Academic Libraries
ALA Spectrum Scholars
ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce
Baby Boomer Retirements
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Diversity in Librarianship
Diversity in the Workplace
Early Career Librarianship
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Library and Information Science
Library Workforce Demographics
Mentoring Programs
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- ISBN 9781591588863
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book contains invaluable feedback from residency program coordinators and current and former library residents that will benefit program managers, recent graduates and early career librarians, and students of library and information science.
The effective training of individuals in the new wave of library professionals who will replace those of the outgoing "baby boomer" generation is essential to the future success of libraries. Residency programs will undoubtedly serve as the backbone of this transition process.
The New Graduate Experience: Post-MLS Residency Programs and Early Career Librarianship is a much-needed text that will complement the limited, existing publications on library residency programs, serving to complete the record of residency program activity over a series of successive decades, management strategies from program coordinators at different institutions, and first-hand accounts of residents. This book includes the contributions of authors from a diverse group of ARL libraries, including early career librarians who describe their experiences in library school and joining the professional workplace, and program coordinators who detail how they implemented and managed their programs. Information on nursing residency programs is also included, providing different conceptual models for accelerated development of new librarians.
Megan Zoe Perez, MSLS, is visiting assistant professor at the University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, AR.
Cindy Ann Gruwell is associate professor, information literacy librarian, and coordinator of instruction at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.
