Have you considered a career as a school librarian?

Download and go!

We've done all the hard work in putting together a recruiting brochure highlighting school librarianship. That makes it easier for you to get materials into the hands of prospective students.

Download the PDF of the brochure, print as many copies as you need, and use the space on the back cover to customize with your univerisity's or professional association's mailing address, contact information, or other marketing messages.

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Additional information sources

AASL- Recruitment Ideas
Includes PR tools and templates such as videos, brochures, buttons, posters and more.  Also contains resources and examples from libraries across the United States that have implemented recruitment ideas (like open houses, career days, and web sites) successfully in the past.

Recruiting Librarians: The Time is Now
Provides resources to assist organizations in library recruitment.  Documents, such as a power point presentation and sample press releases, are available via links on the site.  Buttons, bookmarks, and brochures can be ordered through the CJRLC office.

Institution of Museum and Library Services
Offers information about the Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian, a grant that supplies money for librarian recruitment, research, and professional development among other things.  Specifics about the grant are presented on the page, as well as contact information, and links to forms and PDF versions of grant guidelines.

Job Shadow Day Planning Notebook
Outlines activities, questions, suggestions, and schedules for a successful librarian job shadow day.  Notebook is in PDF format and can be printed for use by the teacher, librarian, and students involved in the experience.

Career Days
Contains a step by step guide to setting up a career day, developed by Beverly Obert, a library development coordinator from Illinois

.  Includes how to get started, and what to do a week before, a day before, the day of, and the day after the event.

Ohio Library Council Publication Catalog
Lists videos and their descriptions, including the following two especially suited for librarian recruitment:

    Looking for Leaders in the Information Age
    Eight minute video with the above name that can be ordered from the Ohio Library Council. 
    Profiles library and information careers as well as unique job opportunities. 
    Comes with brochures and fact sheets for distribution.

    Me? A Librarian?!!
    Ten minute video with the above name that can be ordered from the Ohio Library Council. 
    Designed to interest middle and high school students in a career in library. 
    Accompanied by student handouts and instructor’s guide.

Finding the Ultimate School Library Media Specialist
Stahl, B. D. (1998, September). Finding the ultimate school library media specialist.
NASSP Bulletin, 82(599), 117-119.
Describes characteristics that hiring personnel should look for when interviewing or searching for a school library media specialist.  Information about questions to ask and reference checks is also explained in the article.