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Author:   Patricia A. Kreitz (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA) ,  JoAnn DeVries (Magrath Library, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780789035554

ISBN 10:   0789035553
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   31 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction (Patricia A. Kreitz and JoAnn DeVries) Recruiting Science Librarians: A Call to Action! (Anne K. Beaubien) Recruitment of Science and Technology LibrariansA Review (Pali U. Kuruppu) Recruiting the Best (Cecelia Brown) Uncle Albert Needs You! Individual Recruiting Efforts Are a Necessity and an Obligation (Lorraine J. Pellack) Becoming a Science Librarian: Accident, Serendipity, or Purposeful Plant? (Donna M. Beck and Rachel Callison) Made from Scratch: The Creation and Development of a Sciences Librarian (Peter Fritzler) Why Didn’t I Hear About It Sooner? Recruiting Undergraduates into Science Librarianship (Sarah H. Jeong) Recruiting the Under-Represented: The Science Links Experience (Kawanna M. Bright, Shantel Agnew, Tanya Arnold, LaVerne Gray, M. Nathalie Hristov, Jill Keally, Mark A. Puente, and William Robinson) Making the Science-Library Connection: A Survey of Sci-Tech Librarians (Linda Eells) Science Librarianship in Africa (Innocent Awasom) New Models of Recruitment and (Continuing) Education for Sci-Tech Librarianship (Linda C. Smith) Holding on to Our Own: Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Science Librarians (Allison V. Level and Joanna Blair) Networking, Networking, Networking: The Role of Professional Association Memberships in Mentoring and Retention of Science Librarians (Jeanne R. Davidson and Cheryl A. Middleton) RetentionAfter Hiring Then What? (Jodee L. Kawasaki) Competencies Required! For Education, Recruitment, and Retention (Sara R. Tompson) Index Reference Notes Included

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Patricia A. Kreitz, MA, MLS, is currently Director of Technical Information Services for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, a national laboratory of the Department of Energy managed and operated by Stanford University. She is responsible for a diverse set of information management and delivery services including Web services and architecture, publications and media services, the Archives and History Office, and the library and HEP databases. She has written on scientific information management and is active in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of ALA. JoAnn DeVries, MLS, served as Associate Librarian and Reference Bibliographer at the Magrath Library on St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is now retired.

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