Generation X Librarian Essays on Leadership, Technology, Pop Culture, Social Responsibility and Professional Identity

Name: Generation X Librarian Essays on Leadership, Technology, Pop Culture, Social Responsibility and Professional Identity
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ISBN: 9780786463091

ISBN-10: 0786463090

ISBN-13: 9780786463091

Edition: 2011

Authors: Martin W. Wallace, Rebecca Tolley-Stokes, Erik Sean Estep

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Generation X includes those individuals born roughly between the years 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced unique advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which affect libraries and librarians. This collection of critical essays showcases the unique qualities and challenges that face Generation X librarians. Topics covered include management and leadership, rapidly changing technology, social attitudes and stereotypes within popular culture, and how Generation X librarians have responded to or developed upon those themes. This book fills many of the gaps present in the professional literature on librarianship and our younger generations.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 4/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Getting to Know Us


From Paper to Pixels: Generation X as Digital Librarian



Understanding Gen X at Work: Securing the Library's Future



Generation X Librarians, Faculty and the Rise of Information Literacy



X Marks the Spot



Stuck in the Middle with You: Generation X Librarians




Leadership


Managing Millennials: Advantages of Generation X Librarian Approaches



Generation X Mentoring Millennials



Gen X Takes Over: Managing the Mix from the Middle



Leading the Way into the Future of Libraries



A Finger in the Pie: A Look at How Multiple Careers Benefit the Library Professional




Technology


Twitter My Glitter: A Dialogue on the Technological Expectations of Library Users



The Transitioning Library Collection: Is the Gen X Librarian the Right Librarian at the Right Time?



Hackers vs. Librarians: Some Thoughts on the Privilege of 2.0 Thinking




Pop Culture


Watchers, Punks and Dashing Heroes: Representations of Male Librarians in Generation X Mass Culture



Pinko vs. Punk: A Generational Comparison of Alternative Press Publications and Zines




Social Responsibility


Remaining Responsible, Remaining Relevant: Gen X Librarians and Social Responsibility



Skeptic/Activist: Gen Xers in Radical Reference



The Thin Red Line: How Gen X Librarians Make It Thicker (Views from Bosnia and Herzegovina)



About the Contributors


Index