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Priscilla K. Shontz is editor of the library career site LIScareer.com, where she also provides career consulting services to new and prospective librarians. She has more than 16 years of diverse library experience at the University of Texas at Arlington, Northeast Texas Community College, Trinity University, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch, and Aldine Public Library. Shontz earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Arlington and a master's degree in library science from The University of North Texas. Richard A. Murray is the metadata librarian in the digital collections program at the Duke University Libraries in Durham, NC, assistant editor of LIScareer.com, and coeditor of A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library Science. He has more than 15 years of experience as a metadata librarian and as a cataloger specializing in Spanish- and Portuguese-language materials at Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Murray earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and a master's degree in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.