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Random Ramblings — Why Don’T Public Librarians Brag More About One Of Their Greatest Successes: Providing Pleasure Reading For Their Patrons?, Robert P. Holley
Random Ramblings — Why Don’T Public Librarians Brag More About One Of Their Greatest Successes: Providing Pleasure Reading For Their Patrons?, Robert P. Holley
School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications
The article offers the author's insights on various aspects related to public libraries. Topics discussed include various services offered in libraries such as reading and online searching, librarian courses offered at the Wayne State University, and several field covered in library courses such as history of public libraries, culture of library, and job responsibilities of librarians.
Search Committees: When Members Disagree On The Relative Importance Of Candidate Qualifications, Robert P. Holley
Search Committees: When Members Disagree On The Relative Importance Of Candidate Qualifications, Robert P. Holley
School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications
A factor not often mentioned in advice to job hunters is that members of search committees may be looking for different types of candidates even with an agreed upon job description and may also have dissimilar views on the importance of the search. This article describes a role playing exercise that I devised to demonstrate this point in my management class. The five members of the search committee, each representing a librarian stereotype, must decide between two candidates with diametrically opposed skills. Candidates will learn that this factor means that no one set of qualifications may satisfy everyone on the …
Finding And Reading Reports Of Research: How Academic Librarians Can Help Students Be More Successful, Dian Walster, Deborah Charbonneau, Kafi D. Kumasi
Finding And Reading Reports Of Research: How Academic Librarians Can Help Students Be More Successful, Dian Walster, Deborah Charbonneau, Kafi D. Kumasi
School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications
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