Happy #Juneteenth #Boston! Want to keep the celebration going? This Saturday, come to THE TINY CIRC DESK CONCERT at the Boston Public #Library #Roxbury Branch in #NubianSquare!

Drawing commission for r/Fantasy for their daily book recommendation thread, featuring a kind and knowledgable gryphon helping lil' critters passionate for fiction.  

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"Martyr!" by: Kaveh Akbar

A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction - Show more: https://bookblabla.com/book/martyr-a-novel

#author #reading #library #books #fiction
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Une lecture ensoleillée ☀️ les pieds au frais🍃👣

🛠️ Chignole et Mégawatt 🛠️ avec Elodie Guilland aux illustrations et les éditions Palomita

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Hello #booktodon and #publiclibrary friends. How do you imagine the library of the future? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

- What kind of place will it be/how will it look like?
- Who will you meet there?
- What will be offered (media, activities, etc.)?

#sharedknowledge #publicgoods #library #positivefutures

Skipping face to face #dnd5e tonight because the place we convene, the local #library is closed for the #Juneteenth holiday #ttrpg

“In my division of 22 FT employees, we had to fill 9 positions (some internal promotions that created vacancies, etc.) – that level of turnover just isn’t sustainable”

Please note: This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by filling out the survey here. 

Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs

These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).

Where do you advertise your job listings?

Institutional job site, library website, ALA, Chronicle of Higher Education, Amigos

Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?

No way to know

Do you include salary in the job ad?

√ Yes

Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?  

√ No

Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?

√ No

Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)

√ Other: Experience yes, but not necessarily library or professional experience

What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?

Better applicants in the pool

Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)

√ No

Do you provide interview questions before the interview? 

√ No

Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?

√ Yes

How much of your interview process is virtual?

√ First round/Initial Screen

Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?

√ No

What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?

Use the cover letter to address requirements that might not be obvious from the CV

I want to hire someone who is: 

capable

Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?

I wish we could attract better candidate pools for some of the positions but not sure what else to do.

Your Last Recruitment

These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.

Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?

Social Sciences & Education Liaison Librarian

When was this position hired?

√ Within the last three months

Approximately how many people applied for this position?

√ 25 or fewer

Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?

√ 26-50%

And how would you define “hirable”?

Met the required qualifications

How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?

This was a stronger pool than for other positions earlier in the year

Your Workplace

This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.

How many staff members are at your library/organization?

√ 100-200

Are you unionized?

√ No

How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?

√ 7 or more

How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?

√ 7 or more

Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?

√ Other: I don’t know

Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?  

√ No

Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?   

√ Other: I don’t know

Is librarianship a dying profession?

√ No

Why or why not?

I believe the skills are needed to run a library well. The traditional MLIS may not be necessary, but there is still a skillset required to run a library.

Demographics

This section asks for information about you specifically.

What part of the world are you in?

√ Southeastern US

What’s your region like?

√ Suburban area

What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):

√ Academic Library 

What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? 

liaison librarians, instruction librarians, branch library managers, student success librarians, administrators

Are you a librarian?

√ Yes

Are you now or have you ever been: 

√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise),

√ A member of a hiring or search committee

Do you have any other comments, for job hunters, other people who hire, about the survey, or for Emily (the survey author)?

I’ve had to hire a stupid number of people the past 3 years and it is EXHAUSTING. It’s hard to maintain a positive attitude for recruiting while also trying to cover the responsibilities created by the vacancies. The survey has just reminded me of that. In my division of 22 FT employees, we had to fill 9 positions (some internal promotions that created vacancies, etc.) – that level of turnover just isn’t sustainable. I know it’s beyond the scope of your study, but it’s a real issue.

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Taken on Wednesday, 18 June, 2025 from 15:14 to 16:26 with Samsung Galaxy A05 at Tikala Ares Sub-district, Tikala District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #library #libraries #book #books

Huh, in contrast to the Manado City Library and Archives, in here the service is bad but the collection is large. Sadly, many librarians who have known me since childhood have retired, they were real librarians. Anyway, guess which country map is on the page of the book behind me in the first photo (hint: historical sovereign state).

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #library #libraries #book #books

I borrowed two books on my visit this time, loan period is one week, so I should return it on Wednesday, 25 June, 2025. Initially they said the loan period would only be three days but I insisted on one week, finally one week. Before I came again in 2023 the loan period was two weeks and I actually preferred that. Ah but that's okay, so every week I will go to the provincial library and read those old encyclopaedias.

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #library #libraries #book #books

I read many books there, especially encyclopaedia books and those are from 1960s, lovely. I was a bit annoyed when I finished reading and wanted to return the books. Some civil servants there told me not to return the books and leave them on the table. When they aren't looking I return the thick books because I don't want them to misclassify them especially if I want to read them again later. I just left some thin books on the table.

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #library #libraries #books #book

My 1st visit to the North Sulawesi Provincial Library and Archives in 2025. Last time I visited there was in July 2023 to make a new membership there, it was my first visit since 2019. It's great to be able to visit and borrow books here again, even though the service has declined since 2019. But even so, I am grateful that their book collection is still relatively good especially the reference books, as in the past when I was little.

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #library #libraries #book #books

The book return and sorting machine at the #Hamburg Zentralbibliothek is pretty cool, even if you can't see as much of it as you used to.

#library #libraries