Librarian Career Development: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
Staff exchanges ‐ new directions for academic libraries?
Michael HannonFocuses on international academic library staff exchanges from three perspectives: the author’s personal experience as an exchange participant, as director of a research library…
Managing for success ‐ perhaps
Patrick NoonThe development of management skills for senior academic librarians has rarely been accorded the attention it deserves, even when the Follett report identified it as an important…
From tradition to renewal: Librarians’ training in East Germany before and after the reunification ‐ a short review
Torsten Seela, Regina BruchArgues that the training of librarians in GDR times gives a strange picture and is difficult to understand. On the one hand it can be seen and understood as a continuation of the…
SCONUL and staffing in higher education libraries and information services
Margaret M. CouttsThe article summarizes the recent work of SCONUL’s Advisory Committee on Staffing. Emphasis has been on creating opportunities for active training and development of staff in…