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Embrace Your Geekness Day

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Posted by Libraries, July 18, 2008
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Embrace Your Geekness Day!

Geeks are so in style these days, and now Embrace Your Geekness Day is a special date (July 13) dedicated to all self-proclaimed geeks! Do you have a geeky side and are you unprepared for this special day? That’s no problem; we’ll get you back on course right away.

Although we probably all have an inner geek, there are some that are sure suspects. We have in mind the Computer Science, Information Science, as well as the Library and Information Science folks among us, although everyone is welcome to embrace his/her geekness. How do you embrace your geekness anyway? (And yes, it’s ‘geekness’, not ‘geekiness’ day – I know who’s reading this!) Obviously the first thing to do is to check out the Career Resource Library’s fantastic resources. Here are a few ideas:

Resources for Computer Science & Information Technology majors

Head on over to our online Computer Science and Information Technology Career Resources page to find descriptive career information, specialized job banks and searching advice, employer directories, job listings, associations, graduate school information and market trends.

Selected books from our Computer/High Tech section:

Career opportunities in computers and cyberspace by Harry Henderson

Expert resumes for computer and Web jobs by Wendy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark

Enelow, Wendy S.

From biotech to Hollywood: new career opportunities in technology by Debra Benton

Great jobs for computer science majors by Jan Goldberg; revised by Mark Rowh

Resources for Library and Information Science students

Check out our Library and Information Science; Archives Resource page to find descriptive career information, library and archivist job banks, searching advice, international resources, presentation resources, professional associations, graduate school information, conferences, and market trends.

Selected books from our Library Science section:

Jump start your career in library and information science by Priscilla K. Shontz, with the assistance of Steven J. Oberg; illustrations by Robert N. Klob.

Resume writing and interviewing techniques that work: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians by Robert R. Newlen

Rethinking information work: a career guide for librarians and other information professionals by G. Kim Dority

The knowledge entrepreneur by Stan Skrzeszewski

The librarian’s career guidebook edited by Priscilla K. Shontz

Please check out our eLibrary or stop by the Career Resource Library at One Palace Rd., Room 304E.

blogged by Julie Waddick