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Challenging the "Jacks of all trades but masters of none" librarian syndrome /

Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fowler, George J. (Editor ), Hines, Samantha (Samantha Schmehl) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2018.
Colección:Advances in library administration and organization ; volume 39.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. 'Vital Assets': Libraries as Partners in Community Development; Julie Biando Edwards 2. Inside-Out Library Services; Julie Biando Edwards 3. Where the Users Are: Reconsidering Information Provision Through Roving Models of Service; Matthew R. Griffis 4. The New "Jack of All": The Evolution of the Functionality and Focus of the Academic Librarian in New Spaces and New Roles; Lynn A. Sheehan, Elizabeth A. Martin 5. Responding to Change: Reinventing Librarian Identities in the Age of Research Mandates; Ann Glusker, Nina Exner 6. Academic Librarian and Practitioner Collaborative Research Model: A Diagrammatic Metaphor; Amy Hatfield Hart 7. "Other Duties as Assigned': Academic Librarians' Perceptions of the Impact of Instructional Tasks; David Brennan, M. Elizabeth Davidson 8. The Role of Public Librarians in Supporting Physical Activity; Noah Lenstra.