In the December issue of Information Outlook, Jill Strand’s column highlights several information professional experiences in regards to how they’re able to drawing attention to themselves, the risk involved, along with helping others understand the value they offer.

Several key points:

• Look for needs within your business that you might be able to help with and position yourself to fill the role
• Whatever the role, identify how that function will tie into either revenue or a core competence of your business
• Whether it is commonly known or not, keep track of your accomplishment so that you can articulate the value of what you’re doing to important stakeholders of the business

Read more:
http://www.sla.org/io/2011/12/1082.cfm
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Colleagues,

I am pleased to show case the pre-book release for Mentoring in Librarianship: Essays on Working with Adults and Students to Further the Profession. It was a pleasure being an contributor for this book and I hope all who read the book will enjoy my chapter along with the other author contributions.

You can view the anthology and pre-order your copy of the book via:

• Amazon
• Mcfarland & Company, Inc.

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Being a mentor and coaching others can be accomplished through time  spent in person, by the phone, or even through writing.  In the book “The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook: Define and Create Your Success.“,  Ulla de Stricker and Jill Hurst-Wahl offer their career knowledge  and personal compendium of advice as described in a blog post on the Infonista this past Sunday, May 15th.

Knowledge sharing is one of the noble functions information professionals are known for in the business world.  Ask yourself this question – Who are you sharing your knowledge with in a mentoring or coaching capacity?

The actual title is Tablet Computers: Enterprise Solutions for Information Professionals. LOL, just got a copy of the article from ProQuest.  So, the posting of the title is incorrect at:

http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan11/index.shtml

However, they did get it right in the magazine.

Hi All,

As the title says, my latest publishing is now available via ONLINE magazine. Look for the article on page 25, Computers: Enterprise Solutions for Information Professionals. If you want to understand a bit more about tablet computers and how they can be used by sales, call centers, reference desk, and more…This article maybe a ”must”  read for you!

http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan11/index.shtml

In addition, for all LMD bloggers, I want to encourage everyone to use imagery when possible on the new site when posting.  Imagery breaks up text and gives viewers somthing to look at.  It just so happens this post is a good example.  Even if you do not have an article or specific picture that relates to the post, use an image of yourself.  Allow people to get to know you. After all  “Images say a thousand words” and you should want  people to know who you are so they can associate your name with your writing.