InsideOCULA

Blog post from a new librarian

“Communicating Professionally: a how-to-do it manual for library applications” by Catherine Sheldrick Ross and Patricia Dewedney is something that all librarians should be aware of especially if you are a new librarian AND a new professional.

My colleague Anne Fullerton, one of the OCULA board members at large, brought it to my attention.  I was talking to her one day saying…”geeze I don’t even know where to begin writing this project proposal.”  And boy, did I say this to the right person!  She handed over this book by Ross and Dewedney and I took it to my office, used it to great success, then had a copy ordered for our general collection…so I could use it!

Communication Professionally is a practical book.  I don’t think it is one that you would read end to end BUT it is a go-to book, there when you need it.  It covers the basics of communicating, from creating voicemail messages, to the reference interview, to e-mails, to formal presentations.

I have it sitting in my office waiting for my next crisis….

Read a review here

(p.s. it was written in 1998 and doesn’t contain information on writing blogs…so Ross and Dewdney can’t be held responsible for my poor writing here!)  

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