Career Planning
- Start your career with an internship or volunteer position in your field. See the internship resources box on this page, as well as the DLIS Group. For information regarding internships for credit, please contact your advisor.
- Check out Career Link, via the Careers tab in St. John's Central, for jobs and internships listed by the St. John's Career Center.
- Visit the DLIS Groups page (via St. John's Central) for additional job and internship postings.
- In order to keep track of multiple job posting sites and RSS Feeds, manage them through Google Reader, or a Mozilla Firefox add-on. Learn more about RSS Feeds and Firefox Add-on. The links are in box below.
- MAKE SURE TO: schedule a meeting at the St. John's Career Center, where a counselor can help you edit your resume and cover letters. Queens Campus: (718) 990-6375.
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Library Jobs - New York
- New York State Public Librarian CertificationRequired for most public library positions in New York State. Application form, transcript, and $5.00 fee.
- New York Public Library (NYPL) Employment Opportunities
- Queens Public Library Careers
- Brooklyn Public Library Career Opportunities
- ACRL/NY Events and JobsAssociation of College and Research Libraries, New York Chapter
- METRO Magnet Jobs and ResumesMetropolitan New York Library Council
- Sites of Interest for New Librarians
New York - Long Island
- Nassau County Civil Service ExamInformation about the Nassau County Civil Service Exam, required for most librarian jobs in Nassau public libraries. Local residency requirements.
- Suffolk County Civil Service ExamInformation about the Suffolk County Civil Service Exam, required for most librarian jobs in Suffolk public libraries.
- Nassau County Library JobsNon-civil service and civil service.
- Nassau Civil Service Library Jobs - Paraprofessional
Library Jobs - National and International
- American Library Association JobList
- Library Job Postings on the InternetA great list of regional library job websites to explore.
- HERC NationalHigher Education Resource Consortium. Use advanced search for jobs by location.
- Library Journal JobZone
- Special Libraries Association (SLA) Career Center
- Society of American Archivists Online Career Center
- LIS Jobs
- UT School of Information Job WebSign up for email alerts for a variety of new jobs around the country from the iSchool at University of Texas at Austin.
- LIBJOBSInternational library jobs. Scroll down to "LIBJOBS" and click "subscribe" to receive emails from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education – JobsSearch with keywords such as "library" or "archive".
- HigherEd JobsSearch with keywords such as "library" or "archive".
- Federal Government JobsSearch for archivist or librarian or library clerk positions in the Federal Government.
- Idealist.org Job and Internship PostingsJobs with a social justice or community service focus. Choose "jobs" from the dropdown menu at the top of the page and enter your search terms, for example, "library" or "archive".
- Monster.comGeneral job postings - search for library and information science jobs.
- CareerBuilder.comGeneral job postings - search for library and information science jobs.
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Internships
- Internships.comA general website for internship opportunities around the country. Search for internships using keywords such as "library", "archive", "information science", "knowledge management", "cataloging", etc.
- Idealist.org Job and Internship PostingsJobs with a social justice or community service focus.
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