My name is James, and I graduated with my MLIS in May, 2009. Thus, I had been looking for full-time library work when I received an e-mail asking if I could be ready for a phone interview in five hours. Two interviews later I was hired by a small, for-profit college that was opening in my home town.
I was (and am) incredibly excited by this opportunity. Not only have did I finally find full-time work in my field, I would be starting the library FROM SCRATCH! I would be setting a budget, cataloging everything, providing reference services, working with faculty, and staffing the library all by myself (for now). Now, I haven't had experience in some of these areas, so I will have to teach myself and rely on the advice of colleagues.
I have decided to document this process for my own benefit; however, perhaps another librarian in a similar situation will find this information useful.
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