Open AccessManagement: Librarianship in the Proprietary Education Context
Author(s) -
Eric Rector
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.56n2.70
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , library science , context (archaeology) , institution , argument (complex analysis) , public relations , management , sociology , political science , business , computer science , social science , economics , paleontology , artificial intelligence , biology , biochemistry , chemistry
For a variety of reasons, many of us have never considered librarianship in the for-profit sector. But as proprietary education continues to expand its reach, providing information services in that environment affords a range of new possibilities. In this column, Eric Rector presents an overview of what it’s like to manage a library at a for-profit institution. In a well-crafted overview of the proprietary context, he highlights both its challenges and opportunities. His frank perspectives offer a worthwhile alternative to working in a traditional-education setting. Rector makes a compelling argument for proprietary librarianship, suggesting that it may well be worth thinking about.—Editor