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Library and Information Science: Academic Librarianship

Academic Librarianship Description

From the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science's website:

"Academic librarians work for colleges and universities. They play a vital role in curriculum instruction and supporting faculty and student research. This type of librarianship often involves developing subject expertise to work as a liaison for students and faculty members in specific programs. Depending on the institution, academic librarians may be hired as tenure-track faculty, which will involve creating work for scholarly publications as part of the role. Academic librarianship is an excellent career path for people who want to work with research tools like subject databases, have strong skills in instruction, and are interested in collaborating with researchers and other academic professionals."

Key Journals

Journals for Special Academic Librarianship

Art Librarianship

Business Librarianship

Law Librarianship

  • Law Library Journal - the official journal of the American Association of Law Libraries, publishing research on law librarianship and legal materials 
  • International journal of legal information - The official journal of the International Association of Law Libraries publishes various genres of legal scholarship about legal information throughout the world. 
  • Legal Reference Services Quarterly - A peer reviewed journal publishing practical research on law library management and legal information studies 

Medical Librarianship

Music Librarianship

Sciences Librarianship

  • Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship - An open access journal that publishes pieces such as peer-reviewed or board-accepted articles, reports, case studies, theory and practice that apply to any area of science and technology librarianship. 
  • Journal of Escience Librarianship - An open access and peer-reviewed journal that publishes on many aspects of librarianship that serves data-driven disciplines, such as science, technology, math, and public health. 
  • Science & Technology Libraries - A peer-reviewed journal that aims to cover all topics related to librarianship that serves the disciplines of science, engineering, clinical investigation, and agriculture and primarily publishes research articles and reports.