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- ITI Publishes The Successful Academic Librarian. // Computers in Libraries;Feb2006, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p49
The article offers information on the book "The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies From Library Leaders," edited by Gwen Meyer Gregory. In this book, Gregory and about 20 of her peers and mentors take a practical approach to a full range of critical topics facing academic...
- THE LIBRARY AS ECOSYSTEM. Walter, Scott // Library Journal;10/1/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 16, p28
The article discusses trends in the staffing of academic libraries as of 2008, using the analogy of an ecosystem. The concept of co-evolving or mutually dependent species is used to characterize the different types of information professionals commonly employed in the 21st century library. It is...
- From the Pen of the Editor. Scott, Ralph // North Carolina Libraries (Online);Spring2008, Vol. 66 Issue 1/2, p1
The article focuses on the issues faced by new librarians. It highlights a survey article which focused on the changes experienced by the academic librarians, indicating the hardest thing to learn as professionals. It explores the roles of new librarians which include collection development and...
- Is This the Ninth Circle of Hell? Millet, Michelle S. // Library Journal;3/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 5, p54
The article looks at the attitudes of new academic librarians in the United States. In 2003, during the biennial migration of academic librarians to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, several of the programs in Charlotte, North Carolina, discussed the...
- ANOTHER OPINION Hats for Sale! McGown, Sue // Library Media Connection;Mar2006, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p40
The article discusses the author's opinion on the role of library media specialists in the society. The author argued that media specialists must be allowed to serve the public or else they will become an endangered species. She added that as a library media specialist, she has aided the...
- ARL: Library Salaries Grow. Albanese, Andrew // Library Journal;9/1/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 14, p22
Reports that the growth in library salaries outpaced inflation in 2004-2005, according to the Association of Research Libraries Annual Salary Survey. Report that the survey was drawn from professional staff positions at university libraries; Decline of the rate of increase for beginning...
- Is This the Ninth Circle of Hell? Millet, Michelle S. // Library Journal;3/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 5, p54
The article looks at the attitudes of new academic librarians in the United States. In 2003, during the biennial migration of academic librarians to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, several of the programs in Charlotte, North Carolina, discussed the...
- Internationalisation: Australian Librarians and Expanding Roles in Higher Education. Becker, Linda K. W. // Australian Academic & Research Libraries;Sep2006, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p200
This article presents an overview of a research project that was designed as a way to understand the role of Australian academic librarians in internationalising library, university, and higher education practice. In an attempt to discover what it is that librarians actually do, a survey of...
- The 1900 ALA Conference: Charles Gould's Vision. Hanson, Elizabeth // Feliciter;2007, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p160
The article discusses the views of Charles Gould, university librarian at McGill University, as presented on the 1900 American Library Association conference. Three particular significant aspects of the conference were presented including, Gould's hopes for the association and how successful he...
