The New Professional's Toolkit

Ruddock, a content development officer at the data center Mimas at the U. of Manchester, UK, provides a guide that helps library and information science students, trainees, and professionals transition into their first professional role and manage their career. She covers the topics of project management; training, teaching, and communicating; meeting users' needs and measuring success; and marketing services and engaging stakeholders. Other topics discussed include using technologies; online presence and social media; funding; managing money, budgets, and negotiating; information ethics and copyright; professional development; networking and promoting oneself; and career development and professional involvement in conferences, organizations, and events. Included are case studies of professionals from academic, public, and law libraries; archives and special collections, and specialist information providers in different environments in Europe, North America, and Australia. Distributed in the US by Neal-Schuman. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)