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Definition of a Librarian and 11 Excellent Infographics About The Librarian

 Definition of a Librarian and 11 Excellent Infographics About The Librarian highlighting their duties, functions, roles, responsibilities, worth, and importance, with interesting facts and figures. ********************************************************* A librarian is a person who is in charge of or works professionally in a library and is responsible for its management and services. The librarian takes care of the library and its resources. Typical job of a librarian includes managing collection development and acquisitions, cataloging, collections management, circulation, and providing a range of services, such as reference, information, instruction, and training services, etc. Librarians are trained in library and information science and are engaged in providing library services, usually holding a degree in library science. In the United States, the title Librarian is reserved for persons who have been awarded the ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science or MLIS d

Visions of Success: Academic Libraries in a Post COVID-19 World

Visions of Success: Academic Libraries in a Post COVID-19 World by..Christopher Cox and Elliot Felix Academic libraries have been undergoing transformation. In response to student and faculty needs, libraries have moved from physical spaces valued for their collections and research support to full-service research and student success hubs. COVID-19 has both accelerated these changes and, in some cases, upended them. The pandemic has resulted in increased use of, and reliance on, digital collections, and more interest in self-service and online programming. The in-person reference interview and the learning commons as a physical one stop shop are on hiatus, though the need for those services remains. How will COVID-19 change how libraries offer their collections and services in the long term? How will it change the nature of our work? This article provides a vision of the future in which libraries become true connectors of people and catalysts for discovery. To see into the future of li

Ten Stories That Shaped 2020

  #closethelibraries due to COVID-19 Misinformation Endangers Lives, Democracy Bookstores Challenge Amazon Vaccine Hunt Fraught with IP Issues The Internet Archive's National Emergency Library Proctorio's Bonkers Surveillance Practices Scandals Roundup The USPS Slowdown More Elsevier Cancellations News Flash: Prejudice Still Exists http://lisnews.org/node/45358