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The Role of the Academic Librarian

Anne Langley, Edward Gray, Duke University, USA and K T L Vaughan, University of North Carolina, USA

Chandos Information Professional Series

…an excellent, highly readable guide.
Scottish Health Information Network

…this book offers a good collection of tips and tricks for people who do not have the time or inclination to spend hours ploughing through the literature or, indeed, years working things out through painful and/or expensive trial and error in the course of their professional practice.
Scottish Health Information Network

…a book you need to read. …many good ideas and tips for making the most of your career as a librarian.
Education Libraries

 - explains how, in practical terms, to stay organised, communicate successfully, network and navigate through an often politicised environment
 - applies business practices to the field of librarianship
 - shows how to use organisational behaviour techniques to manage yourself and your work
 - provides a plan for moving up through the organisation

This book covers the practical side of being an academic librarian – a role that has undergone a large degree of change in recent years. It outlines and describes the skills necessary to succeed in these large, and often complex, organisations. The book includes tools and techniques for an academic librarian for managing time, meetings, projects, publishing and research, communications (paper and electronic), the basics of supervision, and how to work in a large organisation. The impact of the growth of electronic formats on the role of the academic librarian are discussed in detail.

Readership: Librarians and informational professionals; it will be of interest to practicing and new librarians. Graduate students in library science and administrators in academic libraries will also find it of interest.

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About the authors

Anne Langley is Co-ordinator of the Science and Engineering Libraries and Head of the Chemistry Library at Duke University, USA and has worked in academic libraries for over sixteen years. Edward Gray is Science and Engineering Librarian at Duke University; K T L Vaughan is User Services Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library, USA.

Titles which may also be of interest:
Faculty-Librarian Relationships
Building Bridges
The Human Side of Reference and Information Services in Academic Libraries
The Academic Research Library in a Decade of Change

Contents

Introduction
 - Further reading

Time management
 - Maxims of time management
 - The calendar: time management tool no. 1
 - Tips for managing the major time drains
 - The time audit: time management tool no. 2
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Organizing
 - The information explosion
 - Managing your paper files
 - Managing your e-mail
 - Managing your computer files
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Communication
 - Communicating at work
 - Keeping current
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Meetings
 - Meetings are work
 - Responsibilities of meeting attendees
 - Responsibilities of meeting leaders
 - Meeting types
 - Writing up meeting minutes
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Collection development in an electronic world
 - Technology skills
 - Using electronic mailing lists – what is good, what isn’t, information sharing
 - Public service
 - Assessment and statistics
 - Document delivery as collection development
 - Vendors and publishers
 - Licensing electronic materials
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Public service in the electronic world
 - Roles change as resources change
 - What skills do you need to have?
 - Conclusion
 - Note
 - Further reading

Networking
 - Where and when should I be networking?
 - Your library
 - Your professional society
 - Your institution
 - Your local community
 - What if I make enemies?
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Moving up
 - Getting involved in a professional society
 - Breaking into the world of research and publishing
 - Bringing it all together: creating and maintaining your CV
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading

Leadership
 - The supervisor’s role
 - The role of the leader
 - Leadership – what is it?
 - Conclusion
 - Further reading