The Library Future, It’s Up to You: What Tomorrow’s Librarians Need to Know Today

The Library Future, It’s Up to You

What Tomorrow’s Librarians Need to Know Today

Serve the good of your library

Desire to meet and serve the library's user community

Positive attitude toward library users with special needs

Knowledge of a foreign language for communities with non-native speaking populations

Gaming-Bringing People Together

Author Speakers-Bringing Culture to Users

Blogs

Communicate in Many Ways

Ability to motivate, establish and maintain effective working relationships

Ability to communicate both orally and in writing Ability to communicate using technology Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and

present ideas clearly and concisely in written and oral form

Office Tasks - Open Office

Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets

Skype Voice Over Internet (VOIP)

Chat with Users-Meebo.com

Blogger

Yahoo Babel Fish-Translation tool

Understand the Library

Knowledge of the philosophy and techniques of library service

Possess a knowledge of library services, materials and resources

Knowledge of computers, the internet, and available library software

Reference-Knowledge Management

Online Catalog-Access Services

Cataloging-Bibliographic Records

Instruction User - Education

Manage Yourself, Others, and Change

Ability to organize job duties and work independently

Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment

Ability to make administrative decisions, interpret policies, and supervise staff

Ability to think analytically and to develop new or revised systems, procedures, and work flow

Managing People and Spaces

Managing Workload

Library Sessions Taught FY 2008

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Records kept in spreadsheets to plan for instruction demand.

These are balanced with available librarian resources.

Information Literacy

Standards & Assessments

Curriculum & Instruction

Professional Development

Learning Environments

Life & Career Skills

Learning & Innovation Skills

Core Subjects & 21C Themes

Information, Media, &Technology Skills

Assessment

Zotero-Browser Biblographic Management

Google Docs

Google Sites

Podcasting

Mobile Services

WorldCat

RefWorks

Google

NCSU Catalog

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