You need wings to fly in the clouds - future skills for librarians by Mary Auckland, librarian and consultant. Presentation at the JIBS User Group Workshop and AGM Back to the Future and Into the Cloud, 24 February 2012, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

1. You need
wings to fly
in the
clouds:
future skills for
librarians
Mary Auckland
24th February 2012
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2. Library Services
(c) V W Selburn
http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/re-skilling-research

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7. Well, I'll tell you
what I want
What I really,
really want
Haags Uitburo (CC-NC)
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9. US p + Ckr + S + e = W 1nG52f

10. “... academic librarians have to not only
think outside of their box-shaped
building, but must actively venture
physically outside of the protective but
restrictive enclosure which librarianship
itself has become. In doing so, we
remind other faculty that we are both
professional and productive, that we
offer more than simply “service with a
smile” when they need it.”
Sheila Corrall 2009

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12. “Academic liaison librarians need to
remain unfazed by the uncertainties of
the library landscapes in which they
operate and by the fluidity of their
roles as they develop. They should be
alert to the opportunities the situation
offers, embrace change and be vocal
and confident about defining their
roles in ways they want.”
Alice Crawford
University of St. Andrew

13. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of —
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Pilot Officer, 412 Squadron, RCAF
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14. Thank you to the photographers
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