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Publication date: 7 June 2013

Gillian S. Gremmels

The paper aims to discern, document, and analyze current staffing trends in college and university libraries.

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Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to discern, document, and analyze current staffing trends in college and university libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

The author gathered information from the literatures of library and information science and higher education.

Findings

The paper details six trends across public and technical services affecting librarians, non‐MLS professionals, and paraprofessionals. The presentation of trends is followed by a discussion of three concerns the author has about these trends.

Research limitations/implications

The paper covers trends in college and university libraries but does not specifically address community college libraries. Community colleges may have similar issues, as well as unique trends; further research is encouraged.

Practical implications

Library managers will be able to compare developments in their libraries to the profession‐wide trends. They will also be able to link to a large body of literature on the topic.

Originality/value

This kind of comprehensive look at academic library staffing does not seem to have been published recently.

Details

Reference Services Review, vol. 41 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 24 November 2015

Mark Dahl

How can academic libraries unlock staff capacity for new initiatives as they transition their collections from print to digital? The following are four strategies for recapturing…

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How can academic libraries unlock staff capacity for new initiatives as they transition their collections from print to digital? The following are four strategies for recapturing staff time as libraries adopt new formats while still supporting older ones at a smaller volume. First, librarians should employ strategic collection development that takes into consideration opportunities for efficiencies as they make the print to digital transition. Second, libraries should implement creative reorganizations in order to scale down print services and effectively manage new digital formats. Third, libraries should rightscale their infrastructure, that is, choose the appropriate level – local, consortial/regional, national, or global – where collection management activities should take place. Fourth, libraries, library software vendors, and publishers should develop purchasing and resource discovery infrastructures that harness shared data to enable network level electronic resource management.

Details

Library Staffing for the Future
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-499-7

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