Do job advertisements reflect ACRL's standards for proficiencies for instruction librarians and coordinators?. A content analysis.

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 558-565

  Gold, Melissa L ^a   Grotti, Margaret G ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Instruction librarians; Job skills; Professional standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888316240     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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