Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians

Abstract

* Introduction (Patricia A. Kreitz and JoAnn DeVries) * Recruiting Science Librarians: A Call to Action! (Anne K. Beaubien) * Recruitment of Science and Technology Librarians--A Review (Pali U. Kuruppu) * Recruiting the Best (Cecelia Brown) * Uncle Albert Needs You! Individual Recruiting Efforts Are a Necessity and an Obligation (Lorraine J. Pellack) * Becoming a Science Librarian: Accident, Serendipity, or Purposeful Plant? (Donna M. Beck and Rachel Callison) * Made from Scratch: The Creation and Development of a Sciences Librarian (Peter Fritzler) * Why Didn't I Hear About It Sooner? Recruiting Undergraduates into Science Librarianship (Sarah H. Jeong) * Recruiting the Under-Represented: The Science Links Experience (Kawanna M. Bright, Shantel Agnew, Tanya Arnold, LaVerne Gray, M. Nathalie Hristov, Jill Keally, Mark A. Puente, and William Robinson) * Making the Science-Library Connection: A Survey of Sci-Tech Librarians (Linda Eells) * Science Librarianship in Africa (Innocent Awasom) * New Models of Recruitment and (Continuing) Education for Sci-Tech Librarianship (Linda C. Smith) * Holding on to Our Own: Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Science Librarians (Allison V. Level and Joanna Blair) * Networking, Networking, Networking: The Role of Professional Association Memberships in Mentoring and Retention of Science Librarians (Jeanne R. Davidson and Cheryl A. Middleton) * Retention--After Hiring Then What? (Jodee L. Kawasaki) * Competencies Required! For Education, Recruitment, and Retention (Sara R. Tompson) * Index * Reference Notes Included