The expert library : staffing, sustaining, and advancing the academic library in the 21st century / Scott Walter and Karen Williams, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hybridization of library personnel resources : new responsibilities demand staff diversity / James G. Neal -- Academic library staffing a decade from now / David W. Lewis -- New challenges in academic library personnel selection / John Lehner -- Innovators wanted : no experience necessary? / R. David Lankes -- Put the pieces together and you get the perfect academic librarian-- or do you? : what competency standards tell us about academic librarianship in the 21st century / Heather Gendron -- The new liaison librarian : competencies for the 21st century academic library / Craig Gibson and Jamie Wright Coniglio -- Preparing our librarians for the future : identifying and assessing core competencies at the University of Minnesota libraries / Stephanie H. Crowe and Janice M. Jaguszewski -- Ph.D. holders in the academic library : the CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program / Marta L. Brunner -- The publisher in the library / Michael J. Furlough -- E-science, cyberinfrastructure, and the changing face of scholarship : organizing for new models of research support at the Purdue University libraries / Jake R. Carlson and Jeremy R. Garritano -- Creative disorder : the work of metadata librarians in the 21st century / Kevin Clair -- Listen up, librarians : it's all about the message / Eric Bartheld -- Teaching the teachers : developing a teaching improvement program for academic librarians / Beth S. Woodard and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe -- Creating smooth sailing : the benefits of organizational development for the expert library / Elaine Z. Jennerich and M. Sue Baughman.

Provides an overview of the changing dynamics entailed in recruiting and retaining academic library professionals for the 21st century and contains fresh thinking and insights into what will be required to ensure continued library relevance and success.