21st Century Information Fluency

The Changing Role of the Librarian

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Getting the Job you Deserve in Head for the Edge - past columns from Technology Connection, The Book Report, and Library Talk, [Website]. : Linwood Publishing: March/April 2001 [cited 30 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/job.html>.

Is it time for a change? Johnson discusses how to sell yourself and your ideas as you look for the ideal working, learning, and teaching environment.

Johnson, Doug. The Virtual Librarian and Other New Roles in Writing, Speaking and Consulting on School Technology and Library Issues, [Article]. Second Edition. Minnesota: 8 December 1999 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/virtual.html>.

Johnson, Doug.Head for the Edge columns in Technology Connection, The Book Report, and Library Talk magazines, [Website]. : Linwood Publishing: 1995-2002 [cited 30 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.doug-johnson.com/hfe.html>.

Murray, Janet. Librarians Evolving into Cybrarians in Multimedia Schools, [Website].: Information Today, Inc.: March/April 2000 [cited 30 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/mar00/murray.htm>.

Against the back drop of Information Power, Murray describes evolving opportunities for the Librarian Media Specialist. She enumerates new roles including publisher and family resource specialist. Consider this a global description of the Cybrarian.

McKenzie, Jamie. The Research Cycle 2000 in Beyond Technology - Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School., [Article]. : 2000 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://questioning.org/rcycle.html>.

This article provides an overview of effective models for research. McKenzie cites a numbers of models including his own Research Cycle work. McKenzie also suggests that adults be given 12 - 30 hours of professional development using a research model to "...explore an essential adult question drawn from their own life or subject area. "

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