Information Organizations

United States

• ACM SIGCHI CHI
  This site is signup site for a jobs listserv. Site includes archives of postings by week. Jobs are technology and information based, and subscribing does not appear to be required to view specific information on job positings.

• Advanced Information Management (AIM)
  Advanced Information Management (AIM) offers Information and Library Personnel Staffing services. AIM has offices in Northern and Southern California. Includes both paraprofessional and professional level jobs for libraries or informational services.
  Information Organization—United States—American Association for Artificial Intelligence

• American Association for Artificial Intelligence
  AAAI includes a job bank for relevant positions in information and computer related fields, as posted on the web site and from AI Magazine. Most jobs posted are computer or science research-based, and professional. Types of organizations hired include Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Honeywell Aerospace.

• American Library Association
  American Library Association searchable database of jobs.

• American Medical Informatics Association
  Under the home link in the top navigation bar, there is a link to Job Exchange, which includes a job search service, with free resume posting services, within the health care informatics field. Jobs are fee-based ($100 per month for members, $200 for nonmembers). Employers include academic universities, health care providers, hospitals, and libraries.

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  A listing of jobs available with ANSI, with no real relation to library science, some distant information science relations when certain jobs become available. Most concern management, supervising, technical repair, or security positions.

• American Society of Indexers (ASI) Jobs Hotline Service
  This site serves both employers in the publishing industry and information professionals specialized in indexing. The jobs hotline service is free to ASI members. For nonmembers, the fee for this service is $100 per year, and jobs are not viewable without fee.

• Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia
  “AAIM is for multimedia users at any level who are looking for information, support, training, and techniques to apply interactive multimedia and educational technology to enhance their education, training, business, and skills.” The site includes resources, organized by source and purpose, including jobs, government, tips, and organizations. Tips include educational technology and a multimedia glossary, and job links include an emedia staffing agency.

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  Campus ACM
  A United States-based international association that focuses on advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. On the right navigation bar is a collection of links for careers, including opportunities, information for employers, and job seekers. It includes information on skills, professional development, IT trends, and recommendations on reading materials. Job search page includes a resume posting service. Jobs are separated into categories, most technical or information management based. Jobs are international.

• Association for Educational Communication and Technology
  Site offers anonymous resume posting, job viewing, and a personal job alert. Site is targeted at education and information-based jobs. Jobs are from academic/junior colleges and at private corporations. Private institution jobs vary from web designers, information management and analysis, to sales.

• Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)
  Providing resources for independent information professionals, this site is useful to the solo practitioner and the information entrepreneur. It provides networking and support information and opportunities. It also provides information on independent information professionals, how to get started, and other relevant information. Site does not appear to include a job bank.

• Association for Information Management Professionals
  This site focuses on career opportunities in records management. It has helpful links to post or search for jobs or resumes. Its search engine has specific search criteria fields such as region, state, and position type. Site also has information on career development, such as online seminars and conferences. Site requires registration to view jobs, but provides a guest ID to avoid this process if desired. Site includes records management, archivist, and other information related positions at private companies, academic libraries, and government agencies.

• Association for Information Systems
  The Association for Information Systems is an international group that
  focuses on information systems. It offers a placement service (from the
  Member Services link on navigation bar) with instructions on university
  posting or applicants’ resume postings. Service is designed for AIS
  members. Site also includes applicant resume samples and job position
  samples. Non-AIS members must register before being allowed to use
  the site (current cost $75).

• Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education (CAUSE)
  The ‘About CNI’ (Coalition for Networked Information) link includes information on fellowships and awards. CAUSE aims to information technology managers on university campuses to enhance their knowledge about “the business of higher education, master the ability to think critically, and learn to be creative, innovative, and flexible in order to facilitate the achievement of institutional missions through the strategic management of the information resource.” Site includes listings of current and past conferences and workshops, but maintains no job bank.

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• Association of Records and Management Administrators International
  Site is primarily for members, but allows nonmembers to search job listings with a provided standard password. Jobs include records management, analysts, and business analysts, but mostly jobs related to records management in various institutions, some academic, must most private businesses. Site has country-wide emphasis.

• Auto-Graphics
  An information technology site that focuses on libraries, “The Agent
  suite of integrated products provides all the functionality your library
  needs - whether large or small — without the need for expensive
  maintenance contracts or IT staff.” It includes catalog services and
  library automation. While jobs listed tend to be technical/computer based positions, company would occasional hire information specialists or researchers for product development.

