ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the midcareer librarian and discusses what challenges the person may face in his or her career path. Outside of librarianship, there are articles about midcareer professionals and development that may be useful for librarians at this stage in their career. The model directs workers to define their work, identify its future requirements, and select a developmental direction. Three levels of midcareer development are also proposed: job oriented, work maintenance, and work growth. The midcareer is a point where a person may reexamine and reevaluate personal values and attitude, career goals, and progress. Professional growth can be analyzed by looking at people's past, present, and future career path. The person may want to reevaluate goals and alternatives. During this reevaluation stage, it is a good idea to analyze people's entire career path, from past to present to future. When analyzing one’s career, a good place to start is with people's past career as a librarian.
