Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century

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Karl Bridges

ISBN: 0-313-32294-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32294-5

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256 pages

Libraries Unlimited

Publication: 4/30/2003

List Price: $78.00 (UK Sterling Price: £53.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection

Description: Librarianship has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. In addition to subject area knowledge and interpersonal ability, librarians must now possess considerable technical skill. This collection of 50 essays, all written by librarians working in college, university, and public libraries, elucidates the many facets of modern librarianship, as well as the personal and professional characteristics and skills expected of today's librarians. Topics include:^L ^DBL Required knowledge and attitudes^L ^DBL Interviewing techniques^L ^DBL The role of technology^L ^DBL Interpersonal relationships^L ^DBL The need for business and management skills^L ^DBL And more

These short essays are written mostly in an informal style that combines library philosophy and practical advice. The collection will be a useful for discussion and class assignments in introductory library science courses.^L The Greenwood Library Management Collection of professional handbooks provides librarians with operations and management strategies for all types of libraries: public, academic, school, and specialized. Gerard B. McCabe, Director of Libraries at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, serves as Series Editor. Books in this series cover such topics as second generation automated systems, automated retrieval in libraries, circulation department procedures, the consultant-library relationship, strategic management of academic libraries, multicultural librarianship, and more.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
The Land Grant University Reference Librarian of the 21st Century: Exciting Opportunities and Unprecedented Challenges by Mary Ellen Hansen
John Henry's Dilemma by Philip Swan
Out of the Box by Marie Jones
The Curious Librarian by Kenneth A. Smith
Of Babies and Bathwater: Hiring Library Staff for the 21st Century by Danelle Hall
Going to Town: Interviewing in the Large Urban Public Library by Alison Hopkins
"Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze" by Janice Krueger
The Cooperative Librarian by Jennifer Inglis
Mere Mortals Need Not Apply by Jane Birks and Liz Oesleby
We're Looking for a Few Good Catalogers by Bridgette Scott
Hiring Academic Reference Librarians in the 21st Century by Mary M. Nofsinger
Librarians in the 21st Century by Barbara Lovato-Gassman
Needed: Energetic Librarian Willing to Work in Challenging Arena! by Jetta Carol Culpepper
Wanted--New Creations: Dinosaurs Need Not Apply by Anne A. Salter
Librarians: What Supervisors Are Seeking by Kathleen Fleming
Librarians and Human Interaction by Ronda Glikin
A Business Plan Model of Employment for Librarians by Angela K. Horne
Hot-Links Are Hot Hires by Virginia E. Young
Technology Skills in Libraries of the 21st Century by Sheila Kasperek
A Word to Future Academic Librarians by Vickie Kline
Preferred Qualification: Ability to Think Conceptually by Melinda Dermody
Voices from the 21st Century: Librarians at the University of Arizona by Carla J. Stoffle, Patricia Morris, and Ninfa Trejo
Being a Deep Generalist by Leslie M. Haas
Academic Reference Librarians for the 21st Century by Colleen Boff and Carol Singer
"The More Things Change": What Is a Librarian Today? by Cynthia Akers
Reference Staff of the Digital Beyond by Beth Avery
It Takes a Cyber Librarian by Janet Foster
The Academic Library--Not a Lair for Fiery Dragons by Barbara Burd
The Academic Librarian of the Future: The View from California Lutheran University by Susan Herzog
The Facts of Life: Being a Small College Librarian by Molly Flaspohler
Why a Good "Sh-h-h" Doesn't Cut It Anymore: Characteristics of the 21st Century Librarian by Maria C. Bagshaw
The Future of Librarianship by Felix T. Chu
Arrogance, For Obvious Reasons by Shelley Ross
Developing Business and Management Skills for the 21st Century Academic Librarian by John Riddle
The 21st Century Librarian by David H. Stanley
Academic Reference as a Second Career by Cheryl Gunselman
Academic Librarians as Caring Knowledge Managers: Are We There Yet? by Wendy Tan
Electronic Resources Librarians in the 21st Century by Eleanor L. Lomax
Competition in the Library by David M. Bynog
Qualities of a 21st Century Librarian by Necia Parker-Gibson
The More Things Change in Academe, the More They Need to Stay the Same by Karen Fischer
The Joy of Special Librarianship by Ronald N. Bukoff
New Librarians in the 21st Century: The Normalization of Change by Lorena O'English
Electric Luddites: Special Collections Librarians Make the Great Leap by Roger C. Adams
Selling Instruction: Communicating the Value of the Library in the Age of the Internet by Michael J. Rose
Militant Segregationists, Control Freaks, and Techno-Believers by Craighton Hippènhammer
Metaphor Matters: Imagining the Future of Librarianship and the Library by Nancy Kuhl
Seeking: Enthusiastic Artists by Randall M. MacDonald and Andrew L. Pearson
Before We Look to the Future by Liz Kocevar-Weidinger
Teaching Excellence and the Academic Librarian: Paralleling the Teaching Faculty's Track by Martha Henn McCormick
Technical Services Librarians for the 21st Century: What Are We Looking For? by Gwen M. Gregory
The Most Important Thing They Don't Tell You in Library School by Janet T. O'Keefe
The Library at the University of Vermont in 1900 by Karl Bridges

About the Author: KARL BRIDGES is Associate Professor of Information and Instruction Services at the Bailey/Howe Library at the University of Vermont.

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