Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Preface Introduction The Land Grant University Reference Librarian of the 21st Century: Exciting Opportunities and Unprecedented Challenges by Mary Ellen Hansen John Henry's Dilemma by Philip Swan Out of the Box by Marie Jones The Curious Librarian by Kenneth A. Smith Of Babies and Bathwater: Hiring Library Staff for the 21st Century by Danelle Hall Going to Town: Interviewing in the Large Urban Public Library by Alison Hopkins "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze" by Janice Krueger The Cooperative Librarian by Jennifer Inglis Mere Mortals Need Not Apply by Jane Birks and Liz Oesleby We're Looking for a Few Good Catalogers by Bridgette Scott Hiring Academic Reference Librarians in the 21st Century by Mary M. Nofsinger Librarians in the 21st Century by Barbara Lovato-Gassman Needed: Energetic Librarian Willing to Work in Challenging Arena! by Jetta Carol Culpepper Wanted--New Creations: Dinosaurs Need Not Apply by Anne A. Salter Librarians: What Supervisors Are Seeking by Kathleen Fleming Librarians and Human Interaction by Ronda Glikin A Business Plan Model of Employment for Librarians by Angela K. Horne Hot-Links Are Hot Hires by Virginia E. Young Technology Skills in Libraries of the 21st Century by Sheila Kasperek A Word to Future Academic Librarians by Vickie Kline Preferred Qualification: Ability to Think Conceptually by Melinda Dermody Voices from the 21st Century: Librarians at the University of Arizona by Carla J. Stoffle, Patricia Morris, and Ninfa Trejo Being a Deep Generalist by Leslie M. Haas Academic Reference Librarians for the 21st Century by Colleen Boff and Carol Singer "The More Things Change": What Is a Librarian Today? by Cynthia Akers Reference Staff of the Digital Beyond by Beth Avery It Takes a Cyber Librarian by Janet Foster The Academic Library--Not a Lair for Fiery Dragons by Barbara Burd The Academic Librarian of the Future: The View from California Lutheran University by Susan Herzog The Facts of Life: Being a Small College Librarian by Molly Flaspohler Why a Good "Sh-h-h" Doesn't Cut It Anymore: Characteristics of the 21st Century Librarian by Maria C. Bagshaw The Future of Librarianship by Felix T. Chu Arrogance, For Obvious Reasons by Shelley Ross Developing Business and Management Skills for the 21st Century Academic Librarian by John Riddle The 21st Century Librarian by David H. Stanley Academic Reference as a Second Career by Cheryl Gunselman Academic Librarians as Caring Knowledge Managers: Are We There Yet? by Wendy Tan Electronic Resources Librarians in the 21st Century by Eleanor L. Lomax Competition in the Library by David M. Bynog Qualities of a 21st Century Librarian by Necia Parker-Gibson The More Things Change in Academe, the More They Need to Stay the Same by Karen Fischer The Joy of Special Librarianship by Ronald N. Bukoff New Librarians in the 21st Century: The Normalization of Change by Lorena O'English Electric Luddites: Special Collections Librarians Make the Great Leap by Roger C. Adams Selling Instruction: Communicating the Value of the Library in the Age of the Internet by Michael J. Rose Militant Segregationists, Control Freaks, and Techno-Believers by Craighton Hippenhammer Metaphor Matters: Imagining the Future of Librarianship and the Library by Nancy Kuhl Seeking: Enthusiastic Artists by Randall M. MacDonald and Andrew L. Pearson Before We Look to the Future by Liz Kocevar-Weidinger Teaching Excellence and the Academic Librarian: Paralleling the Teaching Faculty's Track by Martha Henn McCormick Technical Services Librarians for the 21st Century: What Are We Looking For? by Gwen M. Gregory The Most Important Thing They Don't Tell You in Library School by Janet T. O'Keefe The Library at the University of Vermont in 1900 by Karl Bridges