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Editorial Staff And State Representatives Jan 2015

Editorial Staff And State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.


Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions Jan 2015

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submissions to The Southeastern Librarian.


Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock And The Red Plague Of Pellagra, Barbara Kelly Jan 2015

Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock And The Red Plague Of Pellagra, Barbara Kelly

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra by Charles S. Bryan. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-61117-490-8.


Chained To The Land: Voices From Cotton And Corn Plantations, Carol Walker Jordan Jan 2015

Chained To The Land: Voices From Cotton And Corn Plantations, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Chained to the Land: Voices from Cotton and Cane Plantations edited by Lynette Ater Tanner. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair Publishers, 2014. ISBN 978-0-89587-628-7.


Madam Belle: Sex, Money And Influence In A Southern Brothel, Melinda F. Matthews Jan 2015

Madam Belle: Sex, Money And Influence In A Southern Brothel, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel by Maryjean Wall. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8131-4706-2.


The Civil War As Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings Of The American Civil War, Kathelene Mccarty Smith Jan 2015

The Civil War As Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings Of The American Civil War, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War edited by David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-61117-325-3.


Jekyll Island's Early Years From Prehistory Through Reconstruction, Carol Walker Jordan Jan 2015

Jekyll Island's Early Years From Prehistory Through Reconstruction, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Jekyll Island's Early Years from PreHistory Through Reconstruction by June Hall McCash. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8203-2447-0.


Enterprising Women: Gender, Race And Power In The Revolutionary Atlantic, Carol Walker Jordan Jan 2015

Enterprising Women: Gender, Race And Power In The Revolutionary Atlantic, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Enterprising Women: Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic by Kit Candlin and Cassandra Pybus. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8203-4455-3.


From Princess To Chief: Life With The Waccamau Siouan Indians Of North Carolina, Carol Walker Jordan Jan 2015

From Princess To Chief: Life With The Waccamau Siouan Indians Of North Carolina, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book From Princess to Chief: Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina by Pricilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia Barker Lerch. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8173-1797-3.


Penn Center: A History Preserved, Carol Walker Jordan Jan 2015

Penn Center: A History Preserved, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Penn Center: A History Preserved by Orville Vernon Burton with Wilbur Cross. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8203-2602-3.


Personnel News Jan 2015

Personnel News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.


Library News Jan 2015

Library News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent developments from SELA member institutions.


Sela/General News Jan 2015

Sela/General News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent Activities from the Southeastern Library Association. Details on SELA/ALLA Joint Conference and Public Library Summer Meal Programs.


Experience Mandatory: Assessing The Impact Of Previous Career And Educational Experience On Lis Education And The Academic Library Job Hunt, Sojourna J. Cunningham, Ingrid J. Ruffin Jan 2015

Experience Mandatory: Assessing The Impact Of Previous Career And Educational Experience On Lis Education And The Academic Library Job Hunt, Sojourna J. Cunningham, Ingrid J. Ruffin

The Southeastern Librarian

Since 2002, 97% of librarian jobs posted in American Libraries have required an American Library Association (ALA) accredited master’s degree (2004). The ALA Committee on Accreditation provides a general framework for library master’s program curriculum, “through a variety of educational experiences, for the study of theory, principles, practice, and values necessary for the provision of service in libraries and information agencies and in other contexts.” (Accreditation, 2014). ALA curriculum requirements are broad, however, so courses and requirements within ALA degree granting institutions vary immensely from program to program.


A Passion Deficit: Occupational Burnout And The New Librarian: A Recommendation Report, Linda A. Christian Jan 2015

A Passion Deficit: Occupational Burnout And The New Librarian: A Recommendation Report, Linda A. Christian

The Southeastern Librarian

Burnout is about an employee’s relationship with their work (Harwell, 2013, n.p.). It involves a prolonged exposure to workplace stressors that often drain an employee’s vitality and enthusiasm, and lead to less engagement and productivity. Burnout increases turnover rates and absenteeism; causes decreased performance, workplace accidents and poor customer service; and sometimes leads to litigation. It also threatens the integrity and professionalism of an individual. Emotional labor—sometimes referred to as “emotion work” or “emotion management”—contributes heavily to the burnout factor by forcing an employee to control his or her feelings in order to fulfill the goals or expectations of an …


The Southeastern Librarian V 62, No. 4 (Winter 2015) Complete Issue Jan 2015

The Southeastern Librarian V 62, No. 4 (Winter 2015) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, vol. 62, no. 4.