofessionals at academic and research libraries.
The Online Library Assistant Training Program is an online, on-the-job, semester-long class designed for library assistants and associates who are relatively new to work in academic and research libraries. It offers a look at the “big picture” issues for academic and research libraries, including library values, functions, and practices; how different functions fit into the mission and processes of the library; developing excellent service skills; and some best practices. Participants can expect to spend five to seven hours per week on the class.
For details about the Online Library Assistant Training Program, go to http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/programs/pds/imls-olatp.jsp
Questions? Contact Melanie Andrich at Rutgers University.
This program was originally developed with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

This workshop is designed for anyone interested in being a 21st Century Librarian Mentor or Mentee. Mentoring is a component of the federal grant awarded to the Nebraska Library Commission by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to recruit and educate the next generation of Nebraska librarians. Facilitated by Library Consultant Cindi Hickey, this workshop will focus on using networking techniques to help build the relationships that help us all grow in the profession. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore the new Website, Now hiring @ your library.
The workshop sessions will be held April 23, 2007 in Omaha; April 24, 2007 in North Platte; and April 25, 2007 in Alliance.
Mentors and Mentees will meet together from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a working lunch from noon to 1 p.m. (lunch is provided). Mentors will continue to meet until 3 p.m.
For more information on the workshops and to register go to the Nebraska Library Commission’s Training Portal and search on “mentoring”.

Library Science faculty from the University of Missouri-Columbia will present a special information session about obtaining Missouri University’s (MU) popular master’s degree by taking classes in Omaha, Nebraska.
Come and learn about the exciting opportunities available for graduates who have earned a master’s degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited institution like MU.
Faculty will be on hand to discuss the program and courses, answer questions, and advise current and prospective students. This is an open, informal meeting, so please stop by and visit with us anytime from 1-3 pm.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
1-3 pm
100 Criss Library
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182-0237

Check out the upcoming Library Science and Library Media Studies courses at Nebraska Community Colleges, UNO, UNK, and the University of Missouri.
Have you seen the new Now hiring @ your library Website? This new Website includes information about education, scholarships, and job and career opportunities, and so much more. The Jobs and Careers page includes a newly designed and searchable job bank with current listings for library jobs in Nebraska and the surrounding states. What do you think?