title: Migrating to public librarianship: depart on time to ensure a smooth flight
abstract: Career change can be a difficult, time-consuming, and anxiety-laden process for anyone contemplating this important decision. The challenges faced by librarians considering the move from academic to public librarianship can be equally and significantly demanding. To most outsiders, at least on the surface, it may appear to be a quick and easy transition to make, but some professional librarians recognize the distinct differences between these areas of librarianship. Although the ubiquitous nature of technology has brought the various work responsibilities of academic and public librarians closer together during the last decade, there remain key differences in job-related duties and the work environments. These dissimilarities pose meaningful hurdles to leap for academic librarians wishing to migrate to the public sector. The paper considers the variations between academic and public librarianship
keyphrases: public librarianship career change professional librarians work responsibilities job-related duties work environments academic library public library library technology