Cover+Letters

Note: for Career Event recordings related to cover letters, please see the "@Recordings and Handouts" page.
For print and e-books on cover letters, please see the SLIS Library Career Guide.

How to Write An Effective Cover Letter Tutorial Series (mp4 files)
(How to dissect the job ad to write an effective cover letter)

(The Structure and Format of a Cover letter)

@http://opencoverletters.com/
Anonymous cover letters from hired librarians & archivists. This blog is amazing for when you're stuck writing that cover letter and have //no// idea what it should look and sound like.

The Torment of Terrible Cover Letters
What NOT to do, by Jenica P. Rogers, Director of Libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam and blog writer of "Attempting Elegance"

@http://hiringlibrarians.com/
See what LIS managers who review applications and interview applicants say

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(SLIS Career Services Step by Step Guide)

Cover Letter Tips and Samples
(L&S Career Services Office) (also take appointments)

Cover Letter Tips and Samples
UW Writing Center (also take appointments)