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February 2010
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Homecoming What drove me into severing my long membership with the Special Libraries Association was its decision to launch its second century by joining the opposition to Google Books.   |
Searcher
August 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - 'Concierge' Librarian We may face competition from other specialist information professionals, but maybe the enemy will be us or at least someone we can hire. It's the information profession we are defending, not just librarians. |
Searcher
December 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - The Long View In a world where most people suffer from information overload and the price for ignorance continues to rise, imagine how useful it would be to scan curated results, stamped with the librarian's seal of approval. It's so obvious. |
Information Today
September 2000
Barbara Quint |
Qunit's Online: Recruiting a Corporate Dream Team The advantages of hiring a librarian and how to go about it. |
Searcher
March 2011
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Educating Special Librarians -- "The Past Is Prologue" When we began writing this series of articles addressing survival lessons for special libraries, we had more questions than answers; this is still the case. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2011
Marydee Ojala |
Why I Library, and You Should Too As technology changes physical collections to electronic ones, and reshapes the entire notion of what a library is, the noun librarian is becoming even less appropriate for the profession. |
Searcher
June 2006
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Cassandra Grumbles A library is what is left over when a librarian goes home. |
Searcher
August 2002
Rebecca T. Lenzini |
The Graying of the Library Profession A survey of our professional association and their responses. |
Searcher
August 2002
Cynthia L. Shamel |
Building a Brand: Got Librarian? Librarians need to do a better job of getting their message out (and conveying a sense of their usefulness) to the business community at large. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013
Charles R. Chaffin |
Making the Case for CFP Standards While the planning profession has evolved considerably, there is still work to be done. |
Searcher
February 2003
Barbara Quint |
The L-Word Technical service librarians have tales of patrons in awe of their ability to capture a book lost to the ages, to discover the unknown gems that completed the perfect bibliography. |
Searcher
September 2008
Stephen Abram |
Evolution to Revolution to Chaos? Reference in Transition Those of us who prepare for an emerging new world balance of personal service -- virtual, in-person, and computer-mediated -- will be better prepared than those who wait and see. It's a new Renaissance in libraries. |
ONLINE
November 2000
Bob Ainsbury & Michelle Futornick |
The Revenge of the Library Scientist Business professionals would be surprised at just how suited librarians are to the dot com world... |
D-Lib
September 2006
Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
Searcher
August 2002
Carol Tenopir |
Educating Tomorrow's Information Professionals Today It is a great time to enter the information professions, but one that poses challenges for LIS schools and employers, as a new generation of information professionals comes on the scene and prepares to tackle jobs in a variety of environments. |
D-Lib
March 2006
Bonita Wilson |
A Special Issue on Digital Library Evolution Automated digital library can be used to describe a digital library where all tasks are carried out automatically. Computer programs substitute for the intellectually demanding tasks that are traditionally carried out by skilled professionals. |
Searcher
August 2002
Mary-Ellen Mort |
The Info Pro's Survival Guide to Job Hunting An effective online job search strategy you can adapt to your own career focus and industry target. |
Searcher
March 2001
Barbara Quint |
On Myths: A Letter to Non-Subscribers As for that misty mystical myth of some Golden Age of Libraries where all truth was handmade and hand delivered and all patrons were gratefully enriched by the blessed hands of librarians scattering largesse throughout the land...pull the other one, I'm starting to walk funny... |
Searcher
February 2007
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Good Ideas Donating books to libraries... The future of libraries... |
Searcher
April 2004
Barbara Quint |
Governance The concept of universal service to all has been the impossible dream of librarians. Now technology has brought us the opportunity to make that dream a reality. But our governance reins us in, holds us back, keeps us from reaching up and out to that grand goal. |
Searcher
September 2004
Coffman & Arret |
To Chat Or Not to Chat --- Taking Yet Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 2 Chat reference has not turned out to be the panacea many libraries hoped for. Our funds are too limited and our reference and basic library services far too important to squander money on services that don't work. |
Searcher
August 2010
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Long Thoughts, Big Dreams We've got to turn the word "library" from a noun describing a place or an institution to a verb describing a function or an app. |
ONLINE
November 2000
Mick O'Leary |
Grading the Library Portals The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries... |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2003
Marydee Ojala |
Certifying Information Professionals The issue of certification for librarians and other information professionals is one of long-standing -- it's never been completely resolved and is not destined to fade into the sunset. |
Energize
February 2011
Susan J. Ellis |
Real Professions Have Strong Associations Ever since I've been in volunteerism, and that's almost four decades now, periodically someone raises the question: "Is volunteer management a profession or a skilled job?" |
Searcher
January 2006
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - The Home Guard Information professionals need to establish turf for the profession, to make it clear to patrons or potential patrons everywhere exactly what we do and why they cannot do without our services except at great personal risk. |
Searcher
September 2002
Barbara Quint |
