Part 1: Turning the Page: Making Your Move Within Librarianship

Careers in librarianship are rarely linear. Library professionals may move from staff positions into librarian roles, transition from public to academic libraries, shift into new specialties, or enter librarianship from entirely different professions. Each transition brings new opportunities, challenges, and lessons about navigating change and building a meaningful career.

In Turning the Page: Making Your Move within Librarianship, panelists will share their career journeys and discuss the decisions, experiences, and relationships that helped them transition successfully into new roles and areas of librarianship. The conversation will explore topics such as identifying transferable skills, preparing for new opportunities, overcoming barriers, building professional networks, and adapting to different organizational cultures and expectations.

Whether you are considering your next career move, preparing for advancement, or simply exploring what is possible, this panel will offer practical insights, encouragement, and perspectives from library professionals who have successfully turned the page and begun a new chapter in their careers.

Course URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4MRWebLrQ8GY8LZfcRhmBw#/registration

Learning Objectives

By the end of this series of webinars, participants will be able to:

• Assess career transition opportunities within the library profession.
• Identify transferable skills applicable to new library roles and settings.
• Apply networking and professional development strategies to support career advancement.
• Implement approaches for successfully adapting to new organizational cultures and professional expectations.

Agenda

Part 1 | Turning the Page: Making Your Move Within Librarianship | Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET

1. Welcome and objectives
   Review decisions needed today, responsibilities, and near-term deadlines.
2. Panelist confirmations and coordination
3. Registration, publicity, and calendar listings
   Zoom links already created. See AAMLA Events and Meeting calendar
   AAMLA save-the-date example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zg2IzEBZ55hOaXB7E3IssFsmtYRNTacvaCngFtYs7-I/edit
   Assign MLA Events Calendar submissions,
   Promoting the session: AAMLA website, chapters, listservs, and social media posts.
   Establish reminder schedule.
4. MLA continuing education credit
   Confirm CE application requirements and contact with Deb Cavanaugh.
   Finalize learning objectives and submit both applications; confirm evaluation and attendance documentation.
   Do not advertise approved credits before approval.
5. Panel content and questions
   Draft discussion questions.
6. Script, slides, and webinar run of show
   Example AAMLA webinar script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ptuPb-jp2vfubNJyXRdkuRjo_F01sbaR_QrAzFdn6Ok/edit

Webinar Introduction Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QDYL4hCfe-Wi_M9u-poC9AiuoIKt0yYTRVY63z0n6z4/edit?usp=sharing

Canva Slides with AAMLA Designs: https://canva.link/mh3o3hb91fk2dpi

MLA CE Credit: 2