Taking Your MLIS Abroad : Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job /: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Taking Your MLIS Abroad : Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job /: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Taking Your MLIS Abroad : Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job
- 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.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.780024
- Ingest File:
- 20_016.xml