On Becoming Faculty Librarians: Acculturation Problems and Remedies

Mitchell, W. Bede; Morton, Bruce

doi:10.5860/crl_53_05_379

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“…The status of the librarian within the faculty or department has been a continuing source of debate in the USA [5][6][7]. Resolution appears no nearer as librarians strive to reach a consensus on two issues:…”

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Developing academic library skills for the future

Morgan

1996

Library Review

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Section: Statusmentioning

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Developing academic library skills for the future

Morgan

1996

Library Review

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“…He also suggested that by achieving the mentioned status librarians should become critically strong, improve qualification and organize the library services effectively. Mitchell (1992) suggested that librarians should be promoted like other faculty members and there should be some rules for promotion of librarians to avoid embarrassment. Depew (1983) contended that in ACRL standards librarians should be promoted like other faculty.…”

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Promotional Avenue for Public Sector Universities Librarian of Lahore: Experts Views and New Proposal

Yousaf,

Mahmood,

Soroya

2014

AJMS

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Promotion Avenue is important for the employees as well as the organization. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, there is no standard promotion Avenue for Librarians. The purpose of this study was to know the view of experts on existing promotion Avenue of public sector universities Librarian, Lahore, Pakistan. Proposal of Promotion Avenue was purposed, based on expert’s views. Offered designation, scale with required qualification and experience for procedure of promotion was focused. Qualitative research applied and Interview tool was used. Librarians and faculty members who have more than 15 years of experience of all public sector universities of Lahore were targeted.

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“…If we do not find ways to form new alliances with faculty, we run the serious risk of becoming marginalized professionally and economically .... 28 W. Bede Mitchell and Bruce Morton, in a recent C&RL paper, have succinctly stated about the professoriate what is precisely true about academic librarianship: "It is a commitment to a transcendent academic culture, to an intellectual community, and to the pursuit of inquiry." 29 3. We must rid ourselves of self-imposed modesty.…”

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Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Regained? A Persistent Personnel Issue in Academic Librarianship, II

Veaner¹

1994

CRL

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Computerization has transformed the bulk of library work from moving physical objects, for example, producing, sorting, and filing catalog cards, to electronically manipulating a vast array of symbols. In so doing, it has transformed virtually all library employees into knowledge workers; the once-simple bifurcate division of employees into librarians and support staff seems 110 longer tenable. What, then is the proper role for the academic librarian? Cautioning against overenthusiastic endorsement of popular, industry-derived management methods, the author focuses on the intellectual character of academic librarianship and defines the concept of librarians' programmatic responsibilities. The author maintains that programmatic responsibilities are by definition undelegatable and constitute an exclusive locus of power within the profession. The role of academic librarians-the design and management of information systems for the academic community-is determined by these exclusive programmatic respo11sibilities and related powers. To meet new conditions, academic librarianship requires a new manifesto derived directly from the academic community itself in preference to ready formulas from business and industry.

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On Becoming Faculty Librarians: Acculturation Problems and Remedies

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Developing academic library skills for the future

Developing academic library skills for the future

Promotional Avenue for Public Sector Universities Librarian of Lahore: Experts Views and New Proposal

Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Regained? A Persistent Personnel Issue in Academic Librarianship, II

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