• Baker Taylor - theLibraryPlace.com Careers
  thelibraryplace.com is the web page of Baker & Taylor Product Support
  Website. While there is a job site under the Community link on the
  navigation bar, no information could be discerned, as the links would only
  lead to the login page, and while registration was apparently free, the
  link for registering wouldn’t open.

• Bibliographical Center for Research, Aurora
  Basic job site with current openings listed. No additional services to
  job seekers.

• Brint.com
  Brint is a good site for business intelligence. The site includes the
  Information Professional's Career Page. Some of this site is directed
  towards executive level only, but if one scrolls through the page there is
  a wealth of information about the job-hunting process in the business
  world from recognized expert.

• Cognitive Science Society
  The Cognitive Science Society includes an employment page accessible from the left navigation bar. It includes faculty positions, postgraduate positions, Phd position levels, research assistants and other positions. Most of the positions are professional and related to medicine, psychology, and technology. Site includes some related information technology positions.

• Thomson/Dialog Employment Opportunities
  This site posts current job openings with Dialog Corporation. The employment opportunities listed are worldwide (Canada, Switzerland, UK and US), and are organized by country. Country link leads to a job search allowing user to search by job, location, and organizations related to or affiliated with Dialog.

• Dictionary Society of North America
  The Dictionary Society of North America does not employ a job list, but it does have a members-only system for Lexicographers, who can add their names to a list for lexicographers seeking employment, which is then open to employers to search. The site also includes a members-only listserv.

• Global Knowledge Economics Council job board
  Postings of jobs by employers in search of Knowledge Managers and Knowledge Economists. Has information on knowledge management and certification. At the time of searching, however, no jobs were actually posted.

• Companies with a focus in Human-Computer Interaction
  Human-computer interaction based companies, focusing on Information Economics, Management, and Policy. Site is maintained by Gary Perlman, and includes a list of companies that are based in information and web development. Includes 1,114 company links, as well as general information on HCI based systems and companies, bibliographies, and HCI developer resources.

• HF Careers
  Career site dedicated exclusively to Human Factors/Ergonomics
  professionals. It is a site focused primarily on information,
  Human-Computer Interaction, usability, interface design, etc. Site
  includes career tools (a list of international conferences), and resume
  options, including uploads resumes and cover letters. Registering also
  allows one to use a job alert email system.

• HFES Internet Technical Group (ITG) Job Bank
  Lists job openings involving Human Factors and Internet. Usability, management, and web design are most often seen types of jobs. Updated daily. Site also includes a listserv and a list of conferences.

• Human-Computer Interaction Resource Network (job postings by geographic region)
  Site includes job listing organized by geographic region (North America, Asia, Europe, etc.). Jobs are primarily information related, such as web designer, data analysis, and information management. Site offers no additional services to job seekers.

• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Placement Service
  A place for job seekers to post resumes. Site offers resume searching for employers. Resume posting and job searching for HFES members only.

• Information International Associates, Inc.
  (IIa) is a woman-owned, small business headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee with 18 years of experience providing innovation solutions to the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies. IIa has a world-class reputation in scientific and technical information services, national and international information policy and standards development, librarianship, and intelligence work.

• Institute for Scientific Information
  Job site is for the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and is hosted by the Thomson Corporation. It allows user to search by category for jobs, such as “library”. Also offers to single out jobs for undergraduates with little or no previous experience. Site also allows user to set up an email alert in the event a job becomes available in a searched field.

• Internet Public Library - Especially for Librarians Employment Resources –
  Siteof Internet Public Library, offers resources especially for librarians and those interested in librarian profession. Site provides many annotated links to library and information science related career listings. Job search resources are included and links to job sites are under Librarian Employment subheading link.

• Internet Technical Group Job Bank
  Job bank includes list of information related jobs. Jobs are international and national, and are exclusively web-based information positions, including usability engineers, designers, analysis, and interface specialist positions. Site also includes organizational listserv information, but no additional services.

• Internet Library for Librarians Job Site
  This website is designed for librarians looking for employment, includes
  links to resources related to librarianship. The site is composed of a
  variety of professional job links, including LISjobs, ARL, IFLA, and other
  organizations.

