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Charting A Career Path In The Information Professions, Leslie M. Kong, R.A H. Goodfellow

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Academic Librarians play an important role in promoting information management and information literacy. This paper develops a career path model for academic librarians, delineating primary roles, psychological issues, required competencies, and strategies to attain those competencies at each state. Human resources planning implications for information organizations are also discussed.