{"product_id":"developing-librarian-competencies-for-the-digital-age-9781442264441","title":"Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeveloping Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age identifies specific digital skills needed for success, ways of developing those skills, and ways of assessing them. This book identifies the crux of what it means to a librarian in the 21st century for library professionals at any stage in their career in any library setting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe changes and challenges faced by health sciences librarians require the skills described in this practical and highly readable work. . . The book is highly recommended for all levels of health sciences librarians. Librarians at the entry level and at mid-career and later will find much here to appreciate, adopt, and apply. * Journal of the Medical Library Association *\u003cbr\u003eCoghill and Russell have pulled together a team of librarian experts who have demonstrated the new and exciting roles librarians play through digital management and access to information. The authors challenge librarians to think in different ways about how knowledge is created and how librarians participate in the life-cycle of information. New technologies and customer needs require librarians to constantly keep up with new principles, skills and systems to manage digital information so it is accessible in a way that makes sense to the customer and provides flexibility in discovery and use of information. -- Linda Walton, Director, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences; Director, NN\/LM Greater Midwest Region\u003cbr\u003eI often write about changes within the library profession, so I am excited to see this book that this book successfully tackles librarian competencies in the ever-evolving library world.   The past, present, and future of librarianship are explored with key outcomes every new librarian to know. -- Michelle Kraft, Author of The Krafty Librarian and Library Director, Cleveland Clinic Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library\u003cbr\u003eI often write about changes within the library profession, so I am excited to see that this book successfully tackles librarian competencies in the ever-evolving library world. The past, present, and future of librarianship are explored with key outcomes every new librarian needs to know. -- Michelle Kraft, Author of The Krafty Librarian and Library Director, Cleveland Clinic Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039979241815,"sku":"9781442264441","price":36.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442264441.jpg?v=1750945416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/developing-librarian-competencies-for-the-digital-age-9781442264441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}