Ryan Womack

Tag: librarianship

Missing Time Series

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I just posted a rather uncharacteristic video on YouTube about my deletion of videos. Usually I confine myself to either instructional videos or presentations, but this was just a rambling self-explanatory monologue. This is a text version of some similar thoughts. In my work, my personal organizing practice is to scan for files that are ten years old (or more) and reviewing them to either delete or permanently archive as a memento of the past. Read more...

On job applications and interviews

Posted:   |   Tags: applications, blog, interviews, jobs, librarian, librarianship, library jobs, news, ryandata, wordpress

About three years back, I had posted some tips for job applicants on my old blog, which I am reposting here for convenience. After having been on search committees yet again, I am compelled to write up some additional thoughts. The tips in the earlier post are still valid. This time, I may be a bit more pointed and direct about just a few items. interview etiquette - thank you notes I know that no one really gets consistent instructions about interview etiquette anymore. Read more...

IASSIST 2021

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I am very happy to be back with my IASSIST colleagues this week at IASSIST 2021, even if it is virtual rather than in sunny Gothenburg, Sweden, as we had hoped to be last year. My own presentation on May 20 has been “flipped” so that there will be more time for interactive discussion during the live session. I am encouraging anyone with interest in the development of our graduate specialist program to view the slides and videos linked below. Read more...

Personal Statement

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The image above is a wordcloud based on the word frequency in the personal statement that I used for promotion—my career in feline form. I was inspired by my colleague Francesca Giannetti’s post about the personal statement she used for her !successful! tenure applicaton at Rutgers. In her post, she discusses the benefit to be gained from sharing one’s own articulation of how one has built a professional identity in a new area of services. Read more...