The Expert Library: Staffing, Sustaining, and Advancing the Academic Library in the 21st Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838985513 ISBN 13: 9780838985519

Publisher: Assoc of College & Research Libraries, 2011

Synopsis

Collects essays by academic librarians exploring such ways to advance academic libraries in the twenty-first century as identifying core competencies, promoting participatory librarianship, and supporting new roles and responsibilities.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Walter is Associate University Librarian for Services and Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


Karen Williams is Associate University Librarian for Academic Programs at the University of Minnesota.

Reviews

Edited by the associate university librarian for services and associate dean of libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the associate university librarian for academic programs at the University of Minnesota, this volume brings together 13 chapters authored by 21 practicing academic librarians, educators of librarians, and researchers. The focus is on a new, more fluid definition of professional staff responsibilities, and each chapter discusses a role, such as metadata librarian; an activity, such as publishing; or a real-life model, such as the Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Samples, charts, and lengthy lists of resources for each chapter emphasize the scholarly, yet approachable, nature of the volume. Any academic librarian or administrator will benefit from these well-researched and documented writings. --Sara Marcus

Edition details

• Publisher: Assoc of College & Research Libraries
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838985513
• ISBN 13: 9780838985519
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 373
• Editor: Walter Scott, Williams Karen