New Directions for Academic Liaison Librarians
- ISBN-10
- 1780633041
- ISBN-13
- 9781780633046
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-10
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Author
- Alice Crawford
Description
Aimed at practitioners and students of librarianship, this book is about interesting and unusual practical projects currently being run by academic liaison librarians. It shows how liaison librarians can extend their roles beyond the established one of information literacy teaching and showcases areas in which they can engage in collaborative ventures with academic and administrative staff. Designed to excite and inspire, New Directions for Academic Liaison Librarians demonstrates the potential of the liaison role and emphasises the need for flexibility, imagination and initiative in those who hold these posts. Unique in concentrating on the role of the new community of academic liaison librarians Recognises the wider possibilities for development open to this different new breed of information specialist Written by a practitioner in the field
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