Full Description
Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced major advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which affect libraries and librarians. This collection of critical essays highlights the special challenges that face Generation X librarians. Topics covered include management and leadership, rapidly changing technology, social attitudes and stereotypes within popular culture, and how Generation X librarians have responded to or developed in response to those themes. This work fills many of the gaps present in the professional literature on librarianship and our younger generations.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION ONE : GETTING TO KNOW US
From Paper to Pixels: Generation X as Digital Librarian
Emily Symonds
Understanding Gen X at Work: Securing the Library's Future
Christy Groves and William Black
Generation X Librarians, Faculty and the Rise of Information Literacy
Leslie Porter Mathews and Sergio Rizzo
X Marks the Spot
Rebecca Feind
Stuck in the Middle with You: Generation X Librarians
Lisa Carlucci Thomas and Karen Sobel
SECTION TWO : LEADERSHIP
Managing Millennials: Advantages of Generation X Librarian Approaches
Breanne Kirsch and Jonathan Kirsch
Generation X Mentoring Millennials
Kathy Shields and Lynda Kellam
Gen X Takes Over: Managing the Mix from the Middle
Lindsay McVey
Leading the Way into the Future of Libraries
Jessica Clemons
A Finger in the Pie: A Look at How Multiple Careers Benefit the Library Professional
Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen
SECTION THREE : TECHNOLOGY
Twitter My Glitter: A Dialogue on the Technological Expectations of Library Users
Rachel Williams and Jennifer Cromer
The Transitioning Library Collection: Is the Gen X Librarian the Right Librarian at the Right Time?
Wil Weston
Hackers vs. Librarians: Some Thoughts on the Privilege of 2.0 Thinking
Jessamyn West
SECTION FOUR : POP CULTURE
Watchers, Punks and Dashing Heroes: Representations of Male Librarians in Generation X Mass Culture
Rafia Mirza and Maura Seale
Pinko vs. Punk: A Generational Comparison of Alternative Press Publications and Zines
Jenna Freedman
SECTION FIVE : SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Remaining Responsible, Remaining Relevant: Gen X Librarians and Social Responsibility
Peter Lehu
Skeptic/Activist: Gen Xers in Radical Reference
Melissa Morrone
The Thin Red Line: How Gen X Librarians Make It Thicker (Views from Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mario Hibert and Saša Madacki
About the Contributors
Index
