Are today's science and technology librarians being overtasked? An analysis of job responsibilities in recent advertisements on the ala jobLIST web site

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Meier, John J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALA JobLIST; Engineering librarians; Job responsibilities; Science librarians

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; JOB RESPONSIBILITIES; POSITION DESCRIPTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 77949598069     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01942620903579443     Document Type: Article

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