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:	9780786471539
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	01/07/2014
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.20(h) x 0.90(d)
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.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Part I The New Face of Public Services

Circulation Supervisor Superstar or Jill of All Trades, Mistress of None? Melissa Aho 9

Get @ Us! Using Social Media to Market Libraries, Assist Patrons and Revitalize Outreach Efforts Katy Kelly Gwen Glazer 18

My First Years as a First-Year Librarian Rebeca Peacock 27

Beyond Discovery: Information Literacy Instruction in the Twenty-First Century Jane la Plante 34

Reaching Out to the University Community: Careers in Library Outreach Theresa McDevitt 46

Making the Library into a Place Our Users Live Susan E. Montgomery 59

Part II Digital Publishing, Copyright and Data

Looking Under the Hood: A View of the Digital Projects Librarian in the Academic Library Jonathan McGlone 67

Reshaping Views and Leading Change in Scholarly Communications Sue Ann Gardner 68

Copyright in Academic Libraries: The Future Is Now Julia Frankosky Amy Blair 99

Research Data Services in an Academic Library James E. Van Loon 106

Part III Specialties-From Libraries to Collections

Bibliographic Mariners: Librarianship at Sea Joseph A. Williams 115

Integrative Services for Demographic and Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Laura Sare Miriam Olivares Katherine H. Weimer 124

We Are Not Alone: The Changing Role of the Curator in Special Collections Suzan Alteri 133

Special Librarianship in the New Millennium: Views from a Hospitality Librarian Kelly Robinson 142

Grants Librarianship: Connecting the Library to University Research Linda Galloway 153

Part IV Web, E-Resources and Technology

Collaboration, Teaching and Technology in Northwestern University Library's Digital Collections Training Lab Brendan Quinn 161

The Evolving Role of the Web Librarian Junior Tidal 170

Breaking into a Career as an Electronic Resources Librarian: Leveraging Non-Library Work Experience Juleah Swanson 179

The Evolving Metadata Librarian: Creating and Managing Data about Data Meghan Finch 185

About the Contributors 197

Index 201

Editorial Reviews

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

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