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Title Jump-start your career as a digital librarian : a LITA guide / edited by Jane D. Monson
Published Chicago : Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations
Series LITA guide
LITA guides.
Contents So you want to be a digital librarian? : what does that mean? / Jim DelRosso and Cory Lampert -- Getting the most out of library school / Micah Vandegrift and Annie Pho -- Landing your first job / Elyssa Sanner, Catherine P. Wagner, and Krista E. Clumpner -- Making a career shift / Michelle Czaikowski Underhill and Linda Burkey Wade -- Furthering your career / Roy Tennant -- Understanding key technology concepts / Matt Zimmerman -- Managing digital projects / Ione Damasco, Frances Rice, and Somaly Kim Wu -- Learning about metadata / Jennifer Phillips -- Putting metadata into practice / Silvia B. Southwick and Jane Skoric -- Understanding your role in the new scholarly publishing landscape / Anne Shelley and Amy S. Jackson -- Collaborating on digital projects / Andrew Weiss -- Preserving digital content / Heidi N. Abbey
Summary The skills of digital librarianship are more crucial than ever, and these same skills are in high demand outside the field, from tech startups undertaking digitization projects to digital humanities centers bringing together professors, computer scientists, and information technologists. Map out your career in this fast-growing field with the full range of perspectives gathered in this clear, concise overview of the core concepts and competencies of digital librarianship. Twenty-one experienced practitioners from a variety of settings offer realistic views of today's job market, typical projec
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Library science -- Vocational guidance
Digital libraries.
Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on
Libraries, Digital
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Digital libraries
Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on
Library science -- Vocational guidance
Form Electronic book
Author Monson, Jane D., 1977- editor.
LC no. 2012036377
ISBN 9781555708818
1555708811
9781555708771
1555708773
9781555708825
155570882X