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Residency or a Real Job? Juleah Swanson Assistant Professor, Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic Resources Former Mary P. Key Diversity Resident The Ohio State University Libraries [email protected] Twitter: @juleahswanson ARL Leadership Symposium Seattle, WA January 25, 2013

2013 ARL Leadership Symposium Library Residencies: OSU Mary P Key Diversity Residency

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Presentation at the 2013 ARL Leadership Symposium on Library Residency Programs. Focuses on personal experience as a Mary P Key Diversity Resident at the Ohio State University Libraries.

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Residency or a Real Job?Juleah SwansonAssistant Professor,Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic ResourcesFormer Mary P. Key Diversity ResidentThe Ohio State University Libraries

[email protected]: @juleahswanson

ARL Leadership SymposiumSeattle, WAJanuary 25, 2013

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Why would anyone move from here…

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…TO HERE?for a temporary position

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Career Foundation & Career Growth

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If I have to moveshouldn’t I aim for a permanent position?

It smells like cow. What was I

thinking?

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A note about the reality

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Why I accepted a post-residency position:Opportunities & challenges that come with working

at a HUGE university.Incredibly Supportive Colleagues and Community.

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Mary P Key Diversity Residency

Two-year term positionHired for a specific position, rather than rotationalHired in as non-tenure track, Visiting Assistant ProfessorTypically, two residents at a time

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Juleah SwansonAssistant Professor, Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic ResourcesThe Ohio State University Libraries

[email protected]: @juleahswanson