The new academic librarian : essays on changing roles and responsibilities /
edited by Rebeca Peacock and Jill Wurm.
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Circulation supervisor superstar or Jill of all trades, mistress of none / Get @ us! : using social media to market libraries, assist patrons and revitalize outreach efforts / My first years as a first-year librarian / Beyond discovery : information literacy instruction in the twenty-first century / Reaching out to the university community : careers in library outreach / Creating the library into a place our users live / Looking under the hood : a view of the digital projects librarian in the academic library / Reshaping views and leading change in scholarly communications / Copyright in academic libraries : the future is now / Research data services in an academic library / Bibliographic mariners : librarianship at sea / Integrative services for demographic and geographic information system (GIS) data / We are not alone : the changing role of the curator in special collections / Special librarianship in the new millennium : views from a hospitality librarian / Grants librarianship : connecting the library to university research / Collaboration, teaching and technology in Northwestern University Library's digital collections training lab / The evolving role of the Web librarian / Breaking into a career as an electronic resources librarian : leveraging non-library work experience / The evolving metadata librarian : creating and managing data about data / Melissa Aho -- Katy Kelly and Gwen Glazer -- Rebeca Peacock -- Jane la Plante -- Theresa McDevitt -- Susan E. Montgomery -- Jonathan McGlone -- Sue Ann Gardner -- Julia Frankosky and Amy Blair -- James E. Van Loon -- Joseph Williams -- Laura Sare, Miriam Olivares, and Katherine H. Weimer -- Suzan Alteri -- Kelly Robinson -- Linda Galloway -- Brendan Quinn -- Junior Tidal -- Juleah Swanson -- Meghan Finch.
"The new essays on today's academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities. 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"--
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Academic librarians. Academic librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.