The hybrid librarian: the affinity of collection management with technical services and the organizational benefits of an individualized assignment

Abstract

Collection management and technical services have a natural affi nity that is not refl ected in the organization of many academic libraries, where subject librarians are oft en aligned with reference. This article examines organizational and individual approaches to librarian assignment, along with the place of collection management in the organization.

Cooperative Reference and Collection Development: The Science and Technology Group at the University of Tennessee Libraries

“…Most often they have responsibility for collection development and management but do not provide instruction, although they may collaborate with reference librarians to plan or teach classes cooperatively. These hybrid assignments create "opportunities for collaboration, for the use of expertise, and for discovering affinities among functions that are not reflected in the functional organization" (Eckwright and Bolin, 2001).…”