Deborah Hicks

Deborah Hicks is a doctoral candidate with the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Her research interests are focused on the construction of librarians' professional identities, the impact of technological change on the professional identities of librarians, and representations of information seeking practices in popular culture. She has been previously published in The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy and Australian Library Journal and has presented her work at the annual conferences of the Canadian Association of Information Science, the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, and Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association. Deborah graduated from York University in Toronto, Canada, with a Master's of Arts and from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a Master's of Library and Information Studies. She has worked as a librarian at the University of Alberta.

Publications

Cybrarians at Last?: The Impact of Technology on the Professional Identity of Librarians
Cybrarians at Last?: The Impact of Technology on the Professional Identity of Librarians
Deborah Hicks. © 2018. 26 pages.
This examines the three main themes throughout the book: us versus them, technology as tool, and library as place. Us versus them highlights the relationships that librarians...
Ethics in the Age of Technological Change and its Impact on the Professional Identity of Librarians
Ethics in the Age of Technological Change and its Impact on the Professional Identity of Librarians
Deborah Hicks. © 2015. 21 pages.
Professional ethics and core values provide professionals with guidance for their actions by helping professionals determine what constitutes right and wrong professional action....
Technology and Professional Identity of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian
Technology and Professional Identity of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian
Deborah Hicks. © 2014. 280 pages.
The library profession has changed rapidly in the wake of advanced technologies. Once regarded as the gatekeepers of information found in books, today’s library professionals are...
Mentoring and Supervision? Or, Mentoring versus Supervision?
Mentoring and Supervision? Or, Mentoring versus Supervision?
Deborah Hicks, Jeanette Buckingham, Margaret Law. © 2010. 16 pages.
Supportive mentors and supervisors are vital components in the career success of new librarians. The mentor relationship is generally in addition to the more formalized...