Systems Librarianship

In one form or another, systems librarians have been around for years, but, for some reason, the position is still not well understood. Both history and current practice indicate wide variation in the field, strong commitments to local arrangements, and a lack of functional standards. Library administrators and managers struggle with the broad requirements of the position, weighing the skill sets of degree holding professionals and non-MLS technologists. Practicing systems librarians grapple wit…