Core Competencies of Electronic Resources Librarians Adopted as NASIG Policy

Impact of Electronic Resources on Collection Development, the Roles of Librarians, and Library Consortia

As LIBRARIANS ADDED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS to their collections and then electronic materials, they moved from selection as an individual activity to selection as a group activity. Librarians made every effort to mainstream the resulting selection process and incorporate it into the existing library organization. However, with the advent of the Internet and the ability to simultaneously share vi...

Enhancing the Core Competencies

Identifies how contexts affect communication strategies and practices Engages in effective communication practices in a variety of situations and with a variety of media Oral Communication [1] Written Communication Writing Across the Curriculum/Using Writing [2] Visual Literacy [3] Media Literacy [4] Technological Literacy Integrating Instructional Technology into Your Courses [5] Online Teachi...

Competencies needed for future academic librarians in Pakistan

The changing environment of academic libraries in Pakistan demands new competencies for future academic librarians. This study defines and validates competencies for entry-level professionals keeping in view the needs of the next five years. Top-level library managers of selected universities and postgraduate level colleges participated in the study. A scale of perceived importance of each comp...

Selecting and Managing Electronic Resources: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians (rev. ed.)

This book is a revised and expanded edition of a work previously published in 2000. It is aimed particularly at practitioners coming new to the electronic resources area, as well as at more experienced professionals interested in new approaches. Eight chapters of varying length cover collection development policies; selection criteria and the selection process; budgeting and acquisitions; organ...

Core Competencies for Clinical Supervisors