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Author:   Mary Krautter ,  Mary Beth Lock ,  Mary G. Scanlon
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780786464685

ISBN 10:   0786464682
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   07 March 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction (Mary Krautter, Mary Beth Lock and Mary G. Scanlon)      Section I: Foundational Issues 1. Navigating the Ethical Waters of Entrepreneurial Librarianship: An Ethical Risk Analysis (KRISTIN WHITEHAIR)      2. Running the Library as a Business (ANDREA D. BERSTLER)      Section II: Intrapreneurs 3. Creating an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal: The Journal of Learning Spaces (JOE M. WILLIAMS and STEPHEN H. DEW)      4. INSIDE Idaho: Intrapreneurship Through the Collaborative Sharing of Geospatial Data (BRUCE GODFREY and GAIL Z. ECKWRIGHT)      5. The Library as Partner: Sustaining Relevance in a Collaborative, Student-Focused Technology Center (CHRISTY GROVES and HEATHER LAMBERT)      Section III: Entrepreneurs 6. An Interview with Mary Ellen Bates (AMY ARCHAMBAULT)      7. An Interview with Tim Spalding, Founder of LibraryThing (JEFF TIBERII)      8. Market Research Service Partnership at the University of Kentucky: An Entrepreneurial Future? (PETER HESSELDENZ)      9. Putting on a Race for Funds and (SUSAN SHARPLESS SMITH and ERIK MITCHELL)      Section IV: Social and Cultural Entrepreneurs 10. Unlocking the Treasures: Academic Library Entrepreneurs Promote Collections and Raise Funds (SHAKEELA BEGUM and MANUELA BOSCENCO)      11. Value-Based Return on Investment in the Entrepreneurial Disposition of Library Materials (SHARON K. CURTIS, DORALYN ROSSMANN and MOLLY C. A. ANDERSON)      12. Librarians as Sustainability Advocates, Educators and Entrepreneurs (ANNE M. LESS, BETH FILAR WILLIAMS and SARAH B. DORSEY)      13. An Interview with Martha Thomas Larson (AMY ARCHAMBAULT)      14. Librarian as Social Entrepreneur (MELODY M. ALLISON)      About the Contributors      Index     

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thought-provoking...valuable --<i>Journal of Librarianship and Information Science</i>; detail foundational principles of ethics and management that should be considered and the different approaches of these librarians --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Author Information

Mary Krautter is head of Reference and Instructional Services at Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mary Beth Lock is the Director of Access Services at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mary G. Scanlon is a retired librarian from Wake Forest University. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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