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The systems librarian : designing roles, defining skills / Thomas C. Wilson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : American Library Association, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585362319
  • 9780585362311
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Systems librarian.DDC classification:
  • 025/.00285 21
LOC classification:
  • Z678.9 .W55 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
ch. 1. Toward a philosophy of systems librarianship -- ch. 2. Responsibilities and roles of systems librarians -- ch. 3. Education of a systems librarian -- ch. 4. Organizational structures for library systems units -- ch. 5. Technical management -- ch. 6. Gotchas, myths, and parables of systems work -- ch. 7. Future for technical professionals.
Review: "Guided by the editorial support of colleagues in the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), author Tom Wilson, head of systems at University of Houston Libraries, demystifies this critical specialty. In clear nontechnical language, Wilson answers the befuddling question, What is a systems librarian?" "Wilson lays no claim to the one right answer. Instead, The Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills will lead you in formulating your own answer, which is the first step to making sound decisions."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.

ch. 1. Toward a philosophy of systems librarianship -- ch. 2. Responsibilities and roles of systems librarians -- ch. 3. Education of a systems librarian -- ch. 4. Organizational structures for library systems units -- ch. 5. Technical management -- ch. 6. Gotchas, myths, and parables of systems work -- ch. 7. Future for technical professionals.

"Guided by the editorial support of colleagues in the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), author Tom Wilson, head of systems at University of Houston Libraries, demystifies this critical specialty. In clear nontechnical language, Wilson answers the befuddling question, What is a systems librarian?" "Wilson lays no claim to the one right answer. Instead, The Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills will lead you in formulating your own answer, which is the first step to making sound decisions."--Jacket.

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English.

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