Identify Core Competency
IDENTIFYING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIANS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIBRARY
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
BY SARAH W. SUTTON, M.L.S.
DENTON, TEXAS MAY 2011
TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY DENTON, TEXAS
December 3, 2010 To the Dean of the Graduate School: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Sarah W. Sutton entitled ―Identifying Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians in the Twenty-First Century Library.‖ I have examined this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Library Science.
____________________________________ Lynn Akin, Ph.D., Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Director Accepted:
____________________________________ Dean of the Graduate School
Copyright © Sarah W. Sutton, 2011 All rights reserved.
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DEDICATION To my parents, Dr. Frank S. Williamson, Jr. and Mary C. Williamson, who taught me that I could be anything that I wanted to be and to my husband, Tommy Sutton, who believed it.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to extend my gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Lynn Akin for the knowledge, encouragement, patience, and guidance that she has provided me throughout my career as a doctoral student and candidate and especially during the creation of my dissertation. I thank Christine Shupala for her friendship, her knowledge, her guidance, her encouragement, and her support without which I would certainly have failed many times over. My thanks also to my colleagues, Eugenia Beh, Susan Davis, Sanjeet Mann, and Cynthia Porter who served as
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
BY SARAH W. SUTTON, M.L.S.
DENTON, TEXAS MAY 2011
TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY DENTON, TEXAS
December 3, 2010 To the Dean of the Graduate School: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Sarah W. Sutton entitled ―Identifying Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians in the Twenty-First Century Library.‖ I have examined this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Library Science.
____________________________________ Lynn Akin, Ph.D., Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Director Accepted:
____________________________________ Dean of the Graduate School
Copyright © Sarah W. Sutton, 2011 All rights reserved.
iii
DEDICATION To my parents, Dr. Frank S. Williamson, Jr. and Mary C. Williamson, who taught me that I could be anything that I wanted to be and to my husband, Tommy Sutton, who believed it.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to extend my gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Lynn Akin for the knowledge, encouragement, patience, and guidance that she has provided me throughout my career as a doctoral student and candidate and especially during the creation of my dissertation. I thank Christine Shupala for her friendship, her knowledge, her guidance, her encouragement, and her support without which I would certainly have failed many times over. My thanks also to my colleagues, Eugenia Beh, Susan Davis, Sanjeet Mann, and Cynthia Porter who served as