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Scholarship and the Academic Librarian

open access: yesCollege & Research Libraries, 1994
In order for librarians to succeed within the academic model, an environment must be established that recognizes the interplay of activities in the three areas of performance (teaching, research, and service). This environment requires clear criteria for performance, opportunities for and assistance with scholarly activities, a schedule that is ...
Black, William K., Leysen, Joan M.
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Academic Librarians Use Evidence for Convincing

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2013
The objective of this study was to explore and understand how academic librarians use evidence in their professional decision making. A grounded theory methodology was used, following the approach of Charmaz.
Denise Koufogiannakis
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Academic Freedom Issues for Academic Librarians

open access: yesLegal Reference Services Quarterly, 2007
Abstract Professors Danner and Bintliff argue that understanding academic freedom and faculty tenure is important for academic librarians, both to gain better perspective on the concerns of faculty researchers and teachers, and to highlight matters of common concern to librarians and faculty. The authors discuss the basic tenets of academic freedom and
Danner, Richard A., Bintliff, Barbara
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‘It’s such a blackbox function’: Norwegian academic librarians’ ambivalent perceptions towards AI use in academic libraries and academia

open access: yesInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. In this study we report on the perceptions of Norwegian academic librarians towards the emergent role of AI in academic libraries, both in service delivery and library operations. Method.
Idunn Bøyum, Mahmood Khosrowjerdi
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The Impact of Librarians' Individual Abilities on Using Social Networks in Iranian Libraries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Information Science and Management, 2020
The purpose of the study was to articulate the Librarians' Individual Abilities affecting on applying the social networks, as a tool for marketing, from viewpoint of librarians working at the Iranian state university libraries.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh   +2 more
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Reinventing ourselves: new and emerging roles of academic librarians in Canadian research-intensive universities

open access: yesБиблиосфера, 2020
The academic library profession is being redefined by the shifting research and scholarly landscape, the transformation in higher education, and advances in technology.A survey of librarians working in Canada’s research-intensive universities was ...
Ada Ducas   +2 more
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The Personality of the Academic Librarian

open access: yesCollege & Research Libraries, 1963
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS tend to be highly intelligent with an outlook on life similar to that of members of other high-level occupations. On the whole, they are self-assured and by no means timid souls. However, they may lack initiative and-with perhaps even more serious consequence-tend to be deficient in supervisory qualities.
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Publish or Perish: A Dilemma For Academic Librarians?

open access: yesCollege & Research Libraries, 1999
This study examines the influence of scholarly requirements on librarians’ ability to earn tenure or continuous employment. After a literature review, the authors present the results of a survey of research, doctoral, and master’s-level institutions. Of the 690 responding institutions, 54.3 percent employ tenure-track librarians. Of these, more than 60
Mitchell, W. Bede, Reichel, Mary
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An introduction to data lakes for academic librarians

open access: yesInformation Services and Use, 2022
Data lakes offer an emerging option for librarians who are seeking to develop data repositories for institutions of higher education. Data lakes provide flexible, secure environments for students and faculty to compute with licensed data. This paper presents a high-level overview of the data lake architecture, highlighting its differences from ...
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