Current CITE-ings from the popular and trade computing press: telework and telecommuting

Abstract

Purpose

This article examines Current CITE-ings from the Popular and Trade Computing Press, Telework and Telecommuting

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology adopted is a literature review.

Findings

Readily available technologies now allow librarians to perform most of their work-offsite. Some traditional building-based services such as reference, have been taken over by virtual reference and now even instruction offers options on par with or even better than classroombased questions such as a webinar that can be viewed and reviewed at any time or by having librarians embedded into various courseware packages.

Researchlimitations/implications

Librarians no longer need be limited to a single library; groups of subject librarians can work together in the cloud to provide services to multiple universities.

Originality/value

This article collates some articles from the non-library literature that mayprovide some ideas and review advantages and disadvantages for both the library and employee

Citation

Kesselman, M. (2016), "Current CITE-ings from the popular and trade computing press: telework and telecommuting", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 21-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-01-2016-0001