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Author: John M. Budd Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442277386 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 210
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Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship’s most-respected educators, this book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on essential and timely issues facing the profession.
Author: John M. Budd Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442277386 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship’s most-respected educators, this book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on essential and timely issues facing the profession.
Author: John M. Budd Publisher: Beta Phi Mu Scholars ISBN: 9781442277373 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 210
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Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship's most-respected educators, this book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on six essential and timely issues facing the profession:�The theory and definition of information�Critical approaches to information literacy�The politics of higher education and beyond�Ethics and information (including freedom of speech)�What lies ahead for education for librarianship�The future of the profession
Author: Andrea Jamison Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 153816292X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 163
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The book serves as a "how to" guide for evaluating and crafting collection development policies that will help create equity in library collections. The book not only helps contextualize the need for inclusive collection development policies but features user-friendly tables, guides, and sample policies.
Author: Melissa N. Mallon Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: 1538118858 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 163
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Instruction coordinators & directors in academic libraries may have a variety of titles and wear an entire wardrobe’s worth of hats, but we face many of the same challenges in developing, promoting, and evaluating our instruction programs.
Author: Mark Y. Herring Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476615918 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 268
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The digital age has transformed information access in ways that few ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The author gives both sides--the web aficionados, some of them unhinged, and the traditional librarians, some blinkered--a fair hearing but misconceptions abound. Internet be-all and end-all enthusiasts are no more useful than librarians who urge fellow professionals to be all things to all people. The American Library Association, wildly democratic at its best and worst, appears schizophrenic on the issue, unhelpfully. "My effort here," says the author, "is to talk about the elephant in the room." Are libraries obsolete? No! concludes the author (also). The book explores how libraries and librarians must and certainly can continue to be relevant, vibrant and enduring.
Author: Jo Henry Publisher: American Library Association ISBN: 0838916236 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 216
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Frankly, it’s not something we like to talk about. There is an unfortunate stigma to acknowledging workplace dysfunction, let alone trying to grapple with the problem. But negative behaviors such as incivility, toxicity, deviant behavior, workplace politics, and team and leadership dysfunction not only make the library a stressful workplace, they also run counter to the core values of librarianship. An important tool for library leaders and managers as well as library staff, this book examines these negative relationship-based issues and suggests practical, research-based solutions by discussing the importance of understanding oneself as related to the library workplace;identifying attributes specific to libraries that foster personal success;showing how organizational dysfunction is rooted in problems such as poor communication, inadequate leadership, and lack of employee engagement;breaking down relatable scenarios to analyze what’s behind them and how to defuse them, ranging from a gossipy coworker who fails to contribute to the organization to workplace bullying and mobbing;exploring causes, results, and potential solutions in the areas of cyberloafing, fraud, theft, and sabotage;delving into the importance of conflict management, surveying a variety of approaches and applications;examining the use of teams in libraries and the impact of favoritism, nepotism, and sexism; andproviding techniques for successful collaboration, leadership, organizational communication, and other key management topics. By tackling the dysfunctional library head on, managers as well as library workers who find themselves in a toxic situation will be poised to better meet library goals and move the library forward.
Author: B. J. Busch Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries ISBN: Category : Academic libraries Languages : en Pages : 42
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This study explores current trends and practices in functional integration based on site visits to six Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries selected on the basis of their responses to a Fall 1984 ARL questionnaire. The responses indicated that, for all six libraries, some integration of functions existed, staff reorganization was underway or complete, cataloging was taking place in public areas, and professional librarians were participating in both public and technical services functions. The current situation of the six libraries and their decisions to reorganize are summarized, and the following developments and issues are considered: (1) collection management and service to users; (2) impact of automation; (3) organizational climate; (4) flexible use of staff; (5) staff morale; (6) reporting relationships; and (7) recruitment and training. Increased information delivery and an expansion outward in client-centered groupings are identified as possible future trends for public service areas, along with the continuing compression of massive technical services departments, and it is concluded that leadership and staff participation, as well as a clear sense of where the institution is going, are vital ingredients in successful organizational change. Notes and a 61-item selected bibliography are provided, and a listing of the issues addressed is appended. (KM)
Author: Teresa Neely Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135791406 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 309
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A comprehensive perspective on multiculturalism in libraries! Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries delivers a comprehensive look at diversity issues for librarians. It examines partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies and provides effective retention strategies for diverse employees. It also shows how librarians can lobby for domestic partner benefits for university employees who are unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples. Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries provides a unique research perspective on assessment and diversity integration in the academic libraries and highlights effective working strategies for a multicultural library environment, examining: partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies which work directly with students assessment and diversity integration in the academic library workplace and six critical challenges for working well in a multicultural environment communication and teaching incorporating service learning experiences in the library and information science curriculum model retention programs for junior faculty of color
Author: John M. Budd
Author: John M. Budd
Author: John M. Budd
Author: Andrea Jamison
Author: Melissa N. Mallon
Author: Mark Y. Herring
Author: Charles R. McClure
Author: John Budd
Author: Jo Henry
Author: B. J. Busch
Author: Teresa Neely