School of Information Resources and Library Science

Job & Placement Resources

Job Directories	General Job Searches
National Job Listings	Regional Job Listings
Jobs Listservs	Library Temp Resources
Interviewing Help	Resumes & Cover Letters

For More Information:

• UA Career Services


• SIRLS List of Available Internships


• SIRLS Alumni Mentor Program

The following links point to excellent sources of information about employment opportunities for librarians and other information science professionals.

Other Jobs Directories

• ALA Library Employment Resources


• Job Resources for Library & Information Science (compiled by Mary Feeney)


• Library Employment Resources (Internet Public Library)

National & Worldwide Listings

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Job Hotline


• American Library Association (ALA) Employment Information


• Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Career Resources


• Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network


• Jobs in Library & Information Technology (from ALA-LITA)


• Library Job Postings on the Internet (compiled by Sarah Johnson)


• Library Job Resources (University of Buffalo)


• Library Journal's JobZone


• LISjobs


• Special Libraries Association (SLA) Career Services Online


• University of Texas School of Information JobWeb

Regional Listings (Southwestern United States)

• Arizona Association of Law Libraries Local Job Offerings


• Colorado State Library Jobline


• Greater Western Library Alliance Job Listings


• Hitchhiker (New Mexico State Library's Newsletter)


• Maricopa County Library District: Employment Opportunities


• Mountain Plains Library Association Jobline


• Phoenix Public Library Job Opportunities


• SLA Arizona Chapter Employment Resources


• Tucson: Pima County Public Library Employment Opportunities


• University of Arizona Online Application System


• Utah Library Association Jobline


• Washoe County (Nevada) Library System Employment Opportunities

General Job Search Agencies

• CareerBuilder


• Job Web

Jobs Listservs

• LIBJOBS Library and Information Science jobs mailing list


• LIS-JOBLIST From Dalhousie University; especially good for jobs on the East Coast and in Canada


• JOBOPS The listserv run by the staff and students here at SIRLS; listings come from several different sources

Librarian Temp Job and Employment Agency Resources

• Arizona chapter of the SLA employment services page, includes some temp and job-seeking resources specific to Arizona


• ALA's listing of library temp agencies and general employment resources


• LibraryJobs Placement Services & Recruitment Firms--many of these organizations accept resumes and list current job openings

Interviewing Help

• HowTo: Apply for a Library Job Wiki This comprehensive Wiki offers advice, links, timelines, and information you need to know when looking for a library job. This wiki is a great first stop for the new job seeker. This page pulls it all together for you.


• librarysupportstaff.com Collected links to interviewing resources and articles for library jobs. The site includes advice, tips, and information for the library job seeker.


• LISjobs.com Interviewing Tips A collection of interviewing tips from most common questions to most common mistakes and suggestions on how to prepare for your library job interviews. Multiple sources.

Practice interviews:

• 101 Commonly Asked Interview Questions This page, taken from an Illinois Library Association conference handout, lists 101 of the most commonly asked interview questions for library jobs. This is a great page to print out and quiz yourself with before an interview. These questions do get asked, often!


• Children's Librarian Practice Interview This page contains a basic sample interview for the position of Children's Librarian and the questions an applicant would likely encounter. This sample interview is good practice for any public library interview.

Resumes

• Getting Help on Your Resume A directory of resume and cover letter web resources focused specifically on Library & Information Sciences resumes (from LSO Student Handbook).


• Writing your Resume to the Job Announcement Notes from a presentation by UA Librarian Bob Diaz on how to customize your resume and cover letter (from LSO Student Handbook).


• UA Career Services Offers frequent resume workshops.