Librarians tend to love their work and consider librarianship a great career. This book is by a talented librarian who wants to introduce people, especially people searching for the right career, to the profession. It answers such questions as: What do librarians do? What are the different types of libraries and professional jobs in libraries? What are librarians all about and what hot issues do they discuss in their professional lives? What do I do to become a librarian? What are some important things to know once I'm in a masters program in library science? This book is an essential introduction to the profession for someone who is at the point of choosing a career. Quote from the book: This is an exciting time for library technology. Librarians are witnessing the emergence of open source technology as a viable option for many library services, where they once depended on vendors. Individual librarians are doing interesting things: using blogging software to run a catalog (and allow commenting, adding text message notifications to locate information in the catalog), and using open source content management systems to run the library’s website.