OBJECTIVES The eighteen-month evaluation of a clinical librarian project (October 2003-March 2005) conducted in North Wales, United Kingdom (UK) assessed the benefits of clinical librarian support to clinical teams, the impact of mediated searching services, and the effectiveness of information skills training, including journal club support. METHODS The evaluation assessed changes in teams' ...

In 2005, Stephen Abram, vice president of Innovation at SirsiDynix, challenged library and information science (LIS) professionals to start becoming “librarian 2.0.” In the last few years, discussion and debate about the “core competencies” needed by librarian 2.0 have appeared in the “biblioblogosphere” (blogs written by LIS professionals). However, beyond these informal blog discussions few s...

THISNATURALISTICSTUDY EXAMINED THE ROLE of nonverbal communication in the academic library. Library users with information needs face the choice of trying to find the solution themselves or asking a librarian for assistance. This decision to approach or not approach a librarian and engage in interaction was studied through use of Mehrabian’s (196’7)immediacy metaphor. It was hypothesized that t...

Department Head: Dan Wilson, [email protected] [7], (434) 924-0193 Collection Development & Management Librarian: Jonathan Lord , [email protected] [8], (434) 924-0059 Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Specialist: Jeri Davis, [email protected] [9], (434) 924-0058 Southwest Virginia Outreach Librarian: Ann Duesing, [email protected] [10], (276) 328-0168 Metadata Services Manager: Abbey Hefli...

Department Head: Dan Wilson, [email protected] [7], (434) 924-0193 Collection Development & Management Librarian: Jonathan Lord , [email protected] [8], (434) 924-0059 Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Specialist: Jeri Davis, [email protected] [9], (434) 924-0058 Southwest Virginia Outreach Librarian: Ann Duesing, [email protected] [10], (276) 328-0168 Metadata Services Manager: Abbey Hefli...

Linda Marion is a doctoral student at Drexel University. E-mail: [email protected]. Abstract This exploratory study examined 250 online academic librarian employment ads posted during 2000 to determine current requirements for technologically oriented jobs. A content analysis software program was used to categorize the specific skills and characteristics listed in the ads. The results wer...

introduction: over the last decade, the role of clinical librarians in assisting general practitioners to provide better health care has been proved. rapid progress in telecommunication technology has emerged this question. could clinical librarians be able to assist general practitioners working in rural and remote areas through information and communication technologies? this project sought t...

Department Head: Dan Wilson, [email protected] [7], (434) 924-0193 Collection Development & Management Librarian: Jonathan Lord , [email protected] [8], (434) 924-0059 Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Specialist: Jeri Davis, [email protected] [9], (434) 924-0058 Southwest Virginia Outreach Librarian: Ann Duesing, [email protected] [10], (276) 328-0168 Metadata Services Manager: Abbey Hefli...

Librarian identity’ is a contested arena, seemingly caught up in a values-war between traditional principles of ‘citizenship’ and late 20th century’s shift to a democracy of consumerists. New professionals may be wary of associating with established systems of their own professional hierarchies when professional associations may be perceived as not having paid enough attention to how this shift...

In Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for New Librarian , Meggan Press, Undergraduate Education at Indiana University–Bloomington, has prepared a guidebook to hiring process of “strange and wonderful beast” (1) called academia. This slim volume covers everything from tips deciding whether graduate school in library science is right you dealing with imposter syndrome as new academic librarian....