Book Review: Academic Librarianship

The "Multihued Palette" of Academic Librarianship

223 " The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex issues. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. To Huxley's famous list of those prone to oversimplification given an appropriate platform, I fear we must add the occasional academic adminis...

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Communication overload: a phenomenological inquiry into academic reference librarianship

The impetus for this study was personal experience: that of being overwhelmed by communication coming from multiple venues, and repeated attempts to find ‘the magic bullet’ to gather, or filter, communication in order to make it manageable. Personal adaptation of technology is often by choice; the choices can be confusing, but they are a choice. Reference librarians’ jobs depend on effective co...

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