Open AccessIt’s Not Where You Start or Where You Finish - It’s How You Get There
Author(s) -
Christina L Wissinger,
Kat Phillips
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pennsylvania libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2324-7878
DOI - 10.5195/palrap.2021.260
Subject(s) - career path , institution , library science , path (computing) , sociology , management , computer science , engineering , engineering management , social science , economics , programming language
A career in librarianship may start in a library science master’s program, but the path to and/or between career opportunities builds and shifts with time. This commentary discusses the career paths followed by two librarians who each attended the same master’s program and are currently both health science librarians at the same institution. While these similarities exist, the unique journeys each followed have helped to shape their approaches to their current jobs, roles within their careers, and their approaches to librarianship. From library school and first jobs, to current positions, this piece discusses how every step along the way has had a lasting impact on the authors’ careers.