[Publib] I really need help for this job interview -- PLEASE

[Kevin Cherry]

Records Management is quite an active profession. You may want to see
the Website for the Institute of Certified Records Managers:
http://www.icrm.org/ 

In one context, records managers maintain "active" records of an
organization, destroying those materials that policies state need to be
destroyed and managing the "useful" records. In this type of scenario,
after a period of time, records managers often turn over to archivists
those items of lasting, or "permanent" value. . . But there is more than
one model for records management, and in some corporate settings, as I
understand it, the "librarian" performs some of these tasks while also
aiding in various research efforts.

Kevin Cherry
Senior Program Officer
Office of Library Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M. Street, NW   9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
Phone  (202) 653-4662
Fax  (202) 653-4602
www.imls.gov

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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Henriksen, Phalbe
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:47 AM
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Subject: RE: [Publib] I really need help for this job interview --
PLEASE

An architect friend of mine says this is a fancy name for "librarian."

Architects now keep digital files of jobs they've done, instead of paper
files.

Phalbe Henriksen
Director
Alexander County Library
Taylorsville, NC



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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Seth Johnson
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Subject: Re: [Publib] I really need help for this job interview --
PLEASE


Records Management I think is an established field.  I worked in a
Records Management office once as a temp -- it had a lot to do with
optical storage, scanning and retrieving documents.  You might find
something looking under that heading.  Might be that library
qualifications would be an extra oomph you can add to whatever salary
they have for Records Management.

Seth Johnson


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From: "~M~" <meadow.walk at gmail.com>
To: publib at webjunction.org
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:57:02 -0500
Subject: [Publib] I really need help for this job interview -- PLEASE

> I am really hoping someone here can help me with this... even though
> it's not about a PUBLIC library.
> 
> I have a job interview on Thursday and I am trying to prepare for it.
> The job was posted on a library jobs board, but the job does not
> require an MLS (I am in grad school right now). The official title is
> "Records Coordinator." It is basically to create a corporate
> information center from nothing. It is a very exciting opportunity
> and
> I am very qualified for it.
> 
> My issue is, I am trying to do some research in terms of salaries for
> this type of job so I am not flying blind. I have NO idea what this
> company is looking to pay. My last 12 years of career experience is
> in
> publishing and is not the same type of job (I just realized.... I
> know, how can I be very qualified - I can assure you, without writing
> War and Peace here, that I am extremely qualified for the job). They
> did ask for salary requirements and I gave them a vague figure close
> to my most recent salary and they did call me so I am not completely
> out of the ballpark thus far.
> 
> I was looking on salary.com but Records Coordinator is a job title
> that is not on there, and there are only 2 "library" jobs on there.
> Since this is for an architectural firm and not a library I can't use
> librarian salaries. I don't know what other kinds of research I could
> do.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could proceed? The firm is
> creating the job out of nothing. Who knows how they are pricing it.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Michelle
> 
> 
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