Includes bibliographical references and index.

Academic library staffing in 2015 / David W. Lewis -- New challenges in academic library personnel selection / John Lehner -- Innovators wa nted: no experience necessary? / R. David Lankes -- Put the pieces toge ther and you get the perfect academic librarian-- or do you?: what comp etency standards tell us about academic librarianship in the 21st centu ry / 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 li brary: the CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program / Marta L. Brunner -- T he emergence of the "publisher" in the library / Mike Furlough -- E-sci ence, cyberinfrastructure, and the changing face of scholarship: organi zing for new models of research support at the Purdue University Librar ies / Jake Carlson and Jeremy 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 librar ians / Beth S. Woodard and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe -- Creating smooth s ailing: the benefits of organizational development for the expert libra ry / Elaine Z. Jennerich and Sue Baughman.