Challenging the "Jacks of all trades but masters of none" librarian syndrome

• Other Authors: Fowler, George J., III, 1950- (Editor), Hines, Samantha (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Advances in library administration and organization, volume 39
• Subjects: Library science.; Librarians.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787569034; 9781787569058
• ISSN: 0732-0671 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S0732-0671201839
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages) ; cm.

Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct....