Evaluation of the teacher-librarian: A discussion guide

Focuses on the evaluation of a teacher-librarian (TL). Two significant components of a TL evaluation; Framework of a teacher-librarian evaluation; General considerations in evaluating a teacher-librarian; Role of TL on the nine areas of competence

Index to Anspach's A History of the Island of Newfoundland

Index to Anspach's A History of the Island of Newfoundlan

For SFX See Librarian

This paper explores SFX as a tool to provide seamless access to electronic resources in the fewest steps possible. It discusses the concept of the Open URL and the Link Resolver

The teacher-librarian as school principal: A natural progression

Focuses on the roles and responsibilities of teacher-librarian in administration. How teacher-librarians are no different from others in education or librarianship who accept challenges of greater responsibility; Five major areas of responsibilities of school administrator; Administrative tasks of the teacher-librarians; Difference between the abilities of principal and teacher-librarians; Skills of the teacher-librarians; Qualities of a successful teacher-librarian

Instruction and Focus Groups

My internship focuses not only on reference librarianship, but also information literacy and instruction. Accordingly, I’ve been fortunate to sit in on some library instruction classes with Clint. I think that the image of a librarian as a reference resource is pretty well established in our cultural consciousness, at least here at Gettysburg College, but the image of librarian as teacher is perhaps not as prominent. At some colleges and universities, however, librarians are considered part of the faculty. [excerpt

The Big Match - Lexis v Westlaw

Lexis and Westlaw are the biggest names in subscription legal database provision. The author provides a comparative critical examination from his experience is of academic subscriptions to the services - including their American academic contentPreprint of an article by Paul Norman, former Reference and Online Services Librarian at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, published in Legal Information Management, the journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarian

The Female Librarian in Film: Has the Image Changed in 60 Years?

The stereotypical image of the female librarian as an uptight spinster has prevailed in popular culture. This paper examines the portrayal of the librarian stereotype in movies from two different eras: the 1940s/1950s and the 2000s. The historical antecedents, social and economic status of women are examined, and the influence of computers and technology in the library is considered. Common traits that typify the film librarian, along with the inclusions of computers in the library, are identified and analyzed. Approaches to combatting the stereotypes are discussed and applied to the movies in order to discover any progression of the image in 60 years. It is concluded that while there has been some progress in the characterization of librarians in movies, overall there has been little change in 60 years

Flexible futures: the academic librarian

Australian academic libraries are highly adaptive to the changing needs of learning and teaching and research and the demands of the changing information environment. Liaison Librarians are absolutely central to the academic library's ability to manage change and anticipate and prepare for the future. However little is shared in conference papers and journal publications about how Liaison is organised, developed and supported by academic libraries. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and University of Tasmania (UTAS) Libraries have explicit, well established and long-running Liaison programs. UTAS recently embarked on a change process to move from an individual, school-focussed model to a faculty-focused, team approach to Liaison organisation. The process led to the organisation of teams, with team-member leadership roles in collection development, learning and teaching, and research support. The new organisation also established a learning environment in which librarians continue to change in a rapidly changing environment. At QUT Library the Workforce Plan has set the framework for the re-examination of the highly Faculty-integrated Liaison model to improve support for the University's research agenda, to respond to the changes in scholarly communication and to work collaboratively with the University's Teaching and Learning Support (TALSS) to embed information and academic literacies into the University's curriculum. This paper examines recent literature on Liaison, discusses two case studies of Liaison organisation at QUT and UTAS Libraries and how these changing models prepare libraries and librarians for the future of university learning and teaching and research and the changing information environment

A Different Kind of Embedded Librarian: More than Just a New Office

An increasing number of colleges and universities are embracing the concept of the embedded librarian. The goal is to put librarians into the physical space where students and faculty are most likely to encounter them rather than waiting for patrons to come to the library. This article asks if just doing the same thing differently is enough. A different kind of embedded librarian may be needed – one who has a regular teaching load in a curricular discipline, thereby better connecting the library with the classroom end of delivering the educational mission to the benefit of everyone