Alumni report

Be creative. This is a profession which has seen a lot of change recently and now offers tremendous opportunities to express creativity in a number of different ways.

Keith Kuhn, MLS '76
Head, Public Services
Public Library of Cincinnati
and Hamilton County, Ohio
http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org

"Encourage flexible planning. Be able to sell yourself to the institution and create your own position. Help them revolutionize themselves by bringing in new skill sets. You also need to value working with people."

Beverly Martin, MLS '70
Director
Johnson County Public
Library, Indiana
http://www.jcplin.org/

"Have an entrepreneurial spirit. Seek an institution where job sculpting is important. Be yourself!"

Jerome Conley, MLS '90
Coordinating Head of
Special Libraries
Miami University, Ohio
http://www.lib.muohio.edu

"Don't be afraid to explore new technologies. If you are at all shy about this, the IT field is probably not for you. If you can, take on extra projects outside of your course requirements to pick up new skills. Be grateful that SLIS emphasizes team projects. From my experience, this is principally what employers are looking for in their candidates."

Doug Fischels, MIS '01
Information Analyst
Amdocs, Inc., Missouri
http://www.amdocs.com

"My manager was glad to know that I knew Perl. And the software packages that are available to SLIS students give us a leg up! We had access to the best and latest versions of all the relevant software packages and that makes a difference when you're looking for a job."

Michelle Fuhrman, MIS '01
Human Factors Engineer
Kyocera Wireless Corporation, California
http://www.kyocera-wireless.com

"Currently I'm helping build the website and manage the databasees. I like this job because it has everything that I learned to do in SLIS. I really like the variety of tasks and the challenge. It's a fast-paced job even though it's in a university setting."

Shorouq Almallah, MIS '01
Knowledge Resource Manager
Family Owned Business Institute
Seidman School of Business
Grand Valley State University, Michigan
http://www.gvsu.edu/ssb

Contact SLIS:

812.855.2018 or Toll free 888.335.SLIS
FAX 812.855.6166
E-mail slis@indiana.edu

Learn more at:
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