Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future
Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future

Author: Hines, Samantha Schmehl

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1466646764

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As more associations struggle with limited professional development funding, the opportunities for library and information experts to advance their skills are being examined in a more effective and cost-efficient manner. Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future examines the future of library professional development by investigating the aspects that make these development events worthwhile. This book is essential for library association personnel, educational institutions, and management personnel in large library systems to aid in determining future trends in professional development opportunities for their staff.

Creative Planning for Library Administration
Creative Planning for Library Administration

Author: Kent Hendrickson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781560240938

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In the seven chapters of this helpful new book, the topics of planning and creativity as they apply to the management of academic libraries are discussed fully, with specific examples and detailed guidelines. Creative Planning for Library Administration will be a helpful resource for administrators, library consultants, and academic librarians alike. Topics such as involving all members of the library staff in decisionmaking and encouraging creativity in an unstable work environment are explored, as are new developments like performance measures. The phrase "Create your own future" serves as the foundation for this timely new book, and the reader is encouraged to come up with new and innovative ways to organize, access, and interpret the world's store of information.

Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Professions
Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Professions

Author: Jana Varlejs

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 3598220448

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This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive work environment for a multi-generational workforce in library and information organizations, the conference addresses managing between and across generations, mentoring and coaching, attracting people to the profession and developing a new generation of leaders, re-skilling and transferability of skills, succession planning and passing on knowledge.

The Future of Information Services
The Future of Information Services

Author: Virginia Steel

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781560247388

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Librarians and library administrators must plan for the future of information services and delivery now if they wish to survive as vital organizations in the coming years and influence the direction in which libraries will head. The Future of Information Services focuses on the long-range outlook for libraries and includes discussions of implications the future has for organizational structures and services. The contributing authors share their thoughts on many of the issues that need to be resolved in order for libraries to flourish in the twenty-first century, providing needed guidance for readers struggling with the myriad changes taking place in the information world today. The ideas and strategies in this book provide readers with a strong background to help enable them to lead their profession successfully into the future. The Future of Information Services discusses organizational development and administration, reviews major functions and departments included in most academic and public libraries to see what significant differences there may be in the library of the future, and explores partnerships in the information future. Specific topics addressed in the volume include: leadership requirements for the future of information services building a community electronic information infrastructure organization and role of library systems staff in relation to public service staff international and foreign information services in the expanding global community library and information studies education for the twenty-first century practitioner a future for special collections future directions for the U.S. government documents program fee-based services information professionals'relationships with vendors Librarians are in a unique position to provide leadership as society works toward the information future. Successful leadership during current, seemingly chaotic times requires a high degree of creativity, risk taking, and innovation, along with a clear understanding and articulation of professional values and vision. The Future of Information Services helps readers see into the future and clarify goals toward which to work to enable them and their successors to provide effective information services for years to come.

Revolutionizing the Development and Future of Library and Information Science
Revolutionizing the Development and Future of Library and Information Science

Author: Paul S. Bennett

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781682506769

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"Developments and innovations in ICT have made possible changes in the curriculum development of Library and Information Studies. The Library of the future will be about access and knowledge-management, not about ownership. The main products of the library and information professionals in the 21st century will be introduction of the digital Libraries and the archives. This book covers state of the art on the historical development of libraries with current challenges and opportunities for libraries. The book also presents reflections on the changing role and focus of academic libraries, evident, for example, via the reduction of physical book stock and through an increased focus on collaborative learning spaces. The book also sheds light on reflections on future developments and the role of IT Utilities"--

Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age
Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age

Author: Jeffrey G. Coghill

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-11-29

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1442264454

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Librarianship is both an art and a science. Librarians study the science of information and how to work with clients to help them find solutions to their information needs. They also learn quickly that there is an art to working with people, to finding the answers to tough questions using the resources available and knowing which information resources to use to find the information being sought in short order. But, what technical skills do librarians need to be successful in the future? How can library managers best develop their staffs for success? Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age explores questions such as: What is the composition of a modern library collection? Will that collection look different in the future? What are the information sources and how do we manage those? What are the technical skills needed for a 21st century librarian? How will reference services change and adapt to embrace new ways to interact with library patrons or clients? What kinds of library skills are needed for the librarian of today to grow and thrive, now and into the future? How will service models change to existing clients and how will the model change going into the future of librarianship? What kinds of budgeting challenges are there for libraries and the administrators who oversee these libraries? What do the library professional organizations see as the core skills needed for new graduates and those practicing in the profession going into the future? In answering those questions, the book identifies specific digital skills needed for success, ways of developing those skills, and ways of assessing them.

Continuing Professional Development
Continuing Professional Development

Author: Ann Ritchie

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9783598220340

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Focuses on the topic of leadership in the library and information professions, providing an overview of institutes, programs and activities occurring around the world. This title provides insights to those interested in workforce planning strategies aimed at addressing shortages of library leaders.

Imagine Your Library's Future
Imagine Your Library's Future

Author: Steve O’Connor

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2010-09-25

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1780630468

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In this information age it is widely recognised that, in order to maintain relevance and to gain a competitive edge, libraries and other organisations in the business of information must continuously assess their roles, collections, services and perhaps most importantly, their business practices. Scenarios are a way of predicting and describing a future three to five years away while strongly engaging one’s community in choosing the future which is preferable. The horizon in which assessments about future roles change is growing shorter and shorter. While it is almost clichéd to state that change is the only constant, differing scenarios of what libraries might be allow all of us to contemplate futures we might otherwise not allow. Drawing on extensive experience in libraries in different parts of the globe, the authors provide a rich analysis of planning, managing and implementing change in information organisations through scenario planning. Through extensive practical applications, both actual and theoretical, the authors provide a strong background understanding and direct the reader through a planning process that is both readily applicable and innovative for all information organisations, irrespective of their size or client base. Extensive exploration of what it means to ‘shape our futures’ rather than having our future shaped for us Valuable techniques for understanding futures and creating different scenarios Practical applications are illustrated through examples and real life experience

Into the Future
Into the Future

Author: Michael H. Harris

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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This book is a joy. It is delightful to read authors who so clearly have read widely and who have carefully thought about the impact of other fields' scholarly literature on the practice of librarianship. . . . - Information Processing & Management This work is a general and synthetic study of the Post-Industrial era and its implications for library and information services in the United States. Since Daniel Bell promulgated his post-industrial metaphor in the early 1970s, it has become one of the most dominant metaphors in contemporary America. His ideas on the nature of the era, especially his articulation of what he refers to as the information society, have influenced the ways in which government officials, corporate leaders, and average citizens think about the future of social, political, and economic life in America. This influence has also been felt in the library and information science field. Yet, while there exists a massive critical literature on Bell's metaphor in the social, political and economic literature, librarians have failed to systematically grapple with it. As a result, they appear to be carrying on their own debate about the future in relative isolation from the most significant contributions to this intensely contested idea.