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An edition of The Global Librarian (2013)

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Librarians around the world have designed and implemented creative ways to serve the information needs of their patrons - wherever they may be. These are their stories.

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The Global Librarian
2013, Metropolitan New York Library Council, ACRL/NY, ACRL/NY & METRO
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Table of Contents

Part 1. From Theory to Practice: Global Librarians in Action Page 13
Chapter 1. Takin’ It to the Streets: myMETRO Researchers Bring Library Science Skills, Expertise to NYC Communities Page 14
Chapter 2. Cape Crusade: Building the Steve Biko Library and Archive in the Eastern Cape Page 34
Chapter 3. Promoting Information Literacy through Engagement with Wikipedia Page 49
Chapter 4. Disseminating Moving Image Websites with a Web 2.0 Centralized Hub Page 69
Chapter 5. International Partnerships – Cases and Working Experience Page 95
Chapter 6. A “Global” Book Exchange: Creating Partnerships across the Sea Page 118
Chapter 7. Implementing the Learning Commons in a Middle Eastern University Library: The Case of Zayed University Page 135
Chapter 8. Transcending Ethnic, Racial and Political Conflict to Achieve Understanding between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot Library Communities Page 156
Part 2. When Global Becomes Local: Serving Diverse Populations Page 182
Chapter 9. Escucha Mi Voz: Engaging Local People in Global Communities Page 183
Chapter 10. Non Western Students in Western Universities: Bridging the Plagiarism divide Page 207
Chapter 11. Supporting NYU’s Worldwide Users: Academic Technology Services for the Global Network University Page 224
Part 3. Around the Globe: Librarians on the International Scene Page 242
Chapter 12. Cultures of Access: Differences in Rhetoric around Open Access Repositories in Africa, Europe,United States and their Implications for the Open Access Movement Page 243
Chapter 13. Critical Information Literacy and the Technology of Control: The Case of Armenia Page 262
Chapter 14. A College Library in African Culture: a Case Study of Global Librarianship in Kampala, Uganda Page 283
Part 4. Shifting Roles: Librarianship in a Global Economy Page 311
Chapter 15. The Library Has Left the Building: Mobile Librarianship’s New 21st Century Role Page 312
Chapter 16. Local Connections to Global Collections: The Power of Interlibrary Loan Services Page 339
Chapter 17. Beyond Embedded: Blended Roles for Information Professionals in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy Page 358

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Contributors

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Tom Nielsen
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Kenneth Schlesinger
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Ben Turner
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Dorothea J. Coiffe
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Xin Li
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Julie Wang
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Bern Mulligan
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Judith Mavodza
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Mary Sengati-Zimba
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Leslie M. Haas
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Constantia Constantinou
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Matt Bolen
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Will Chan
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Amanda Romero
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Anne Kemmerling
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Edmund Ye Kiang
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Amrita Madray
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Beth Russell
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Annette Smith
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Natalia Taylor Bowdoin
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D. Aram Donabedian
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John Carey
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Rachel I. Wightman
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Sara Wingate Gray
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Beth Posner
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Hyun-Duck Chung

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Number of pages
397

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OL25447202M
ISBN 13
9781629218335

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February 11, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
September 28, 2018 Edited by MARC Bot correction
July 17, 2014 Edited by Metropolitan New York Library Council Updated date of publication to 2013 from 2012
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July 1, 2014 Created by Metropolitan New York Library Council Added new book.