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1、402PATHWAYSTONEWACADEMICLIBRARYPRACTICES–STSOUTHAFRICANEXPLORATIONTOWARDS21CENTURYACADEMICRESEARCHSUPPORTClareM.WalkerDeputyUniversityLibrarian,UniversityoftheWitwatersrand,Johannesburg,clare.walker@wits.ac.zaABSTRACTThispaperreviewsthecharacteristicsandskillsofafuturegeneration
2、ofresearchlibrariansasidentifiedandreflectedinfindingsofrecentsubstantialsurveysandstudies.ASouthAfricanjointuniversitylibrariesproject,fundedbyCarnegieCorporation[sic]ofNewYork,hasasitsaimthestrengtheningoflibrarysupportforacademicresearchersthroughthedevelopmentofresearchlibra
3、riansmoreknowledgeableabouttheirsubjectdomainsandresearchprocesses,anddiffer-entlyandmorehighlyskilled,thanpresentsubjectreferencelibrarians.Recentstudieshighlighttheimportanceofnewknowledge,skillsandattitudesfortheen-hancedcredibilityofresearchlibrariansaspartnersontheacademicr
4、esearchteam.ProfessionalworkplacerealitiesinSouthAfricanacademiclibraries,however,indicatethatwidegapsinknowledge,skillandattitude,ascribedtoacomplexlegacyofthepast,mustbenarrowedbeforesuchpartnershipsbecomegenerallypossible.Thepaperconsidershowsuchtransformationmightbeachievedi
5、naSouthAfricancontext,andproposesasyetuntestedbutfeasibleoptionsthatmightsupportandcontributetowardsestablishingresearchpartnerlibrarians,thusalsocontributingtoimprovingresearchthroughputandproductivityinacademicinsti-tutions,aSouthAfricannationalimperative.INTRODUCTION…ifwewere
6、todesignasystemtoaddresstheneedsofdigitalscholarlyre-sources,itwouldcertainlybedifferentfromthelibrary…The[se]managers–betheycalledlibrariansornot–wouldberesponsibleforbuildingandmaintain-ingthemultiplepartnershipswithscholars,learnedsocieties,contentcreators,publishersand,above
7、all,witheachotheracrosstheglobe,thatwouldsupport1(p20)persistentaccesstohigh-qualityresearchresources.Thispaperaddressesthechallengeof“retro-fitting”professionallibrariansforin-creasedcredibility.AjointCarnegieCorporation-fundedResearchLibrariesCon-2sortium(RLC)project,inplaceat
8、theUniversitiesofCapeTown,KwaZulu-Unauthenticat
