Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills - Softcover

American Library Association

 
9780838907405: Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills

Synopsis

What is a systems librarian? Both history and practice indicate a wide variation in the field, strong commitments to local arrangements and a lack of functional standards. Library administrators and managers struggle with the broad requirements of the position, weighing the skill sets of degree holding professionals and the non-MLS technologists.

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Review

..".provides an accurate and comprehensive description of systems librarianship coupled with insight and practicality about how to do the job well... [T]he book can serve systems librarians as a resource to define their roles and their futures in the profession."

..".provides a detailed look at the nature of work performed by systems librarians."

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