The New Professional's Toolkit

ISBN-13: 9781856047685 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Bethan Ruddock

Opis

A handbook for new information professionals wanting to thrive in their careers. Drawing together the experiences and advice of rising stars in the information world, it covers topics such as: utilizing technologies and social media; generating funding and how to do more with less; and managing people and communication skills.

Spis treści

1. Project management

• Introduction
• What is a project?
• Finding project work
• Methodologies and tools
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

2. Teaching, training and communicating

• Introduction
• Effective communication
• Teaching and training
• Further qualifications
• Getting your users involved with learning
• Presenting to professional peers
• Writing
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

3. Meeting your users’ needs and measuring success

• Introduction
• Evaluating users’ needs
• Encouraging user participation
• Tools
• Using your figures
• Measuring success internally
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

4. Marketing your service and engaging stakeholders

• Introduction
• What is marketing?
• Plan your marketing
• Quick-response marketing
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

5. Using technologies

• Introduction
• Technology for the non-technical
• Introduction to digital preservation
• Repositories
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

6. Getting and staying online

• Introduction
• Creating effective descriptions of archive collections for an online environment
• Social media
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

7. Generating funding and doing more with less

• Introduction
• Demonstrating value
• Finding more funding
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

8. Managing money, budgets and negotiating

• Introduction
• Budgets
• Negotiating
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

9. Information ethics and copyright

• Introduction
• Information ethics
• Copyright
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

10. Upskilling and professional development

• Introduction
• Bodies of Professional Knowledge
• Training and development
• Mentoring
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

11. Networking and promoting yourself

• Introduction
• Branding and marketing yourself
• Networking
• Supporting yourself
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

12. Professional involvement and career development

• Introduction
• Conferences
• Unconferences
• Professional involvement
• Career development and planning
• How did we get here?
• Conclusion
• References and further reading
• Over to you

13. Conclusion

• Appendix: Budgeting example spreadsheet