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“You don’t look like a librarian” is a phrase we often hear in the astronomy department or observatory library. Astronomy librarians are a breed apart, and are taking on new and non-traditional roles as information technology evolves. This talk will explore the future of librarians and librarianship through the lens of some of the recent talks given at the sixth “Libraries and Information Services in Astronomy” conference held in Pune, India in February 2010. We will explore the librarian’s universe, illustrating how librarians use new technologies to perform such tasks as bibliometrics, how we are re-fashioning our library spaces in an increasingly digital world and how we are confronting the brave new world of Open Access, to name but a few topics.
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Lagerstrom, J., Grothkopf, U. (2011). Astronomy Librarian – Quo Vadis?. In: Accomazzi, A. (eds) Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8369-5_11
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