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Redefining the Status of the Librarian in Higher Education

Author(s) -

Bill Crowley

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl_57_02_113

Subject(s) - blame , higher education , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , public relations , sociology , student affairs , political science , library science , psychology , computer science , social psychology , law , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology

Progress in the study of the role, function, and status of the academic librarian requires system-level analysis. Drawing on the field of higher education, this article seeks to avoid individual blame controversy through focusing on membership norms for the academic system and its librarian subsystem. Changes in the librarian subsystem are being advocated by influential higher-education theorists. Unless librarians secure peer status through adherence to core academic standards, the emerging era of electronic information will see a diminution in the librarian's influence over library affairs.

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