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How do librarians working in nonaca­ demic institutions find their way into academic librarianship positions? How do technical service librarians move into public service roles or vice versa? Making the move from one type of position, or one type of li­ brary, to another can be a daunting prospect for many librarians today. Whether you have a fear of being typecast or a fear of leaving your safety zone, the idea of transitioning to a new library can be as intimidating and overwhelming as starting over again in a new country. Recent gradu­ ates who would like to work in a specifi c setting, whether it is academic or special or public, often take the first job that comes along, even if it is not their desired position or their ideal environment. They want—and need—experience of any kind. After a few years, they find it difficult to break into a dif­ ferent setting and end up staying unhappily where they are. The good news for librarians hoping to make the transition into a different library setting is that times, and roles, are changing. And the stereotypes, at least within the library world, are slowly dissolving. Librarian posi­ tions, on the whole, are becoming more and more diversified. Traditional roles are getting harder to find in today’s rapidly changing environment as librarians (in survival mode) are forced to acquire a variety of skills and, in many cases, take on multiple roles within their libraries. The evolving nature of the current library landscape is helping to transform and, in some settings, abolish traditional roles and titles, while producing new titles, new career paths, and exciting opportunities for the future. All of this leads to more mobility and fl exibility for librarians today. As columnists for the “Career Q&A From the Library Career People” in the Info Career Trends newsletter, we have received several questions from frustrated librarians—recent graduates and 20­year veterans alike—want­ ing to know how to make the move from one library to another or how to transition into a different area of librarianship. In response to these questions and to address this common dilemma in librarianship today, we offer some advice for those transition seekers.

How do I get there from here?: Changing jobs, changing roles, changing institutions