Taking Your MLIS Abroad : Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job /: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Taking your Master's of Library and Information Science abroad
• Further Information: Note: Lara Seven Phillips and Katherine G. Holvoet.
• Authors: Phillips, Lara Seven; Holvoet, Katherine G
• Contents: Preface: Who Are We, and Why Did We Take Jobs Overseas? -- Why Work Abroad? Myths and Reality -- Is Working Abroad for You? How to Assess Yourself Honestly -- How to Find Foreign Jobs -- The Application Process -- Winning the Interview: What's Different and What the Panel Needs to See -- The Job Offer and Getting Your Work Visa -- Before You Move -- Your Housing and Transportation: Apartment Finding, Furnishing Allowances, and Getting to and from Work -- Banks, Money, Foreign Exchange, and Taxes -- Working Abroad while Married: Care and Upkeep of the "Trailing Spouse" -- Expat Parenting, Schools, and Nannies -- Healthcare Overseas -- Your New Workplace: How Your Library Might Differ from American Ones -- Recognizing and Dealing with Culture Shock -- Keeping in Touch and Combating Loneliness -- Expat Social Life: Making Friends, Dating, and the Quest for Decent Pizza -- Surviving Worst Case Scenarios, Part 1: Crime, Natural Disasters, and Tropical Diseases -- Surviving Worst Case Scenarios, Part 2: Quitting before the End of Your Contract -- Returning Home: Leaving Your Host Country at the End of Your Contract -- What We Wish We Had Known Before, and What We Learned from Working Abroad.
• Publisher Details: New York : Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Subjects: 020.23; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Library & Information Science -- Administration & Management; Librarians -- Employment -- Foreign countries -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Librarians -- Vocational guidance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Library & information sciences
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216152408
• Related ISBNs: 9781440850219
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.