• Jobs for Information Professionals, Joe Ryan
  Site provides bibliography to career development materials, mostly
  electronic, and other job web sites with career development-style
  information. Information is for librarians, information technology,
  records managers, and school media, as well as computer science.

• Labat-Anderson Incorporated
  "LABAT employs environmental scientists, engineers and analysts, records managers, information service providers, database developers and administrators, and support personnel in over 20 cities across the United States." LABAT-ANDERSON INCORPORATED is a worldwide consulting firm specializing in information systems and services, environmental services, and litigation support. Company offers employment opportunities in the fields of environmental services, information technology, and information center operations. The latter two includes database and data management, analysts, records management, librarians, and librarian technicians.

• Learning Station Resource Center: Library and Information Science: Employment
  Site is divided into sections. The categories section contains links to
  job listings, interview advice, and resumes. The links section includes a
  long list of sites, alphabetically ordered, on job hunting to professional
  development in the field of Library science. Site powered by Resource
  Center.

• Lexis Nexis
  Job site for LexisNexis. Site includes library and technical IT jobs, and
  allows user to select from categorized job types, including
  research/librarian.

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• MarketingBase Mentor
  MarketingBase Mentor is an email-based training program for independent information professionals and business researchers. This information brokering training site offers programs tailored to each student. Other training opportunities include telephone training and personalized retreats. MarketingBase is a firm specializing in industry, company and competitive and market intelligence research.

• Medical Records Institute
  The Medical Records Institute offers a career page in the About Us link
  in the top navigation bar. It includes current job openings at the
  Institute, including research assistants and technical support, as well as
  other records management positions. It includes professional and
  paraprofessional, with positions not requiring advanced degrees often
  requiring a few years’ experience.

• Microsoft Career Builder
  (resumes, cover letters, interviewing, job search, salary negotiation etc.)
  This Microsoft-based site includes a job search engine from careerbuilder.com. Site includes Resume writing, job alerts, interview tips, MSN articles on careers and interviews. Has a popular job category listing that includes Information Technology.

• Microsoft
  The Job site of Microsoft lists jobs through a career path navigation bar that singles out job fields. Site would be of most interest to the computer-based information management student, with job categories in usability, and user assistance and education. It also includes a listing of internships.

• OCLC
  Job site lists job openings by location across country, including
  database developers, administrators, budget analysts, and metadata
  specialists. Jobs are technical and library related, in the organization
  for various levels of professional work in four different locations, three
  in US, one in Canada. Site includes library and information
  science type jobs, aimed at anyone looking for a job in these fields. It
  also includes a section on working for OCLC and an application process page.

• ProQuest Information and Learning Corporation
  ProQuest Information and Learning Corporation job site. Site includes a
  listing of jobs by category, including sales, serials administration,
  development, manufacturing, electronic content management, and sales.

• Research Libraries Group
  RLG is an international, non-profit organization including libraries,
  archives, and museums that work together to solve challenges of
  information access. The company primarily works with EAD, information
  databases, and information access projects. Job openings are
  available under the “About RLG” navigation link, and primarily include information management type positions such as systems analysts and programmers.

• Rising Star Internships
  (internship postings by career field)
  Rising Star is a collection of companies looking for student participants
  in their organizations. The site offers resume posting, internships for
  current students and entry-level positions for graduates. It also has
  links to internship-related articles, universities, and graduate schools.
  The include jobs and internships in six fields, arts, computer
  programming, computer science, marketing, photography, and sales.

• LJ Digital Job Search
  Web site of School Library Journal, which has a link to their job zone/career page. Page allows user to search by category, including academic libraries, children’s/young adult, management, public libraries, and technical. Jobs are also posted in School Library Journal print version. Site also has links to professional resources, library schools, other organizations, and tips for new librarians.

• SIRSI
  SIRSI is a technology company focusing on libraries. This site lists job openings in technology and library-related areas, and includes a summary of benefits, and information on each job location or city.

• Smithsonian Institute Internship Opportunities
  Smithsonian Institution web site for internships, research, and
  fellowships. Site includes information on research programs, available
  internships and fellowships, application procedures, and a link to the
  Office of Fellowship Applications.

• Society for Technical Communication
  STC's Technical Communication Career Center is the place for technical communicators and their potential employers to find each other. STC members have free access to the job seeker portion of the website. It includes a job posting service. Jobs less that fourteen days old are available only to STC members, but older positions are available free to the public. Jobs are in information technology and technical communication.

