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"...an accessible entry point for librarians, archivists, and other new information professionals to begin engaging with important aspects of the profession that are vital to career development, job growth, and professional fulfilment."
— Endnotes
"The idea of a new librarian’s toolkit that is first and foremost about how to manage effectively rather than ‘how to do library stuff’ is timely and extremely welcome. The need to step outside the profession to borrow from and integrate best practice and ideas from other disciplines such as project management, marketing and I.T. is essential – even for new professionals - and Ruddock clearly recognises this. However most importantly perhaps given its target audience, The New Professionals Toolkit doesn’t drag you down a side-path of digressive background-reading, but instead makes you want to actually get on with the job."
— Libfocus
"The book has a fantastic companion website complete with additional resources, contributor profiles, case studies, and a “my first month” series written by new librarians. The first chapter on project management, which I found to be an interesting and refreshing choice for the beginning of the text, is completely available online. I think this text is ideal for students and new professionals alike and, whether you want to work on developing a stellar conference presentation or building your professional brand, everyone is bound to learn something."
— Hack Library School
"Would I recommend this text? Yes, because of its stimulating approach, common sense and good examples. The sources listed will certainly provide a good platform for further enquiry and the ideas for development will greatly assist a newly-fledged professional. I would also recommend it to more seasoned practitioners as a means of reviving interest or for getting back into the profession after some time away...Bethan Ruddock is to be congratulated on a fine piece of work that should continue to have influence for a long period."
— Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Bethan Ruddock is Content Development Officer at Mimas and works to expand the coverage of Copac and the Archives Hub. At the Archives Hub she also teaches archive student and practitioners about XML, Encoded Archival Description, and the Archives Hub EAD Editor. She won the SLA Rising Star award in 2010 and is regularly involved in New Professionals activities including the LISNPN network.
1. Project management
- Introduction
- What is a project?
- Finding project work
- Methodologies and tools
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
2. Teaching, training and communicating
- Introduction
- Effective communication
- Teaching and training
- Further qualifications
- Getting your users involved with learning
- Presenting to professional peers
- Writing
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
3. Meeting your users’ needs and measuring success
- Introduction
- Evaluating users’ needs
- Encouraging user participation
- Tools
- Using your figures
- Measuring success internally
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
4. Marketing your service and engaging stakeholders
- Introduction
- What is marketing?
- Plan your marketing
- Quick-response marketing
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
5. Using technologies
- Introduction
- Technology for the non-technical
- Introduction to digital preservation
- Repositories
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
6. Getting and staying online
- Introduction
- Creating effective descriptions of archive collections for an online environment
- Social media
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
7. Generating funding and doing more with less
- Introduction
- Demonstrating value
- Finding more funding
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
8. Managing money, budgets and negotiating
- Introduction
- Budgets
- Negotiating
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
9. Information ethics and copyright
- Introduction
- Information ethics
- Copyright
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
10. Upskilling and professional development
- Introduction
- Bodies of Professional Knowledge
- Training and development
- Mentoring
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
11. Networking and promoting yourself
- Introduction
- Branding and marketing yourself
- Networking
- Supporting yourself
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
12. Professional involvement and career development
- Introduction
- Conferences
- Unconferences
- Professional involvement
- Career development and planning
- How did we get here?
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Over to you
13. Conclusion
- Appendix: Budgeting example spreadsheet