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Distinctive services in academic librarianship
New Library World, 2016Purpose Collection content is no longer the primary distinctive signifier of excellence in the present libraries. In an information market where technology has increased access to content, thereby providing resources at one’s fingertips, the provision of services is increasingly becoming a distinctive signifier of excellence and quality.
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Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship
2017This chapter is the heart of this whole discussion: the emotional dimensions of academic librarianship. The chapter examines the nature of academic librarianship and what makes it an emotionally-laborious profession, exploring such topics as faculty status and tenure; change, technology, and innovation; intrapersonal challenges; subject specialty ...
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Comparative Librarianship as an Academic Subject
Journal of librarianship, 1974The study of comparative librarianship helps librarians to step outsidc their own culturally based system of values and is therefore particularly important at the formative stages of professional education. It has been taught in Britain since 1966 and a variety of courses now exist in British library schools. A typology of them isgiven.
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Critical Librarianship as an Academic Pursuit
2018This chapter seeks to better understand why the set of discourses and practices called ‘critical librarianship’ are not easily reconciled. It explores why it is difficult for librarians and/or LIS scholars as a group to agree on the primary or defining characteristics of critical librarianship. In particular, the chapter examines the strong association
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Mutilation and the Folklore of Academic Librarianship
Library & Archival Security, 1987Throughout the ages librarians in all corners of the world have complained about damage done by patrons to library materials. Proposed solutions have included education, additional and cheaper photocopiers, increased security, and threats of bodily harm to the perpetrator. These and other solutions, however, have not been sufficiently tested.
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Academic Librarianship: Tips to Prepare for a Competitive Job Market in Academic Librarianship
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Educating, learning, and growing: A review of the teaching role in academic librarianship
College and Undergraduate Libraries, 2020Rachael A Lewitzky
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Online For-Profit Colleges and Universities and the Evolving Role of Academic Librarianship
Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020Donald Force, Bradley J Wiles
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