The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies From Library Leaders

by Gwen Meyer Gregory (Editor)

The role of academic librarian is far from cut-and-dried. For starters, there are the numerous job staff or professional employment, full faculty status, various forms of tenure, continuing contract, and/or promotion through academic ranks. While every academic librarian works to meet the research needs of an institution's faculty and students, many are expected to assume other obligations as part of a faculty or tenure system—including publication, research, service, and professional activities. If this were not enough to test a librarian's mettle, the widely varying academic focuses and cultures of college and university libraries almost certainly will. The Successful Academic Librarian, expertly edited by academic librarian, writer, and speaker Gwen Meyer Gregory, is an antidote to the stress and burnout that almost every academic librarian experiences at one time or another. In this helpful book, Gregory and nearly 20 of her peers and mentors take a practical approach to a full range of critical topics facing the profession. Their advice, war stories, tips, techniques, and inspiration will help you thrive in your academic library career.

Genres: Nonfiction

231 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2005

Reviews

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the best books in the area of library science I have read. Definite read for those interested in academic librarianship.

See my note on it over at my blog:

http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/20...

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read most of this, but not every word. Not sure if I want to recommend it or not, but (parts of) it might be very useful to some of you. http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/07/...

[Gwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

hey, this is my book! But it's still good. Great if you are a beginning academic librarian.

[Mckinley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good chapters covering the basics of academic librarianship.