Guest speaker George Bergstrom is a professional development specialist. He will share his own path to LIS then review job search and hiring myths.
About George Bergstrom, Southwest Regional Coordinator – Professional Development Office
George Bergstrom is the Southwest Regional Coordinator (RC) in the Professional Development Office of the Indiana State Library. As a RC he is responsible for working with any library in his region. on professional development as well as being their liaison to the state library and it’s services. With experience in both public and academic libraries he brings a unique perspective to professional development.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebergstrom/.
About the Indiana State Library:
Serving Indiana residents, leading and supporting the library community and preserving Indiana history
The Indiana State Library is responsible for:
- Developing and providing library services to state government, its branches, its departments and its officials and employees.
- Providing for the individual citizens of the state those specialized library services not generally appropriate, economical or available in other libraries of the state.
- Encouraging and supporting the development of the library profession; and
- Strengthening services of all types of publicly and privately supported special, school, academic, and public libraries.
More information about the Indiana State Library can be found at: https://www.in.gov/library/.
Topic: I-798 DLIS Career planning: George Bergstrom, Regional Coordinator for Professional Development, Southwest Region at Indiana State Library
Time: Sep 28, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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