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Title Recruitment, development, and retention of information professionals : trends in human resources and knowledge management / [edited by] Elisabeth Pankl, Danielle Theiss-White, Mary C. Bushing
Published Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 322 pages : illustrations)
Contents 1. Analysis of job responsibilities of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) human resource professionals / Gina Costello, Alice Daugherty -- 2. Internships, residencies, and fellowships / Rachel Stinehelfer, Michael Crumpton -- 3. Strategies for diversity initiatives / Toni Anaya, Charlene Maxey-Harris, Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts -- 4. Librarians for tomorrow at the San José Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Library / Yuhfen Wu, Peggy Cabrera, Jeff Paul -- 5. Recruitment of subject specialists to academic librarianship / Charlene Kellsey, Stephanie Alexander, James Ascher, Matthew Brower -- 6. Recruitment experiences in area studies library organizations / George Paganelis -- 7. The professionalization of knowledge management / Betsy Martens, Suliman Hawamdeh -- 8. Global issues in human resource management and their significance to information organizations and information professionals / Gail Munde -- 9. Trends in integration-based orientation in academic libraries / Aimee Loya, Deborah Sunday -- 10. Teaching new librarians how to teach / Merinda Hensley -- 11. The career development compass / Joel Thornton -- 12. Understanding organizational culture and group dynamics / Doralyn Rossmann -- 13. Making the best of the best / Christy Groves, William Black -- 14. Use of the evolutionary conscious model to sustain a formal mentoring program / Janine Golden
15. Mentoring and supervision? Or, mentoring versus supervision? / Deborah Hicks, Jeanette Buckingham, Margaret Law -- 16. Mentoring when librarians have faculty status / Vincent Novara, Phillipa Brown, M. Williams
Summary This book highlights issues specific to information professionals (IPs) working in an academic environment. The evolution of scholarly communications and applications of technology are forcing IPs to reevaluate the way they operate. This book offers insight into the newest strategies for thinking creatively and resourcefully about the latest trends in recruitment, retention, and professional development--Provided by publisher
Analysis Knowledge management
Human resource professionals
Recruitment
Information science professionals
Retention
Academic librarianship
Development of IP skill sets
Career development planning
Organizational culture
Group dynamics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Academic libraries -- United States -- Personnel management
Academic librarians -- Recruiting -- United States
Academic librarians -- Training of -- United States
Knowledge workers -- Recruiting -- United States
Knowledge workers -- Training of -- United States
College personnel management -- United States
Knowledge management -- United States
Library education -- United States
Academic librarians -- Training of.
Academic libraries -- Personnel management.
College personnel management.
Knowledge management.
Library education.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Pankl, Elisabeth, 1975-
Theiss, Danielle, 1977-
Bushing, Mary
IGI Global.
LC no. 2009035690
ISBN 9781615206025
1615206027