Professional Growth for Late-Career Librarians: Bibliography (May 2019)

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LATE CAREER/TRANSITIONING TO RETIREMENT RESOURCES FOR YOU
Alboher,Marci.(2013). The Encore Career Handbook. New York:WorkmanPublishing.
AmericanLibraryAssociation.“Non-traditional jobsforlibrarians.”
http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/paths/jobtypes/privatesector
Applewhite,Ashton.(2016). ThisChair Rocks:A Manifesto AgainstAgeism. New York:CeladonBooks.
Bridges, William. (2004). Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes. 25th anniversary edition. TN: Jackson:
Perseus Book Group/De Capo Press.
Conley, Chip. “How Do We Combat Ageism? By Valuing Wisdom as Much as Youth.”
https://hbr.org/2018/06/how-do-we-combat-ageism-by-valuing-wisdom-as-much-as-youth
June 21, 2018.
Conley, Chip. (2018). Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder. New York: Currency.
Dority, G. Kim. (2016). Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information
Professionals, 2nd edition. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Dychtwald, Ken and Daniel Kadlec. (2009). With Purpose: Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life.
New York: HarperCollins.
I Need A Library Job. http://inalj.com/?p=1441
Ibarra, Herminia. (2003). Working identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Boston:
Harvard Business School Press.
Intrator, S. M. (Ed.) (2005). Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
iResearchnet.com “Late Career Stage.” http://career.iresearchnet.com/career-development/late-career-stage/
Johnson, R. A. and J. Ruhl. (2007). Living your Unlived Life. New York: Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin.
Levoy, G. (1997). Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life. New York: Harmony Books.
Oliver, Mary. (2002). “West Wind #2. In R. Housden Ten Poems to Open your Heart. New York: Harmony Books.
Peppercorn, Susan. Staying in the Game Past 50. Idealist Careers, May 20, 2017. https://idealistcareers.org/late-
career-past-50/
San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science. “MLIS Skills at Work Study: A Snapshot of Job
Postings” (done annually). https://ischool.sjsu.edu/pod/mlis-skills-work-snapshot-job-postings.
Schlossberg, Nancy K. (2007). Overwhelmed: Coping with Life’s Ups and Downs. New York: M. Evans.

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Silver, Michelle Pannor. (2018). Retirement and Its Discontents. New York: Columbia University Press.
Thiefels, Jessica. “5 Simple Tips for Evolving During a Career Change.” https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-
simple-tips-for-evolving-during-a-career-change/ February 4, 2019.
Vough, Heather, Bataille, Christine, Sargent, Leisa and Mary Dean Lee. “Next-Gen Retirement.”
https://hbr.org/2016/06/next-gen-retirement
Walker, Rob. “Is a Late-Career Change Worth It?” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/business/is-a-late-
career-change-worth-it.html Marach 2, 2018.
Williams, Caitlin. (2019). Be Opportunity-Minded. Start Growing Your Career Now. Chicago: American Library
Association.
Williams, Caitlin, Mraz, Tom and Richard Haid. (2003). Third-Quarter of Life Card Sorts and Life Guide. CA: Los
Gatos. (self-published).