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The Information Professional's Guide to Career Development Online

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Internet-connected librarians who want to use the online environment to promote and advance their careers will find this an important guide which covers everything from creating a personal Web page to using electronic resume and online job services. With its chapters appealing to professionals, this offers many advanced tips not seen elsewhere.

Although this book was written long before online career development strategies were becoming mainstream, Rachel Singer Gordon not only managed to anticipate many of the trends that are today expected practice, she also provided a timeless, solid approach to methodically building one's career using online platforms as a means, rather than the end. Whenever I am asked to identify the top ten books on career-building and job-hunting for library and information science students and professionals, Gordon's book is among them. Provides a firm foundation on which to build other, more tool-specific (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) strategies.