The Heart of Librarianship: Attentive, Positive, and Purposeful Change

ISBN-13: 9780838914540 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str.

Michael Stephens

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Adaptation to change that's based on thoughtful planning and grounded in the mission of libraries: it's a model that respected LIS thinker and educator Michael Stephens terms "hyperlinked librarianship." And the result, for librarians in leadership positions as well as those working on the front lines, is flexible librarianship that's able to stay closely aligned with the needs and wants of library users. In this collection of essays from his "Office Hours" columns in Library Journal, Stephens explores the issues and emerging trends that are transforming the profession. Among the topics he discusses are: the importance of accessible, welcoming, and responsive library environments that invite open and equitable participation, and which factors are preventing many libraries from ramping up community engagement and user-focused services; challenges, developments, and emerging opportunities in the field, including new ways to reach users and harness curiosity; considerations for prospective librarians, from knowing what you want out of the profession to learning how to aim for it; why LIS curriculum and teaching styles need to evolve; mentoring and collaboration; and the concept of the library as classroom, a participatory space to experiment with new professional roles, new technologies, and new ways of interacting with patrons. Bringing together ideas for practice, supporting evidence from recent research, and insights into what lies ahead, this book will inform and inspire librarians of all types.

Spis treści

Foreword, by Brian Kenney

Preface

Acknowledgements

• The Hyperlinked Librarian: Skills, Mind-Sets, and Ideas for Working in the Evolving Library:
  
  Heretical Thoughts, Can We Handle the Truth?, Holding Us Back, Always Doesn't Live Here Anymore, It's About Time, Things That Go Bump, Embracing Chaos, In the Moment, Reflective Practice, Actions and Answers, What's Your Pitch?, Color Me Curious
• Scanning the Horizon: Challenges, Developments, Emerging Opportunities:
  
  Scanning the Horizon, Reaching All Users, Mobile at the Library, Stacking the Deck
• Considerations for Prospective Librarians:
  
  Is Libraianship for You?, Stuck in the Past, Online LIS Education - on Not, Best of Both Worlds, Professionalism Matters, Seek a Challenges, The Power of Quite
• Communities of Practice:
  
  Notes from Some Small Islands, The Role of Mentoring, Age of Participation, R-Squared, Researcher: What You Got?
• A Curriculum for Librarianship: Goals, Evolving LIS Curriculum, Cross-Discipline Collaborations:
  
  Goals of an LIS Educator, Our Commom Purpose, Lost Control? Not a Proble?, Collection Bashing and Trashing, Essential Soft Skills, Citation Fixation, Flipping the LIS Classroom, Bridging the LIS/Library Divide, Listening to Student Voices, The Transparent Library School
• Infinite Learning: Library Learning, Collaboration, Support, Professional Development:
  
  Infinite Learning, Learning Everywhere, Library as Classroom, A Genius Idea, Room to Grow, Lessons from Learning 2.0, Lessons from #hyperlibMOOC, Learning to Learn

Bibliography

Index