Synopsis
Stephen Abram has the knack for seeing and expressing the obvious long before most people become aware of the issue. With bibliography of Abram's works and recommended reading list, this volume gives perspective on the future of the library profession, challenges preconceptions, and helps librarians stay ahead of the learning curve.
About the Author
Stephen Abram is vice president for innovation at SirsiDynix, a leading library automation firm. Known throughout the US and Canada, and across the library spectrum public, academic, special, and school libraries Abram travels worldwide speaking on technology and marketplace trends. He is past president of the Canadian Library Association and President-Elect of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Library Journal identified Abram as one of the Top 50 People ... Shaping the Future of Libraries and Librarianship. He is a prolific author, contributing to SirsiDynix s OneSource e-letter, his blog, Stephen s Lighthouse , SLA s Information Outlook , among others. He earned his MLS from the University of Toronto.
Judith A. Siess is a recognized expert in one-person librarianship and interpersonal networking. She has been the editor/publisher of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians and Management since 1988 and has drawn from her over twenty years' experience for six books, including The New OPL Sourcebook: A Guide for Solo and Small Libraries (Information Today, Inc., 2006); The Essential OPL, 1998-2004: The Best of Seven Years of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians and Management, with Jonathan Lorig (Scarecrow Press, 2005); The Visible Librarian: Asserting Your Value With Marketing and Advocacy (ALA Editions, 2003); and Time Management, Planning and Prioritization for Librarians (Scarecrow Press, 2002). She is a member of library associations around the world and has spoken to groups of librarians in Spain, England, Germany, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and all over the USA. She has been an active member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) since 1980 and was the first chair of its Solo Librarians Division, which is now the fourth largest division of the association.
Jonathan Lorig is a Technical Systems Coordinator at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his M.S. LIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via the LEEP online degree program. He also earned a B.S. Civil Engineering at UIUC. He collaborated with Judith Siess on The Essential OPL, 1998-2004: The Best of Seven Years of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians and Management (Scarecrow, 2005).
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