The Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills - Softcover

Wilson, Thomas C.

 
9780838907405: The Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0838907407 ISBN 13: 9780838907405
Publisher: ALA Editions, 1998

Synopsis

What is a systems librarian? Both history and practice indicate a wide variation in the field, strong commitments to local arrangements and a lack of functional standards. Library administrators and managers struggle with the broad requirements of the position, weighing the skill sets of degree holding professionals and the non-MLS technologists. Systems librarians are often designers, planners, implementors, consultants, technology representatives or facilitators. This text provides an assessment of what system librarianship is and what it can be, outlining the type of training needed for people to fill these positions, and illustrates challenges for libraries - and systems librarians - in computing and networking.

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Review

..".provides an accurate and comprehensive description of systems librarianship coupled with insight and practicality about how to do the job well... [T]he book can serve systems librarians as a resource to define their roles and their futures in the profession."

..".provides a detailed look at the nature of work performed by systems librarians."

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Publisher
ALA Editions
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0838907407
ISBN 13 
9780838907405
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
184