Joanna Ptolomey, Consultant, UK

 - written in accessible style from an experienced practitioner’s point of view
 - draws on the author’s experience of moving between different LIS sectors having worked in the private and public sector
 - draws on the author’s experience of successfully moving and adapting skills from a career in another industry sector
 - provides a methodology and a set of workable tools to discover what you want from your career, steps in moving forward and how to re-assess yourself on a regular basis

This book is about rethinking your career in a refreshing and systematic way to take into account your professional and personal goals. The book provides students and information and library professionals (at all levels) with tools and practical steps to making changes in their career. At the heart of the book is a methodology called ‘personal strategic planning’, which allows the reader to work out a baseline for what is important to them in a career and provide techniques and tools for moving forwards.

Readership: This book is aimed at all levels of professionals within the LIS sector. It will serve as a guide for understanding the industry sector, auditing and understanding your career to date, discovering how and why you want to work and what practical tools and guidance can help you to move forward. This book should serve as a daily handbook on what makes you tick and how you can manage career shifts when you want to. It is particularly useful for people who have worked for a number of years and wish now to re-assess their journey so far and are ready to make changes. Students at undergraduate and postgraduate will also find it particularly useful as a guide to starting and planning their career.