Corporate Library

The ability to understand Access Points and increasing awareness in cataloging information within a specific corporate environment is a skill that could increase marketability of a corporate Librarian. Marketing is essential to a corporate Librarian, the need to prove the monetary value of your job position as well as increasing the skill of disseminating information, including contact information, competitor information, and understanding of infrastructure and developing survival skills in a world where monetary value must be proved, in order to stay inside the budget. Corporate Librarianship involves a wide range of talents and can come with extreme rewards as well as challenging workloads.

Bibliography:

Donald, R. (2006). Marketing: A Challenge for Corporate Librarians. Retrieved Oct 15, 2007, from Dialog, a Thomson business: http://www.insitepro.com/donald3.htm

Suzanne C. Pilsk, M. (2002, April 4). Organizing Corporate Knowledge:Information Outlook, Vol. 6. Retrieved Oct 15, 2007, from SLA: http://www.sla.org/content/Shop/Information/infoonline/2002/apr02/pilsk.cfm