AboutRobert H. Kieserman, MBA, MLIS Expertise I am a consultant to public and special libraries and I specialize in library management and administration. I am able to answer questions about library science as a career as well as about the general topic of library science and how libraries work and the services they provide.
Experience I have an MBA, an MLIS degree, I am a business professor, I have written four books on entrepreneurship, and have been a expert in another management area (healthcare) for AllExperts with a consistently high rating for over two years.
Organizations the American Library Association, the Library Administration and Management Association, the Public Library Association, and the Medical Library Association
Publications I have written for numerous national publications on the issues of marketing, human resources management, and strategic management.
Education/Credentials MBA in Accounting and a MLIS
Awards and Honors honored for my teaching by Sigma Beta Delta
Question My daughter just received her MLS degree and is searching for her first professional job in the library field. She loves to organize things and would like to get a job in cataloging. Do you have any specific job hunting tips for that specialty?
Answer There is a great demand for good cataloguers. My best advice is that your daughter should contact all of the nearby public libraries and academic (college) libraries and try to speak directly with the directors. She should express interest in a job as a cataloguer, and even be willing to work with someone who already has that job but who could use some backup support. The cataloguer works in an area of the library called technical services, an area that the public rarely sees, but nevertheless is absolutely essential to the operation of any library. Your daughter can also contact OCLC to see if they have a facility close to where she lives since OCLC is where all cataloging originates. She could also explore opportunities with government libraries, locally, within your state, and in Washington with the federal government. Please write back with any specific questions about any of these options. Tell your daughter that I admire her. Not everyone wants to take the responsibility of becoming a cataloguer.
