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Role Reinvention, Structural Defense, or Resigned Surrender: Institutional Approaches to Technological Change and Reference Librarianship
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LeMaistre, Tiffany; Embry, Rebecka L.; Van Zandt, Lindsey L.; Bailey, Diane E. – Library Quarterly, 2012
In a comparative field study of ten libraries, we show how technological advances in electronic and digital resources have led to an onslaught of technology questions at the reference desk while prompting new and challenging work away from the desk. Libraries in our sample varied in their approaches to dealing with technological change, with…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Librarians
Veterans Speak Out
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Freedman, Jenna – Library Journal, 2009
There's a lot of focus on the "Next Gen" librarians out there bringing a youth perspective that's supposed to shake things up and introducing new ideas and practices into a profession that sometimes moves forward at a glacial pace. But the ideas of the new generation do not invalidate the work done by those who came before. In fact, change in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Interviews, Research Libraries
Library Journals and Academic Librarianship in Germany: A Sketch.
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Lehmann, Stephen – College & Research Libraries, 1995
Examines German academic librarianship through interviews with German library journals and German librarians. Discusses the German concern with "Bibliothekspolitik," the internal politics of librarianship. Describes a set of initiatives intended to make German professional journals more readily available to American librarians.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Librarians
Convergence and Professional Identity in the Academic Library
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Wilson, Kerry M.; Halpin, Eddie – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2006
This paper discusses the effects of operational convergence, and the subsequent growth of the hybrid library model, upon the professional self-identity of academic library staff. The role of professionalism as a concept and motivational driver within contemporary academic librarianship is examined. Main themes of investigation include the extent…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Focus Groups, Academic Libraries, Information Services
Literature Reviews and Inaccurate Referencing: An Exploratory Study of Academic Librarians.
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Hernon, Peter; Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Reports on focus group interviews with Association of Research Libraries (ARL) librarians, which revealed that many academic librarians rely on convenient, easily understood source material for references. Discussion covers accuracy of referencing, knowledge of research methods and statistics, search thoroughness, scholarship, and the relative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Editors, Higher Education
On the Issue of a Philosophy in Polish Library Information Science. A Summary of Interviews with Some Leading Scholars. Preliminary Report.
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Nitecki, Joseph Z. – 1996
This document is based on transcripts of recorded informal interviews with: (1) selected senior professors in the library schools at Warsaw, Krakow, and Wroclaw (Poland); (2) the director and a member of the Books and Readers Institute of the National Polish Libraries; and (3) a group of Polish librarians and students in the field. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Government Role