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Wang, Hanrong; Tang, Yingqi; Knight, Carley – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
This study analyzes job advertisements to identify the contemporary development of academic reference librarianship in the United States. Results show that more job openings, higher educational backgrounds, more duties & responsibilities, and variety of titles were assigned to academic reference librarian positions from 1966 through 2009.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Library Science, Librarians
Sargent, Aloha R.; Becker, Bernd W.; Klingberg, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This case study analyzes the use of library school interns on subject-based teams for the social sciences, humanities, and sciences in the San Jose State University Library. Interns worked closely with team librarians on reference, collection development/management, and instruction activities. In a structured focus group, interns reported that the…
Descriptors: Library Schools, Library Science, Internship Programs, Academic Libraries
Bartnik, Linda; Farmer, Katherine; Ireland, Ashley; Murray, Lilia; Robinson, Julie – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
Embedded librarians are attempting assimilation into a new pedagogical collective outside the library, often with a mission to improve the quality of service to that collective. But like the Borg, embedded librarians may not be achieving the results they envision. This article documents the varied experiences of five reference librarians at Murray…
Descriptors: Library Services, Librarians, Reference Services, Library Development
Alvaro, Elsa; Brooks, Heather; Ham, Monica; Poegel, Stephanie; Rosencrans, Sarah – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2011
The potential of librarians working in e-science, a term for using the Internet and other digital tools to facilitate scientific data collection, management, and sharing, has been the cause of much discussion. Many professionals agree that librarians could participate in or facilitate e-science tasks. This article explores what e-science…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Library Science, Internet
Wyss, Paul Alan – College Student Journal, 2008
Certain colleges and universities require that their academic librarians have an additional advanced subject degree for either being eligible for hire or for continued employment. This paper reviews this topic and examines how using metaphors may help the field of librarianship make sound decisions on this controversial topic.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Employment Qualifications, Academic Degrees
Erdogan, Phyllis; Karasozen, Bulent – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
The Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) was created in 2001 with only a few members subscribed to nine e-journal collections and bibliographic databases. This Turkish library consortium had developed from one state and three private universities joining together for the purchase of two databases in 1999. Over time, the numbers of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
Green, Ravonne A.; Huprich, Julia – Journal of Access Services, 2009
Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that programs and services be accessible to people with disabilities. While schools of library and information science (SLIS*) and university libraries should model accessible Web sites, this may not be the case. This article examines previous studies about the Web accessibility of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Library Services, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
Millet, Michelle S. – Library Journal, 2005
In 2003, during the Biennial migration of academic librarians to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, several of the programs in Charlotte, NC, discussed the recruitment and retention of the next generation but with an obvious lack of input from newly recruited librarians. In response, with Liza Posas, a library…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Individual Characteristics
Mavrinac, Mary Ann – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
This paper discusses the complex nature of transformational change required to achieve a learning culture. Peer mentoring will be discussed as an example of a learning process that is in harmony with the values-based transformational leadership and change process, the professional values of librarianship, and the democratic nature of a learning…
Descriptors: Mentors, Transformational Leadership, Leadership, Learning Processes
Willingham, Patricia; Carder, Linda; Millson-Martula, Christopher – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
A brief historical overview of the library instruction scene in the United States and Canada, an analysis of library instruction conference themes, and the identification of perceptions of librarians attending the LOEX, WILU, and LOEX of the West conferences in 2000 and 2001 reveal that the border may be responsible for significant differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Comparative Analysis

Hendrick, Clyde – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Three major topics are discussed in this essay conveying a vision of what the university library should be like in the twenty-first century: (1) librarianship as a scholarly discipline; (2) politics and the university library; and (3) the library as an active agent in the life of a university. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education

Hill, Fred E.; Hauptman, Robert – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Argues that if librarians are to deserve faculty status, they must comply with standards of excellence similar to those of instructional faculty. Teaching roles of librarians at Evergreen State College and St. Cloud State University are cited and similarities of roles of medical school faculty are indicated. (9 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
Kemp, Jane, Comp.; Witschi, Laura, Comp. – 1997
This College Library Information Packet (CLIP) Notes provides information on displays and exhibits in small college and university libraries. Displays and exhibits have long been an accepted yet under-documented are of library work. This survey presents a collection of data and supporting documents about current display and exhibit practices in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Exhibits, Higher Education, Instructional Materials

Govan, James F. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discusses the impact of technological advancement on academic libraries and predicts the types of changes that may occur in the role of libraries and librarians, collection development, access to information, financing, and facilities. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Budgets, Futures (of Society)
Condron, Lyn – 1988
This procedure manual is designed to assist cataloging staff members at a university library through the 10-step process of barcoding and linking books classified by the Library of Congress system to the library's GEAC online computer system. A brief introduction provides background information on the project. The procedures involved in each…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computers, Guidelines
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