The Eternal Watchdog What exactly will information professionals -- librarians or professional searchers or whatever you want to call us -- do in the future? What set of skills will we possess that will both identify us to our clients and earn us the big bucks? |
Searcher
January 2009
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - What's Next? Has the world of one giant and universal LIBRARY finally arrived? Stay tuned. This is an issue we have covered regularly and will continue to cover this year and beyond, I suspect. |
Information Today
June 16, 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Special Libraries Association Keeps Its Name Following 3 years of research, heated discussions, and brand name debates, the members of the Special Libraries Association voted to retain the organization's nearly 100-year-old name. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2011
Marydee Ojala |
Strength in Numbers Libraries worldwide are under threat. Yet information professionals should not despair. We bring a unique perspective to these dual challenges, and we have strength in numbers. |
Searcher
October 2003
Marylaine Block |
How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet The unrestrained freedom of the Net has caused conservative organizations and staid, sober lawmakers to view libraries as pornography parlors and librarians as corrupters of youth. As a result, librarians have borne the brunt of an astonishing amount of ill-advised and unconstitutional legislation. |
Information Today
November 24, 2008
Barbara Quint |
The Wisdom of Crowds of Librarians Is on the Way--In Time: Reference Extract Experts from three top library and information science institutions have begun a process that they promise will lead to a new search engine with a new infrastructure designed to emphasize authoritative content. |
Searcher
August 2001 |
Searcher Correspondence Multiple reactions to the denunciation of Double-Fold... more free magazines online at MagPortal... linking to SLA and Carol Tenopir... |
Searcher
August 2008
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - The Winds of Change New technological innovations make it easier for librarians to take charge of data dissemination, but first they need to learn a few computing skills. |
Searcher
May 2010
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Staying Afloat in Turbulent Waters -- News/Media Libraries Hit Hard A discussion of the events and circumstances affecting media organizations and their libraries under difficult economic conditions. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2005
Marydee Ojala |
Talk About My Generation Let's not have age wars interfere with the basic mission of the information professional--getting information to the people that need it, when they need it, and in the form they need it. Whatever their generation may be. |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
Searcher
August 2007
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - A Great Idea!! The Google Custom Search Engine lets knowledgeable users identify the sites and/or search strategies that they know will retrieve high relevance, high quality content matching the interests of their user communities. |
Searcher
April 2006
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - What's Happening?!? Librarians need to make sure that everyone knows, wherever they live or work, that if you need to know anything, anything at all, you start with your librarian. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2010
Marydee Ojala |
Redefining Information In the digital age, information has escaped from the library. It's not on the shelves, neatly labeled by format. It's not contained by any specific device. It's on mobiles, embedded in social networks, and integral to websites. Search is the oxygen of today's information user. |
ONLINE
Nov/Dec 2003
George R. Plosker |
The Information Industry Revolution: Implications for Librarians Does the word "library" adequately convey the utility and value of what librarians, and in this case, corporate or special librarians, contribute to their organizations? |
Searcher
June 2001
Barbara Quint |
Don't Burn Books! Burn Librarians!! A Review of Nicholson Baker's Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper... |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2003
Marydee Ojala |
What's in a Name? The vote was to remain as Special Libraries Association. For some, this was nothing less than an identity crisis. Was this an association for librarians or not? |
Information Today
June 10, 2002
Barbara Quint |
QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Virtual Reference QuestionPoint stems from an arrangement between the Library of Congress' Public Service Collections Directorate and OCLC to provide libraries with access to a growing collaborative network of reference librarians in the U.S. and around the world. |
Information Today
May 2002
Ana Arias Terry |
Ninth National PLA Conference The Public Library Association, an organization with more than 9,000 members, hosted nearly 7,900 participants and 400 exhibitors at its national conference in Phoenix. I found the programs educational and the general session keynote speech an unexpected treat... |
Searcher
December 2008
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - What Is the Question? It seems these days that article after article, commentary after commentary, even blog after blog keeps asking and answering questions on the future of libraries, librarians, and information professionals. |
Information Today
October 26, 2009
Cindy Shamel |
SLA Name Change: Can the Name Convey the Value? Last week, Special Libraries Association leadership announced that members will soon vote on a new name. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 25, 2010
Natasha Wanchek |
Library 2.0: Enter the Teacher Librarian Enthusiast Technology is changing the role of libraries - and the responsibilities of librarians - at schools internationally. |
Information Today
November 5, 2012
Cindy Shamel |
Internet Librarians--The Power to Transform Libraries The 16th annual Internet Librarian conference recently concluded in Monterey, California. More than 1,000 registrants and 215 speakers tackled the topic of the Transformational Power of Internet Librarians |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Librarian Bloggers to Follow If you already know about these passionate authorial librarians, read on for some insight into why they started their blogs and what advice they'd give to those thinking about blogging. |
