Each chapter is written by either a library - school faculty member or
a practicing academic librarian.
Not exact matches
«The Leadership Institute for
Academic Librarians provided a very important opportunity to reflect on my leadership
practice.
This resource presents a fantastic opportunity for School
Librarians to be leaders in helping teachers and administrators improve their professional
practice by accessing
academic research.
Academic law
librarians have to be grounded in legal theory and have a grasp of international issues, but they are far removed from
practice; and if they misdirect, nobody is going to jail.
We hope that our audience will include
practicing lawyers, legal
librarians, legal
academics and students — anyone, in short, who uses IT in researching the law.
Yet they did not feel the need for radical change to their teaching and learning
practices; they relied on
academic librarians to impart these skills.2 They felt this was justified on the grounds that, as one law professor stated, students had limited time available, had difficulty working independently, and would perhaps «get more confused and... just throw a lot of stuff in?
Would we be saddled with these inanities if someone other than students — say, an expert team of practitioners, jurists,
academics and
librarians — were responsible for developing our citation
practices?
``... some proactive
academic librarians are already involved in improving law student technology skills for entry into the
practice of law.