Book description
Retirement holds many questions for librarians. Smallwood's volume
offers insight, inspiration, and tips for those already retired as well
as those thinking about retiring. A raft of veteran librarians,
financial advisors, and other experts address * Planning for retirement,
and how to leave things in good shape for those continuing your work *
The pros and cons of taking early retirement, including financial
considerations * How to stay connected to the profession after leaving
the job by engaging in part-time work and through professional related
activities * Second careers, community volunteering, travel, staying
healthy, budgeting, and other post-retirement activities and concerns
This book helps librarians navigate a smooth passage into retirement.
Carol Smallwood received her MLS from Western Michigan University and
her MA in history from Eastern Michigan University. She is the author or
editor of numerous books for Scarecrow, McFarland, Libraries Unlimited,
Pudding House Publications, Peter Lang, and others. Some other credits
include The Writer's Chronicle, Journal of Formal Poetry, Detroit News,
Instructor, English Journal, and Michigan Feminist Studies. Her novel,
Lily's Odyssey, appeared in 2010; she coedited the anthology
Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages (2009), and she has a
short story in Best New Writing 2010. A 2009 National Federation of
State Poetry Societies Award Winner and a finalist for the 2009 Eric
Hoffer Award for prose, she has experience in school, public, and
special libraries and has served as a library consultant. She is also
the author of Compartments, a new volume of poetry.
