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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| author | Cuesta, Emerita M. |
| author_facet | Cuesta, Emerita M. Cuesta, Emerita M. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution Cuesta, Emerita M. Electronic Libraries Library Services Librarians Occupational Information Job Analysis Job Skills Professional Development Performance Factors Influence of Technology Organizational Change Library Automation Advertising Electronic resources are transforming the way librarians work. New technological skills have been added to the librarian's tool kit. Some libraries have undertaken large-scale organizational reconfigurations to meet the challenges of the digital environment. Yet libraries still rely on traditional functions such as acquisitions, cataloging, and reference. This paper examines job advertisements published online between 2001 and March 2003 to determine the degree of overlap between traditional and electronic duties in the modern library organization, and draws some conclusions about the state of the digital library. (Contains 1 table.) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2005 |
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| spellingShingle | The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution Cuesta, Emerita M. Electronic Libraries Library Services Librarians Occupational Information Job Analysis Job Skills Professional Development Performance Factors Influence of Technology Organizational Change Library Automation Advertising The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution Cuesta, Emerita M. Electronic Libraries Library Services Librarians Occupational Information Job Analysis Job Skills Professional Development Performance Factors Influence of Technology Organizational Change Library Automation Advertising Electronic resources are transforming the way librarians work. New technological skills have been added to the librarian's tool kit. Some libraries have undertaken large-scale organizational reconfigurations to meet the challenges of the digital environment. Yet libraries still rely on traditional functions such as acquisitions, cataloging, and reference. This paper examines job advertisements published online between 2001 and March 2003 to determine the degree of overlap between traditional and electronic duties in the modern library organization, and draws some conclusions about the state of the digital library. (Contains 1 table.) |
| title | The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution |
| topic | Electronic Libraries Library Services Librarians Occupational Information Job Analysis Job Skills Professional Development Performance Factors Influence of Technology Organizational Change Library Automation Advertising |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ873108 |