The National Digital Stewardship Alliance surveyed practitioners in 2012 and again in 2017 to gauge, among other things, how satisfied they were with their organizations’ digital preservation function. This study seeks to understand what causes the high and rising levels of dissatisfaction that practitioners reported. We interviewed 21 digital stewards and asked them to describe the organizational context in which they work; to reflect on what aspects of their organizations’ approach to digital preservation are working well and which are not; and to evaluate necessary areas of improvement. We identified experiences that were common among participants using a qualitative research methodology based on phenomenology. These conversations revealed that practitioners largely consider digital stewardship values and goals to be misunderstood at an organizational level, and demonstrated that the absence of a long-term vision for digital stewardship disempowers practitioners.

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(2020). Analyzing Cataloging Job Descriptions: Are Cataloging Jobs Disappearing, Changing, or Merging? Cataloging & Classification Quarterly: Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 591-602.

This is an interview with Keisa Williams, a Training Consultant for the State of California, done by Naomi House of INALJ. This is part of INALJ’s 2020 series on non-library jobs for library …

Alyssa Miller planned to be a doctor but instead became a successful cybersecurity professional. Here we interviewed her on her first job, how she got into the field, what inspires and her biggest challenges. Enjoy!

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Academic libraries are challenged to keep pace with major changes and trends in the fields of library and information science and higher education generally. Through a nationwide survey of information professionals and LIS faculty, this study explores the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) currently in demand for academic librarians and compares them to those expected of information professionals in other areas of the field. The results show a strong emphasis on interpersonal and communication skills as well as certain domain knowledge. The results also suggest some significant differences between expectations for academic librarians compared to other information professionals.

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When I learned that Google was acquiring the intimate medical records of 50 million patients, I couldn’t stay silent

Do you still work with 3.5-inch diskettes? How about 5.25-inch floppy disks and Zip disks? I do. As an electronic records archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I spend most of my time working with digital information to help ensure it will be accessible in 5, 25, or even 100 years from now. Born-digital materials arrive at the archives in a variety of ways (CDs, DVDs, diskettes, file transfers, etc.) and categories (images, text, audio, video, websites, etc).

No one likes job hunting. If you say you do, you're probably lying. Finding the job of your dreams or even one tangentially related to your field can be emotion