Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome

Author:   George J. Fowler (Old Dominion University, USA) ,  Samantha Schmehl Hines (Peninsula College, USA)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   39
ISBN:  

9781787569041


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 September 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome


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"Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct. This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship and libraries, how we become ""Masters of our Domains"", develop expertise in various elements of the profession, and how we extend outward into our communities."

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Author:   George J. Fowler (Old Dominion University, USA) ,  Samantha Schmehl Hines (Peninsula College, USA)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   39
ISBN:  

9781787569041


ISBN 10:   1787569047
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"1. “Vital Assets”: Libraries as Partners in Community Development; Julie Biando Edwards 2. Inside-Out Library Services; Julie Biando Edwards  3. Where the Users Are: Reconsidering Information Provision Through Roving Models of Service; Matthew R. Griffis  4. The New ""Jack of All"": The Evolution of the Functionality and Focus of the Academic Librarian in New Spaces and New Roles; Lynn A. Sheehan, Elizabeth A. Martin  5. Responding to Change: Reinventing Librarian Identities in the Age of Research Mandates; Ann Glusker, Nina Exner  6. Academic Librarian and Practitioner Collaborative Research Model: A Diagrammatic Metaphor; Amy Hatfield Hart  7. ""Other Duties as Assigned”: Academic Librarians’ Perceptions of the Impact of Instructional Tasks; David Brennan, M. Elizabeth Davidson  8. The Role of Public Librarians in Supporting Physical Activity; Noah Lenstra"

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US librarians challenge the modern tradition of status-quo librarianship, some scanning their topic and others diving deep. Looking mostly at academic and public libraries, they consider such aspects as vital assets: libraries as partners in community development, the new Jack of All: the evolution of the functionality and focus of the academic librarian in new spaces and new roles, responding to change: reinventing librarian identities in the age of research mandates, and the role of public librarians in supporting physical activity. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *


US librarians challenge the modern tradition of status-quo librarianship, some scanning their topic and others diving deep. Looking mostly at academic and public libraries, they consider such aspects as vital assets: libraries as partners in community development, the new Jack of All: the evolution of the functionality and focus of the academic librarian in new spaces and new roles, responding to change: reinventing librarian identities in the age of research mandates, and the role of public librarians in supporting physical activity.--Annotation (c)2018 (protoview.com)


Author Information

Dr. George Fowler earned his PhD in higher education at Old Dominion University and his MS in library science at the University of North Texas. He was a member of the 2012 UCLA Senior Fellows cohort and is currently the University Librarian at Old Dominion University. Samantha Hines got her MS in library science from University of Illinois in 2003 and has worked in a variety of libraries. She is the Associate Dean of Instructional Resources for Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA. She is a prolific scholar and frequent conference presenter on issues of library instruction, copyright and publishing, and library management. 

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