The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-tech Reference Desk

McDermott, Irene Elizabeth; Quint, Barbara

ISBN 10: 1573872350 / ISBN 13: 9781573872355

Published by Information Today Inc, 2006

About this Item

Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Seller Inventory # ZEV.1573872350.VG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-tech Reference Desk
• Publisher: Information Today Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573872350
• ISBN 13: 9781573872355
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

The role of academic librarian is far from cut-and-dried. For starters, there are the numerous job classifications: staff or professional employment, full faculty status, various forms of tenure, continuing contract, and/or promotion through academic ranks. While every academic librarian works to meet the research needs of an institution's faculty and students, many are expected to assume other obligations as part of a faculty or tenure system—including publication, research, service, and professional activities. If this were not enough to test a librarian's mettle, the widely varying academic focuses and cultures of college and university libraries almost certainly will. The Successful Academic Librarian, expertly edited by academic librarian, writer, and speaker Gwen Meyer Gregory, is an antidote to the stress and burnout that almost every academic librarian experiences at one time or another. In this helpful book, Gregory and nearly 20 of her peers and mentors take a practical approach to a full range of critical topics facing the profession. Their advice, war stories, tips, techniques, and inspiration will help you thrive in your academic library career.

From Booklist

Subscribers to Searcher magazine will recognize these chapters as a collection of "Internet Express" columns about useful Web sites and related advice on a wide range of topics. McDermott personalizes her resource annotations with comments on some of the authors and compilers as well as her sometimes saucy summaries of the content. Some chapters offer practical advice on using Web-based e-mail wisely, teaching tips, developing Web pages, and basic computer troubleshooting. Librarians preparing sets of topical reference pages for their own libraries will find many useful suggestions among the numerous Web resources recommended here. Library science students preparing library Web sites for course projects could use this book as reference. RBB
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved