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Foreword by Camila A. Alire In the fifth edition of this classic
textbook, Richard E Rubin and new co-author Rachel G. Rubin provide
a foundational text for LIS students and professionals while taking
into account the numerous societal, technological, political, and
economic changes affecting library and information institutions,
their users and the discipline as a whole. Foundations of Library
and Information Science effectively prepares LIS students and
professionals for an increasingly nuanced set of responsibilities.
The new edition explores: - the history and mission of libraries
from past to present, including the history of service to African
Americans; - critical contemporary social issues such as services
to marginalised communities, tribal libraries, and immigrants; -
the rise of e-government and the crucial role of political
advocacy; - digital devices, social networking, digital publishing,
e-books, virtual reality, and other technology; - forces shaping
the future of libraries, including Future Ready libraries, and
sustainability as a core value of librarianship; - the values and
ethics of the profession, with new coverage of civic engagement,
combatting fake news, the importance of social justice, and the
role of critical librarianship; - knowledge infrastructure and
organization, including Resource Description and Access (RDA),
linked data, and the Library Research Model; - the significance of
the digital divide and policy issues related to broadband access
and net neutrality; - intellectual freedom, legal issues, and
copyright-related topics; - contemporary issues in LIS education
such as the ongoing tensions between information science and
library science; and • the changing character of collections and
services including the role of digital libraries, preservation, and
the digital humanities. This book is an essential resource for both
aspiring library and information science practitioners and those
already established in the field. It will also be of interest to
students of other information sciences, including information and
knowledge management, librarianship, publishing and museum studies.
In the 20-year reboot of Neely and Abif's 1996 In Our Own Voices,
fifteen of the original contributors revisit their stories
alongside the fifteen new voices that have been added. This
Collective represents a wide range of life and library experiences,
gender fluidities, sexualities, races, and other visible, and
invisible identities. In addition to reflections on lives and
experiences since the 1996 volume, chapters cover the
representation of librarians of color in the profession at large,
and more specifically, those among them who are still the "only
one"; the specter of "us serving them-still;" and migrations from
libraries to other information providing professions. These authors
reflect on their careers and lives in libraries and other school
and workplace settings, as activists, administrators, archivists,
library students and information professionals. They share stories
of personal and professional abuse, attempts to find and secure
gainful employment, navigating the profession, and how they
overcame decades of normalized discrimination to complete their
educational and career pursuits. They write about the need for
support systems, work-life balance, self-care, communities of
support, and the importance of mentoring and being mentored. And
above all, they persist, and continue to disrupt systems. These
essays are from contributors from a variety of libraries and
library related environments, and provide answers to questions
professionals new to LIS haven't even asked yet. The inclusion of a
new group of librarian his-, her-, and their-stories provides a
voice for those currently finding their way through this
profession. These essays bring honesty, vulnerability,
authenticity, and impactfulness to the "diversity" conversation in
libraries and beyond. And more importantly, these voices, from a
variety of races, ethnicities, genders and sexualities, matter.
Emotional intelligence (EI), as based on the work of Daniel Goleman
and his colleagues, has received a lot of attention in the Harvard
Business Review and elsewhere as a leadership theory. It is
composed of five domains: Knowing your emotions, Managing your
emotions, Motivating yourself, Recognizing and understanding other
people's emotions, and Managing relationships (managing the
emotions of others). Its practitioners become particularly adept at
managing the mood and performance of both their organizations and
themselves. In Academic Librarians as Emotionally Intelligent
Leaders, Hernon and company present a solid overview of EI, its
connection to other leadership theories, and its particular
application to academic librarianship. By moving beyond basic
"people skills," they claim, library leaders can come to appreciate
not only the unique challenges of personal and organizational
growth, but how their own reactions and feelings are perceived by
others. Particularly noteworthy is a strong focus on issues of
diversity, including a chapter on how librarians of color regularly
engage in self-renewal and restoration.
In the 20-year reboot of Neely and Abif's 1996 In Our Own Voices,
fifteen of the original contributors revisit their stories
alongside the fifteen new voices that have been added. This
Collective represents a wide range of life and library experiences,
gender fluidities, sexualities, races, and other visible, and
invisible identities. In addition to reflections on lives and
experiences since the 1996 volume, chapters cover the
representation of librarians of color in the profession at large,
and more specifically, those among them who are still the "only
one"; the specter of "us serving them-still;" and migrations from
libraries to other information providing professions. These authors
reflect on their careers and lives in libraries and other school
and workplace settings, as activists, administrators, archivists,
library students and information professionals. They share stories
of personal and professional abuse, attempts to find and secure
gainful employment, navigating the profession, and how they
overcame decades of normalized discrimination to complete their
educational and career pursuits. They write about the need for
support systems, work-life balance, self-care, communities of
support, and the importance of mentoring and being mentored. And
above all, they persist, and continue to disrupt systems. These
essays are from contributors from a variety of libraries and
library related environments, and provide answers to questions
professionals new to LIS haven't even asked yet. The inclusion of a
new group of librarian his-, her-, and their-stories provides a
voice for those currently finding their way through this
profession. These essays bring honesty, vulnerability,
authenticity, and impactfulness to the "diversity" conversation in
libraries and beyond. And more importantly, these voices, from a
variety of races, ethnicities, genders and sexualities, matter.
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