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Share your ideas: Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome

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We are passing on this call for your contributions! Remember: if you want to write something up, but are not sure where to start, we can help you from CMLE Headquarters!

Call for proposals–EXTENDED

Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome
Publication due 2018

Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College

Volume Editor: George J. Fowler, Old Dominion University

Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct.  This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship and libraries, how we become “Masters of our Domains”, develop expertise in various elements of the profession, and how we extend outward into our communities.

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ALAO call for Challenging Jacks of all Trades proposals

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At CMLE, many of our members are solo library people or working with small numbers of colleagues. This leads us all to being good across all kinds of responsibilities in the library – a jack of all trades! So when I saw this call for articles on just this topic, I wanted to be sure everyone else got to see it to!

If you are interested in this proposal and would like to submit an article, but aren’t sure where to start or would like another set of eyes to look over your material – contact us at CMLE HQ! We are here to help you with this kind of project!

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