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Navigating the Academic Library Job Search

If you ask almost anyone looking for a professional position in an academic library these days, especially those fresh out of school, you will hear that the search isn't easy. You would get a very similar response if you were to ask those who are on search committees looking for the right people to fill positions at their libraries. It all seems very simple and straightforward: job-seeking librarians and LIS students want to know how to successfully manage their job searches and gain employment, while administrators want to know how to attract well-suited candidates to their libraries. Rarely do the two sides come together to share their stories and points of view. However, at this year's Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference in Minneapolis, “seasoned” and next generation academic librarians had the unique opportunity to engage in a very active roundtable discussion. More than a dozen current and future librarians gathered to exchange their points of view about the challenging and seemingly mysterious hiring processes in academic libraries today.