A Stealth Librarianship Manifesto

 We must stop going only to librarian conferences and instead attend

conferences where our patrons will be present.
 We must stop presenting only to our fellow librarians. We must make our case
to our patrons on their turf, not make our case to ourselves on our own turf.
 Where possible, we must collaborate with faculty in presentations.
 We must stop reading only the formal library literature. We must familiarize
ourselves with the literature and scholarly communications ecosystems of our
patron communities.
 We must stop writing only for the formal library literature. We must make our
case for the usefulness of what we do in the literature of our patron
communities.
 We must stop only joining librarian associations. We must instead join
associations that revolve around our patron communities.
 We must not segregate ourselves within "library divisions" in those
organizations but must partake fully in those associations. As above, this
includes conferences and society publications.
 In terms of engaging faculty at conferences and in the literature, we must
engage both their teaching and research roles.
 We must stop serving on so damn many library committees and make time to sit
on committees at all levels of our institutions' governance structure. It may take
time and considerable effort to stealthily insinuate ourselves into all the places
we belong.
 We must invite ourselves to and actively participate in departmental meetings,
faculty councils, senates and whatever other bodies make sense.
 We must integrate ourselves as fully into the teaching mission and classroom
environment of our faculty as staffing levels allow. We have much of value to
teach their students and can help faculty fulfill their curricular goals.
 We must fully engage our faculty in the social networking spaces where they
live. As well as all the library people we engage, we must also follow and
interact with our patrons on Twitter, Facebook and other sites, where
appropriate.