Prep for Success: Your Career in Special Libraries

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

Ready to be done with the semester and wondering how to jump-start your career?

Join the SJSU SLA for a talk with a social media and networking expert, Tracy Maleeff and find out how social media and professional networking can get help you the job of your dreams!

Tracy Z. Maleeff, @LibrarySherpa on Twitter, 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 will talk about seeking, landing and thriving in a special libraries job. She will also talk about the importance of professional associations to your career, and what they can do for you. Lastly, get a peek into a day in the life of a private law firm librarian as she details the inner workings of this specific special libraries position.

The session will be recorded and available at: https://ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu/slasc/

Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.

Tracy Z. Maleeff is the Library Resources Manager at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia. She earned her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and has undergraduate degrees from both Temple University (magna cum laude) and the Pennsylvania State University. An active SLA member holding many leadership positions, she was the recipient of the 2014 Dow Jones Innovate Award. She created the #SLAtalk Twitter chat series for SLA, in which librarians and info pros can exchange ideas and have professional development through social media. She is currently co-authoring a contributed paper for the SLA 2015 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO entitled, “Network Like Nobody’s Watching: Demystifying Networking as a Skill for Librarians and Info Pros.” Tracy, a regular contributor to inalj.com, is active on Twitter @LibrarySherpa and blogs at LibrarySherpa.com.