Web integrator: the new role of academic librarians?
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TSB.2020.011Keywords
library services, web integrator, web technologies, academic librariansAbstract
The subject of this study is thenew role of an academic librarian who, as a web integrator cooperates with various experts in order to optimize the library’s online information services by means of a range of technologies provided by the web environment. The purpose of this study is to prove, that a librarian can act as a web integrator. In order to realize thisgoal, a case study was conducted, focusing on the role of the author, who is also a librarian at the Department of Information of the Nicolaus Copernicus University Library in Toruń in the field of integration of web technologies. The analyses have confirmed the view that the studied librarian performs the role of a web integrator. This study has allowed toput forward another hypothesis, according to which the role of a web integrator is a new one among academic librarians who deal with informatization and optimizationnetworking services available online.References
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