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Wakimoto, Diana K. – Public Services Quarterly, 2015
Librarians often become de facto graphic designers for their libraries, taking responsibility for designing signage, handouts, brochures, web pages, and many other promotional, instructional, and wayfinding documents. However, the majority of librarians with graphic design responsibilities are not trained as graphic designers. This exploratory…
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Design Crafts, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Koina, Cathie – Australian Library Journal, 2003
Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers. Everyone knows that. After all, haven't they been the custodians of documented knowledge for centuries? Who could possibly do it better than them? Well, then why aren't people knocking down their doors, begging them to be the knowledge managers of the organisation? Are they just ignorant of how…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Services
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Marchant, Maurice P.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Marchant's essay and reactions to it by five library educators and librarians discuss the pros and cons of extending the MLS (Master of Library Science) program in response to requests by directors of university libraries for increased instruction in evaluation, decision-making, administration, and automation, without reduction in traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Graduate Study, Job Analysis
Wells, H. Lea – 1982
This publication is based on current personnel classification schemes collected from 74 library members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the spring of 1982. It is noted that there are many similarities among the schemes, with increased recognition of specialists, attempts to define positions in greater detail, and a growing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1974
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit contains documents pertaining to personnel classification schemes and job descriptions in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. It is noted that there seems to be no commonly held set of titles for support staff and that different ranks of personnel are usually…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Fink, C. Dennis – 1973
In an attempt to compare the job activities of recent graduates from librarianship and internship programs supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with a comparable group of graduates from non-NLM-supported programs in librarianship, detailed questionnaires were administered to graduates from both groups. They were asked to describe…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Employment