... --> Careers Data curation Special librarians The foreword by Thomas Davenport says it all. He makes reference to a paper written with Larry Prusak over 20 years ago which called into question the narrow focus of corporate librarians and the consequent danger of them becoming surplus to requirements...

...Claudett Lambert; Nadine Newman Purpose Second career librarians have emerged from many professions over the years. They have made significant contributions to librarianship as they transfer their years of expertise, knowledge and skills from their former careers into the field. The purpose...

... perspectives to literature on student motivations and career aspirations. The groups studied are eclectic, including PG and UG, full‐time and DL cohorts across a range of age groups. United Kingdom Universities Students Careers Library students Career choice Motivation Information profession...

... throughout a career. It is not difficult to see how the professional and technical skills change, but there has to be an understanding about the nature of changes as they occur in approaches to management, political and people skills. No one should ever stop learning, attending conferences and meetings...

... Libraries Information services Careers All the titles in this series provide a clear, crisp introduction to the topic and guidelines on further reading, relevant organisations and, in this instance, Internet resources. Some LIS staff might consider teleworking, the working at a distance from one’s...

...Michael Smethurst The career of Henry Heaney is described from assistant librarian at Queen’s University Belfast to university librarian and keeper of the Hunterian Books and Manuscripts, University of Glasgow. His achievements as the first executive secretary of SCONUL are described as are those...