• Sologig
  Sologig is a site for "freelancers, consultants, and independent
  professionals." The site requires a fee-based membership to access a
  database of projects across the country. Site also provides profile
  posting for members seeking jobs.

• Taylor & Associates
  Taylor & Associates is a library management and personnel placement firm. The organization offers services ranging from filing to library automation. They offer temporary and permanent placement of information staff, ongoing library and records management, and consulting. They focus on the San Francisco Bay Area, but also include the United States and Canada. Their site for job seekers includes resume tips with examples of resumes for specific library positions, typical job descriptions, and contact information for Taylor and Associates. Company requires user to contact them for more information on job placement or resumes.

• Thomson Careers
  This site of Thomson includes information on employment at Thomson and their many different companies. It includes a searchable job site with keyword searching and advanced search capabilities. There are also information links for job seekers with undergraduate or advanced degrees, experienced professionals, and Thomson alumni. Category searches include “library,” and searches can also be conducted based on location, type of market (health care, corporate, etc), and business (Dialog, Education Direct, etc).

• Usability Professionals Association Job Bank
  Jobs in user research, information design, information architecture etc.
  Primarily focused on information technology job seekers (including
  engineers, website designers, digital architects, etc), and includes
  across-country job listings and date of posting.

• Visual Resources Association Current Job Opportunities
  This site offers a listing of current job opportunities in image media and audio-visual resource centers, libraries, museums, and archival institutions. The list shows the date the job was posted and a link to the job description. The site also has links to the ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America) Internship Roster and to other job resources for visual resources professionals, including LITA, ALA, and the Chronicle of Higher Education Network.

• Advanced Information Management (AIM) 'Hot Jobs'
  Site includes job listings for professional or paraprofessional, permanent or temporary, small firms, public and private libraries, and academic libraries. Includes a long listing of jobs based in Southern California.

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California

• North Bay Multimedia Association
  This site includes a job link from the top navigation bar. It links to northbaycareers.com, which includes sites for job seekers, employers, and resources. It includes a resume posting service and a job search site, and includes jobs in the North Bay, California, area (Sonoma County, Marin, and Napa). Searching is done by location, industry, and size. Industry includes Education and library services division, and several information technology fields.

Georgia

• Cadence Group
  "The Cadence Group, Inc. is an Atlanta-based information management corporation who helps companies turn information into knowledge." information management company that helps organizations efficiently acquire, organize, and disseminate information. Site offers currently available jobs in the company, most information or technology based, and a listing of jobs sometimes available at either the Washington, D.C. or Atlanta branch, which includes librarian positions as well as information management.

Illinois

• Career Central
  Career Central is a Chicago, IL, based service, that distributes resumes of qualified library personnel among five Chicago Metropolitan area library systems that serve public, academic, special and school libraries in the western, northern and southern suburbs and the city of Chicago. Although most job openings require an MLS degree, applicants with either an LTA or college degree, with or without library experience, are encouraged to participate. Site accepts resumes from within as well as out of state for those desiring a job change or seeking entry-level positions.

Australia

• Australian Society of Indexers
  The Australian Society of Indexers site includes resources for Indexers
  in general and members, and a collection of information on training,
  through video and remote. It has information on school programs on an
  international level, usually UK and Australia. The site also has an
  Indexers Available site, which allows searching by name, region,
  materials/formats, subject specialties, and additional services, which
  retrieves matching resumes posted on the site for employers. To post,
  applicant must register and a current member of the Society.

Canada

• Association for Media and Technology in Education
  AMTE is a Canadian site with a list of jobs and career opportunities in
  their member’s only site. Site also has information on conferences,
  publications, and other related links. Member login is required for the
  career site.

International

• International Code Council
  The International Code Council includes jobs on their job board, available from the top navigation bar. The site’s jobs are posted through Job Target, which requires registration to see the jobs. The site’s main page includes a brief list of some recent jobs as a preview, most being building inspectors, engineers, and other information technology-related positions across the country. The preview list includes an option to view all jobs, which does not require registration. Site also includes keyword search tool.

United Kingdom

• City Professionals
  City Professionals is a London based company, specializing in Law, Investment Banking, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Marketing and Human Resources Recruitment. Site also includes library and information positions, and includes positions that are permanent and temporary.

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