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Portable MLIS - Professional Reading

This one is on my Christmas list:

My friends Ken Haycock and Brooke Sheldon have produced the ultimate librarian geek professional read!

Order your's today.

The Portable MLIS: Insights from the Experts

http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/LU5847.aspx
Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: How to Think Like a Librarian

Part I: Foundations, Values and Context
1. Stepping Back and Looking Forward: Reflections on the Foundations of Libraries and Librarianship - Richard E. Rubin
2. Professional Ethics and Values in a Changing World - Michael Gorman
3. Human Rights, Democracy and Librarians - Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Katharine Phenix
4. Information Seeking - Donald O. Case
5. Careers and Environments - Laura Kane

Part II: Functions and Competencies
6. Another Look at Leadership - Brooke E. Sheldon
7. Management: An Essential Skill for Today?s Librarians - Barbara B. Moran
8. Marketing - the Driving Force of Your Library - Christie Koontz
9. Reflections on Creating Information Service Collections - G. Edward Evans
10. Organization and Representation of Information/Knowledge - Arlene G. Taylor
Information Retrieval: Designing, Querying, and Evaluating Information Systems - Judith Weedman
12. Reference Service: The Personal Side of Librarianship - David A. Tyckoson
13. Librarians: The Best Googlers in the World - Linda Main
14. Readers Advisory Services: How to Help Users Find a ?Good Book.? Mary K. Chelton.
15. Research - Ron Powell
16. Learning and Using Evaluation: A Practical Introduction - Charles R. McClure

Part III: Moving Beyond Boundaries
17. LIS Professionals in a Global Society - Barbara J. Ford
18. Issues and Trends - Ken Haycock

Just cool. I love seeing my friends' names in print. Reading their insights is like having a nice visit over a great latte or glass of wine together.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).