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Skills to make a librarian : transferable skills inside and outside the library /
Annotation
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
[2014]
�2014 |
| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside the Library; Copyright; Dedication ; Contents ; List of figures ; List of tables ; Preface ; More than a measure of skills; Time management and ``to do� � lists; Evaluation; Learning to experiment; About the editor; About the contributors ; Chapter 1: The benefits of earning a Master of Fine Arts to library leadership; Introduction; My path to librarianship; The MFA workshop format; How to take and give criticism; What motivates people; When to let go of good ideas; The power of storytelling; Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Transferable skills: from rocks to booksIntroduction; Transferable skills for librarians and geologists; Project management; Project management in libraries; Lessons learned from managing library projects; Facilities care and maintenance; Understanding your facility; Understanding bidding and procurement processes; Working with contractors and subcontractors; Disaster preparedness; Conclusion; Chapter 3: More than just story time; Introduction; Literature review; General discussion of transferable skills; Academia; Librarianship in academia; Generational differences
- In-depth analysis: therapists as parentsMethodology; Results; Discussion; Future directions of research; Conclusion; Appendix1. Intersection between parenting and librarianship survey text; Chapter 4: From nonprofits to libraries; Grant writing and fundraising defined; Information-gathering; Information-seeking; Grant writing subject matter specialization and expertise; Librarian subject matter specialization and expertise; Knowing the audience/user; Grant writers/fundraisers know their audience; Librarians know their users; Online research skills; Grant writers online search skills
- Librarians online research skillsProfessional development; Staying current on funding trends; Staying current on trends in librarianship; Evaluating information; Grant writers and fundraisers evaluate funding opportunities; Librarians evaluate information sources; Information-gathering; Program or project?; Information-gathering for programs versus projects; Project information-gathering; Information-gathering from colleagues at a nonprofit; Information gathered from colleagues for library services; Information-gathering for grant reports; Information curation
- Information curation for fundraisersInformation curation for librarians; Communication; Nonprofit fundraisers tailor communications; Librarians tailor communications; Relationship-building; Grant writer relationships with colleagues; Grant writer relationships with funders; Librarian relationships with colleagues; Librarian relationships with users; Nonprofit professional organizations for development professionals; Professional organizations for librarians; Conclusion; Chapter 5: A head for business and a heart for libraries; The MLIS-a new beginning; Head for business; Reality