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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 4. From nonprofits to libraries: information-gathering, communication, and relationship-building
• -skills that transcend fields / Kimberly Fu-Jia Yang
• Grant writing and fundraising defined
• Information-gathering
• Knowing the audience/user
• Online research skills
• Librarians online research skills
• Professional development
• Evaluating information
• Information-gathering
• Information curation
• Communication
• Librarians tailor communications
• Relationship-building
• Conclusion
• References
• 5. head for business and a heart for libraries / Cara K. Ball
• MLIS
• -a new beginning
• Head for business

• Reality
• When a door closes, look for a window
• Mourning period
• Life as a records manager
• records center
• Website design
• Taxonomy
• Process improvement
• Relationships with customers and process partners
• Empowering customers
• 6. Information matters: critical-thinking skills in the library (and out) / Carrie E. Byrd
• Introduction
• Evaluating authoritative sources
• Being aware of bias
• Why information matters
• 7. biologist adapts to librarianship / Susan Beth Wainscott
• Introduction
• Adaptive management
• Evaluating and writing grant proposals
• Defining research data management plans and metadata guidelines
• Sciences content knowledge
• Scholarly publishing
• Writing and finding technical reports
• Public speaking experience
• Meeting facilitation
• Negotiation
• Project management
• Local government agency culture
• Conclusion
• References
• 8. librarian prepares: strengthening job performance through theatre practice / Michael Saar
• Introduction
• Background
• General skills
• Reference
• Instruction
• Library skills in theatre practice
• Getting involved
• 9. Why a marketing background is a good fit for the library profession / Beth R. Canzoneri
• Introduction
• Marketing and libraries
• Reasons to market libraries
• need for librarians with marketing skills
• Marketing skills to bring to the library profession
• Marketing skills add value to your resume
• marketing and communications process for libraries
• Conclusion
• References
• Bibliography
• 10. My journey from certified bra fitter to reference librarian / Robin L. Ewing
• Introduction
• J. Brannam
• Dillard's Department Stores
• Army & Air Force Exchange Service
• Reference Service
• Visibility/approachability
• Interest
• Listening/inquiring
• Searching
• Follow-up
• Teaching
• Conclusion
• References
• 11. Thinking about meaning: how to be a philosophical librarian / Kevin Michael Klipfel
• Meaning and conceptual analysis in Socratic Philosophy
• Thinking about meaning: Socrates and conceptual analysis
• Finding meaning in a philosophical education
• Applications to librarianship: what is the meaning of our practices?
• Conclusion
• References
• Endnotes
• 12. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard! / Meredith Lowe Prather
• Introduction
• How may I help you today?
• You want me to do all that? In 30 minutes?!
• 'What just broke?
• As we prepare to land ...
• Endnote
• 13. Visual literacy meets information literacy: how two academic librarians combined information science, and design in their careers / Judith Schwartz
• Introduction
• Visual literacy
• Design needs in academic libraries
• authors' previous experiences
• Mary J. Snyder Broussard
• Judith Schwartz
• Abstract skills
• Conclusion
• References
• 14. Pedagogy for librarians / Megan Hodge
• Introduction
• Before class: getting ready to teach
• Additional reading
• Articulate learning objectives and base everything
• -content, activities, assessment
• -on those objectives
• Additional reading
• Teach less material; move away from what must be "covered"
• Incorporate exercises where students apply what they've learned to promote deep rather than surface learning
• In the classroom
• advance organizer: telling them what you're going to tell them
• Activate students' prior knowledge to scaffold their learning
• Additional reading
• Affective learning: how students feel in the classroom is as important as what they're learning there
• Additional reading
• Classroom management
• Additional reading
• After class: completing the instruction loop
• Additional reading
• Provide prompt, formative feedback
• Articulate your teaching philosophy
• Additional reading.

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Contributors:

Lowe-Wincentsen, Dawn , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Chandos information professional series

Subjects:

Library education

Library science

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 30, 2015).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Z668 .S56 2015

ISBNs:

9780081000656
0081000650
9780081000632 [Invalid]
0081000634 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1053518973

Other Control Numbers:

927792 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12206711