Essays on Leadership, Technology, Pop Culture, Social Responsibility and Professional Identity Herausgeber: Estep, Erik Sean; Wallace, Martin K.; Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca
Essays on Leadership, Technology, Pop Culture, Social Responsibility and Professional Identity Herausgeber: Estep, Erik Sean; Wallace, Martin K.; Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca
Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced major advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which affect libraries and librarians. This collection of critical essays highlights the special 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 in response to those themes. This work fills many of the gaps…mehr
Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced major advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which affect libraries and librarians. This collection of critical essays highlights the special 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 in response to those themes. This work fills many of the gaps present in the professional literature on librarianship and our younger generations.
Martin K. Wallace is a librarian at the University of Texas Arlington Central Library. He lives in Arlington, Texas. Rebecca Tolley-Stokes is an associate professor and librarian at East Tennessee State University. She lives in Johnson City, Tennessee. Erik Sean Estep of Evansville, Indiana, is a librarian at East Carolina University.
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Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION ONE : GETTING TO KNOW US From Paper to Pixels: Generation X as Digital Librarian Emily Symonds Understanding Gen X at Work: Securing the Library's Future Christy Groves and William Black Generation X Librarians, Faculty and the Rise of Information Literacy Leslie Porter Mathews and Sergio Rizzo X Marks the Spot Rebecca Feind Stuck in the Middle with You: Generation X Librarians Lisa Carlucci Thomas and Karen Sobel SECTION TWO : LEADERSHIP Managing Millennials: Advantages of Generation X Librarian Approaches Breanne Kirsch and Jonathan Kirsch Generation X Mentoring Millennials Kathy Shields and Lynda Kellam Gen X Takes Over: Managing the Mix from the Middle Lindsay McVey Leading the Way into the Future of Libraries Jessica Clemons A Finger in the Pie: A Look at How Multiple Careers Benefit the Library Professional Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen SECTION THREE : TECHNOLOGY Twitter My Glitter: A Dialogue on the Technological Expectations of Library Users Rachel Williams and Jennifer Cromer The Transitioning Library Collection: Is the Gen X Librarian the Right Librarian at the Right Time? Wil Weston Hackers vs. Librarians: Some Thoughts on the Privilege of 2.0 Thinking Jessamyn West SECTION FOUR : POP CULTURE Watchers, Punks and Dashing Heroes: Representations of Male Librarians in Generation X Mass Culture Rafia Mirza and Maura Seale Pinko vs. Punk: A Generational Comparison of Alternative Press Publications and Zines Jenna Freedman SECTION FIVE : SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Remaining Responsible, Remaining Relevant: Gen X Librarians and Social Responsibility Peter Lehu Skeptic/Activist: Gen Xers in Radical Reference Melissa Morrone The Thin Red Line: How Gen X Librarians Make It Thicker (Views from Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mario Hibert and Saa Madacki About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION ONE : GETTING TO KNOW US From Paper to Pixels: Generation X as Digital Librarian Emily Symonds Understanding Gen X at Work: Securing the Library's Future Christy Groves and William Black Generation X Librarians, Faculty and the Rise of Information Literacy Leslie Porter Mathews and Sergio Rizzo X Marks the Spot Rebecca Feind Stuck in the Middle with You: Generation X Librarians Lisa Carlucci Thomas and Karen Sobel SECTION TWO : LEADERSHIP Managing Millennials: Advantages of Generation X Librarian Approaches Breanne Kirsch and Jonathan Kirsch Generation X Mentoring Millennials Kathy Shields and Lynda Kellam Gen X Takes Over: Managing the Mix from the Middle Lindsay McVey Leading the Way into the Future of Libraries Jessica Clemons A Finger in the Pie: A Look at How Multiple Careers Benefit the Library Professional Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen SECTION THREE : TECHNOLOGY Twitter My Glitter: A Dialogue on the Technological Expectations of Library Users Rachel Williams and Jennifer Cromer The Transitioning Library Collection: Is the Gen X Librarian the Right Librarian at the Right Time? Wil Weston Hackers vs. Librarians: Some Thoughts on the Privilege of 2.0 Thinking Jessamyn West SECTION FOUR : POP CULTURE Watchers, Punks and Dashing Heroes: Representations of Male Librarians in Generation X Mass Culture Rafia Mirza and Maura Seale Pinko vs. Punk: A Generational Comparison of Alternative Press Publications and Zines Jenna Freedman SECTION FIVE : SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Remaining Responsible, Remaining Relevant: Gen X Librarians and Social Responsibility Peter Lehu Skeptic/Activist: Gen Xers in Radical Reference Melissa Morrone The Thin Red Line: How Gen X Librarians Make It Thicker (Views from Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mario Hibert and Saa Madacki About the Contributors Index
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