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  Prep for Success: Your Career in Special Libraries… and Beyond

  Tracy Z. Maleeff

  Presented on 5-4-2015

  Wondering how to jumpstart your career — and how social media and professional networking can help get you the job of your dreams?

  Tracy Z. Maleeff has 10+ years of special libraries experience and wants to help you get on a road to professional success. Using the theme of networking, she spoke about seeking, landing and thriving in a special libraries job. She also discussed the importance of professional associations to your career, and what they can do for you. Lastly, we got a peek into a day in the life of a private law firm librarian as she detailed the inner workings of this specific special libraries position.

  Tracy, a regular contributor to I Need a Library Job! (INALJ), is active on Twitter @LibrarySherpa and blogs at LibrarySherpa.

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  Useful, Usable, Desirable: Library User Experience

  Aaron Schmidt

  Presented on 3-5-2015

  Aaron, a principal at Influx Library User Experience Consulting, a website usability blogger at walkingpaper.org, and a regular contributor to the Library Journal, is the author of Useful, Usable, Desirable (ALA, 2014). He has presented on the topic of library technology and usability throughout the United States, and in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain. In 2005, Schmidt was named a Library Journal “Mover & Shaker.”

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  Digital Asset Management

  Ian Matzen

  Presented on 2-12-2015

  High fashion? Haute cuisine? Cinema ephemera? All need the skills of a talented librarian!

  Ian Matzen recently received an MLIS from the San Jose State University School of Information. He is currently the lead Digital Asset Management Specialist at America’s Test Kitchen, a publisher of cooking-related content in Boston, where he is designing an enterprise taxonomy.

  Digital asset management, digital video metadata, and digital preservation are among the subjects he enjoys writing about on his blog www.tameyourassets.com. His professional experience producing commercials, episodic television, and corporate videos in Los Angeles and San Francisco informs his work.

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  Influencing Skills for Special Librarians

  Stephen Abram

  Presented on 4-4-2014

  Stephen Abram, MLS, a strategy and direction planning consultant for libraries and the information industry, is principal of Lighthouse Partners, an associate of Dysart & Jones. He is also CEO of the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries. He is a library trend watcher, keynote speaker, innovator and author of Stephen’s Lighthouse blog. He has held executive leadership positions at Gale-Cengage Learning, SirsiDynix, Thomson, ProQuest and IHS. Stephen is also a former SLA president and SJSU SLIS faculty member; and he’s currently a member of the SJSU SLIS International Advisory Council

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  Alternative Careers for Librarians

  Rachel Berrington

  Presented on 3-5-2014

  Rachel Berrington is the Director of IEEE's Client Services, nine professional librarians who are responsible for global customer outreach, training and awareness. Rachel was first hired in January 2002 as a Customer Relations Manager for Western North America. Prior to joining the IEEE, she was the Corporate Librarian at Mentor Graphics, an electronic design automation company in Portland, Oregon.

  
  Rachel was President of the Oregon Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in 2002 - 2003. She was also a member of IEEE's inaugural Library Advisory Council from 1999 - 2001. She is an active member of both the SLA and ASEE's Engineering Libraries Division.
  
  Rachel received her Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Arizona and her Bachelors Degree at Colorado College. IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.

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  Big Data Webinar

  Amy Affelt

  Presented on 9-18-2013

  Amy Affelt is director of Database Research at Compass Lexecon, a global economic consultancy. She is also an author and conference speaker on topics such as adding value to information, evaluating information integrity and quality, and marketing information services. You can follow her @aainfopro.