The Expert Library: Staffing, Sustaining, and Advancing the Academic Library in the 21st Century
- ISBN-10
- 0838985513
- ISBN-13
- 9780838985519
- Category
- Academic librarians
- Pages
- 373
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
- Authors
- Karen Williams, Scott Walter
Description
Collects essays by academic librarians exploring such ways to advance academic libraries in the twenty-first century as identifying core competencies, promoting participatory librarianship, and supporting new roles and responsibilities.
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