Deloris Jackson Foxworth - Landing a Library Job

Deloris Jackson Foxworth is an academic advisor in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, where she also teaches part-time in their School of Information Science. She has taught classes on information literacy, personal knowledge management, and information communicationtechnology industries and careers.

Before joining UKs School of Information Science faculty in 2014, she was technology manager at the Scott County Public Library in Georgetown, Kentucky. Her first library position was as a student worker at Bosworth Memorial Library at the Lexington Theological Seminary.

In 2018 she earned a graduate certificate in career services from Western Kentucky University, where she already held an MA in communication. She also holds an MS in library and information science from UK.

Below is a list of many professional-development associations that may be of interest to you as a library and information science professional. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it does reflect the magnitude and type of professional associations available to those in this field. In this particular list you will find the professional associations web address as well as information about available services.

Key: *The association has a job board. ^The association has a LISTSERV. ~The association has a certification program.

American Association of Law Libraries, *^ https://www.aallnet.org/

American Association of School Librarians, http://www.ala.org/aasl/

American Health Information Management Association, *~ http://www.ahima.org/

American Indian Library Association, https://ailanet.org/

American Library Association, *^ http://www.ala.org

American Society for Indexing, ^ https://www.asindexing.org

American Theological Library Association, *^ https://www.atla.com/Pages/default.aspx

ARMA, *~ https://www.arma.org/default.aspx

Art Libraries Society of North America, *^ https://www.arlisna.org/

Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, http://www.apalaweb.org/

Association for Computing Machinery, *^ http://www.acm.org

Association for Information Science and Technology, *^ https://www.asist.org/

Association for Institutional Research, * http://www.airweb.org/pages/default.aspx

Association for Intelligent Information Management, *~ https://www.aiim.org/

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, ^ http://www.ala.org/alcts/

Association for Library Service to Children, ^ http://www.ala.org/alsc/

Association of American Publishers, * https://publishers.org

Association of Christian Librarians, *^ http://www.acl.org/

Association of College and Research Libraries, *^ http://www.ala.org/acrl/

Association of Independent Information Professionals, ^ https://www.aiip.org/

Association of Information Technology Professionals, * https://www.aitp.org

Association of Jewish Libraries, ^ https://jewishlibraries.org/

Association of Public Data Users, http://apdu.org/

Association of Specialized, Government & Cooperative Library Agencies, ^ http://www.ala.org/asgcla/

Black Caucus of the American Library Association, * http://www.bcala.org

Black Data Processing Associates, * https://www.bdpa.org/

Catholic Library Association, * https://cathla.org/

Chinese American Librarians Association, *^ http://www.cala-web.org/

Data Governance Professionals Organization, ^ https://dgpo.org/

Digital Analytics Association, *^~ https://www.digitalanalyticsassociation.org/

Independent Book Pulishers Association, ^ http://www.ibpa-online.org/

The Library and Information Technology Association, *^ http://www.ala.org/lita/

Library Leadership & Management Association, ^ http://www.ala.org/llama/about/join

Medical Library Association, *^~ https://www.mlanet.org/

Music Library Association, *^ https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/

NASIG, *^ http://www.nasig.org/

National Association of Government Archives & Records Administrators, *^ https://www.nagara.org/

National Association of Health Data Organizations, * https://www.nahdo.org/

Polish American Librarians Association, https://palalib.org/

Public Library Association, ^ http://www.ala.org/pla/

Reference and User Services Association, ^ http://www.ala.org/rusa/

REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, * http://www.reforma.org/

Special Libraries Association, *^ https://www.sla.org/

Substance Abuse Librarians Information Specialists, ^ http://www.salis.org/

Theatre Library Association, ^ http://www.tla-online.org/

United States Agricultural Information Network, ^ https://usain.org/

Young Adult Library Services Association, ^ http://www.ala.org/yalsa/

AIM Library & Information Staffing. About AIM. Accessed June 24, 2018. https://www.aimusa.com/mission.php.

. Application Form. Accessed June 24, 2018. https://www.aimusa.com/app.php.

Allard, Suzie. Placements & Salaries 2017: Librarians Everywhere. Library Journal. October 17, 2017. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=librarians-everywhere.

American Association of Law Libraries. Education: Become a Legal Information Professional. Accessed August 12, 2018. https://www.aallnet.org/careers/about-the-profession/education/.

. Privacy & User Data Collection. September 27, 2018. https://www.aallnet.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=98E00000002B.

American Association of School Librarians. Common Beliefs. Accessed August 12, 2018. https://standards.aasl.org/beliefs/.

American Library Association. Information for Choice Reviewers. Accessed August 18, 2018. http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/reviewers.

. Library Certificate and Degree Programs. Accessed September 7, 2018. http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/library-certificate-and-degree-programs.

. Searchable DB of ALA Accredited Programs: Search Results. Accessed September 7, 2018. http://www.ala.org/cfapps/lisdir/lisdir_search.cfm.

. Submissions. American Libraries. Accessed August 18, 2018. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/submissions/.

. Upcoming Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings. Accessed December 7, 2018, http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings.

American Library AssociationAllied Professional Association. Certified Public Library Administrator Program. Accessed August 12, 2018. http://ala-apa.org/certification/application/.

. CPLA Program Standards. Accessed September 7, 2018. http://ala-apa.org/certification/competencies-standards/.

. Which Competency Set Should You Achieve? Library Support Staff Certification: Getting Started. Accessed September 7, 2018. http://ala-apa.org/lssc/getting-started/which-competency-set-should-you-achieve/.