Table of contents for The successful academic librarian : winning strategies from library leaders / edited by Gwen Meyer Gregory.

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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: The Basics--Getting Off to a Good Start
Chapter 1: Start at the Beginning--Your Job Responsibilities and How to Accomplish Them
Rebecca Miller with Nancy Sosna Bohm
Working with Others--You're Not Alone
Managing Your Job Duties--A Time for Everything
Fulfilling Your Job Role--Serving Up Information
You Do Make a Difference
Chapter 2: Building Strong Collaborative Relationships with Disciplinary Faculty 
Elizabeth O. Hutchins
Cross-Cultural Understandings ... and Misunderstandings
We Too Have Disciplinary Expertise!
Strategic Opportunities and Challenges
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Building the Profession--Research, Creative Activities, and Publication by Academic Librarians
Joan Beam and Cathy Cranston
Publication
Getting Started
Writing a Book
Librarians' Experiences
Chapter 4: Time Served Is Time Well Spent--Making the Most of Your Service Commitments 
Michelle Mach
Why Do Service?
Types of Service Activities
Campus Service
Professional Service
Community Service
Decisions, Decisions
Getting Started
Evaluation of Service Activities
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Faculty Status, Promotion, and Tenure--What Are You Getting Into?
Gwen Gregory and Mary Beth Chambers
Benefits
Drawbacks
The Future of Faculty Status
The Best Status for You
Part 2: Things to Think About--Getting and Keeping a Great Job
Chapter 6: "Come on Down! You're the Next Contestant"--One Librian's View of the Interview Process
Karl Bridges
The Vita: Organization, Organization, Organization
References
When Things Are Bad: If You Were Fired or Turned Down for Tenure
Interviewing with Special Circumstances
The On-Campus Interview
When Good Interviews Go Bad
After the Interview
Handling Rejection: It's Not You. Really.
"Come on Down," Or, You Got the Job
Chapter 7: Mentors--How To Find Them, How To Use Them
Verla Peterson	
Why Have a Mentor?
Getting Your Mentor	
Developing a Relationship with Your Mentor
Chapter 8: Continuing Education--Planning Your Future
Kris Swank
You Will Need Continuing Education
Make a Plan
Find Opportunities
Make It Happen
Carpe Diem
Chapter 9: Unions in Academic Libraries
Tina Maragou Hovekamp [Au: Hovenkamp or Hovekamp? It appears both ways throughout the book.]
Development of Faculty and Academic Library Unions
Reasons to Unionize
Union Structure and the Bargaining Process
The "Collective" Outcomes of Unionization
Conclusion
Chapter 10: What Have You Been Up To--Documenting Your Career
McKinley Sielaff
Preliminary Questions and the Timeframe
Teaching
Scholarship
Service	
Other Professional Activity
Getting It Together
Previews and Run-Throughs
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Up North--Comparison and Contrast of U.S. and Canadian Academic Libraries
Don Taylor
The Canadian University System
The Canadian University Library
Becoming a Librarian in Canada
The Job Market for Academic Librarians in Canada
Canadian Copyright
Collection Development and Collection Management Issues
Professional Organizations
Part 3: Tales from the Trenches--Academic Librarians Share Their Stories
Chapter 12: Notes From a Cataloger--Success in Technical Services
Wendy Baia
Defining Success in Academic Librarianship	
Challenges of Communication in a Hierarchical Institution
Cooperation to Save the Time of the User
Supervision
Library Leadership and Change
Stress and the Library
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Witches Brew or Gourmet Gumbo--Tenure in the Library
Molly Molloy
Prologue
It Should Always Taste Good, Even Though It Might Not Look Like the Picture in the Magazine
Priorities Are Made to be Straight, Not Crooked
Who Let Those Creatures Out of the Box? Or, How Did Those Ideas Get Into My Head?
Enforced Mediocrity
It's Not What You Say But ...
A "Strange Little Town"
Gourmet Recipes or Not, You Gotta Eat
Chapter 14: Moving to the Academy in Mid-Career--A Field Guide for the Experienced Librarian
Anna Gold [Au: Should this be Anna Keller Gold as in the Contributor list?]
Mutual Attraction
"... and Members of the Academy"--What You (Don't) Know about Academic Culture	
"The Center of the University"--The Academic Library as Cathedral
What to Expect They're Expecting: Interviewing for the Mid-Career Move
The Heart of the Academy: Learning	
Chapter 15: A View From the Top--What the Director or Dean Is Looking For
Benjamin Wakashige and Emily Asch 
Personal Characteristics
Professional Qualities
Service, Research, and Teaching
Afterword
Annotated Bibliography
About the Contributors
About the Editor
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Academic librarians -- United States.
Academic librarians -- Vocational guidance.
Academic librarians -- Employment.