Promoting Yourself

Getting Your Work Noticed by the Profession

• Attend local professional meetings regularly.
• Volunteer to work on committees locally and nationally. Respond positively to the pleas for help that come by email or in library publications.
• Help with presentations at conferences. You can start by being an assistant who collect evaluation forms or does other small jobs. Talk with the presenterators and hosts.
• When attending presentations, ask good questions. Be willing to talk to others after the presentation ends.
• Network with librarians who share your interests. They will help you share your work with others.

Promoting Your Blog and Getting Noticed Online

• Don't just be a blog author, be a blog participant. Be sure you regularly join the conversation on other blogs and carefully monitor the conversation on yours.
• There are more blog readers/commenters than there are bloggers...think about that for a bit. If you aren't comfortable authoring a blog on a regular basis, it is okay to read and leave comments. Especially if you can tie other thoughts into your comments.
• Submit your blog to blog lists, such as Libdex's Library Weblogs, LISFeeds, and DMOZ's Open Directory Project Library and Information Science Weblogs.