The New Academic Librarian: Essays on Changing Roles and Responsibilities

by Rebeca Peacock (Editor), Jill Wurm (Editor)

Overview

The new essays on today's academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities--since these have greatly changed just in recent years, especially in matters of technology. These librarians/essayists step away from yesterday's stereotypes and explain at length their new roles. From digital resources and special collections, to web development and new outreach initiatives, the topics covered by the essays in this book will reassure new librarians and stimulate prospective librarians as they realize the enhanced and varied positions that are available in the 21st century academic library.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476613253
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	01/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Rebeca Peacock is the instructional design librarian at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She lives in Boise Idaho. Jill Wurm is the associate director for marketing and communications at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She lives in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.
Rebeca Peacock is the instructional design librarian at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She lives in Boise Idaho.
Jill Wurm is the associate director for marketing and communications at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She lives in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I: The New Face of Public Services
Circulation Supervisor Superstar or Jill of All Trades, Mistress of None? deleteMelissa Aho
Get @ Us! Using Social Media to Market Libraries, Assist Patrons and Revitalize Outreach Efforts deleteKaty Kelly and Gwen Glazer
My First Years as a ­First-­Year Librarian deleteRebeca Peacock
Beyond Discovery: Information Literacy Instruction in the ­Twenty-­First Century deleteJane la Plante
Reaching Out to the University Community: Careers in Library Outreach deleteTheresa McDevitt
Making the Library into a Place Our Users Live deleteSusan E. Montgomery
Part II: Digital Publishing, Copyright and Data
Looking Under the Hood: A View of the Digital Projects Librarian in the Academic Library deleteJonathan McGlone
Reshaping Views and Leading Change in Scholarly Communications deleteSue Ann Gardner
Copyright in Academic Libraries: The Future Is Now deleteJulia Frankosky and Amy Blair
Research Data Services in an Academic Library deleteJames E. Van Loon
Part III: Specialties—From Libraries to Collections
Bibliographic Mariners: Librarianship at Sea deleteJoseph A. Williams
Integrative Services for Demographic and Geographic Information System (GIS) Data deleteLaura Sare, Miriam Olivares and Katherine H. Weimer
We Are Not Alone: The Changing Role of the Curator in Special Collections deleteSuzan Alteri
Special Librarianship in the New Millennium: Views from a Hospitality Librarian deleteKelly Robinson
Grants Librarianship: Connecting the Library to University Research deleteLinda Galloway
Part IV: Web, ­E-­Resources and Technology
Collaboration, Teaching and Technology in Northwestern University Library’s Digital Collections Training Lab deleteBrendan Quinn
The Evolving Role of the Web Librarian deleteJunior Tidal
Breaking into a Career as an Electronic Resources Librarian: Leveraging ­Non-­Library Work Experience deleteJuleah Swanson
The Evolving Metadata Librarian: Creating and Managing Data about Data deleteMeghan Finch
About the Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

insightful...extremely useful”—Technical Services Quarterly.

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