Careers in Library and Information Services: First-Hand Accounts from Working Professionals

Abstract

Nearly 20 years after publishing A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information
Science, editor Priscilla K. Shontz offers Careers in Library and Information Services: First-Hand
Accounts from Working Professionals as a much-needed update for candidates navigating the
2020s job market. In this edited volume, scores of practitioners across the landscape offer
aspiring professionals 101 profiles describing the numerous opportunities our field offers. In
the informal style of a fireside chat, contributors provide overviews of their positions