Library Education Research Articles

사서직 계속교육 동향 분석 - 온라인교육과 역량기반 교육을 중심으로 -

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the current development of continuing professional education for librarians with particular foci on online learnin g and professional competencies. It analyzed the current online training programs at the National L ibrary of Korea along with on-site programs in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses. I t also examined best practices of online continuing education abroad where more diverse and inter active delivery methods, such as webinars and webcasts, are used to inform latest and practical topics in the field. It found online training programs are not complementing but playing major roles in continuing professional education. The study also examined the current trends that library continu ing educational institutions are applying core competencies schemes to continuing education prog rams in order to systemize their programs and to strengthen individual librarians’ professional competencies.키워드: 사서 계속교육, 온라인 계속교육, 역량기준, 국립중앙도서관Continuing Education, Continuing Professional Development, E-le arning, Online Education, Online Learning, Professional Competencies, C ore Competencies, National Library of Korea

Information literacy in Nigerian universities trends, challenges and opportunities

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the information literacy trends, challenges and opportunities in Nigerian universities, With focus on its characteristics; content and adequacy for students’ information literacy development and lifelong learning. The effort to ensure that university students are empowered to acquire the competences needed for all round education and lifelong learning has been the primary focus of the university curriculum. University regulatory body in Nigeria emphasised the need to provide students with a study plan which provides them with capacity to locate information resources, access, evaluate and use them in legally acceptable manner. The programme is differently captioned with varying contents. With evolving approach to literacy, this study was designed to determine whether the programme has evolved from use of library education to information literacy or still at its traditional mode. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The population consists of federal and state university libraries in Nigeria. The characteristics, content and adequacy of the programme as offered in Nigerian universities was the measure to determine the type of literacy. Questionnaire derived from literature and personal experience was designed to elicit information. A copy of the questionnaire was sent to each university that constituted the sample of the study by mail and telephone interviews were given to the heads of the sampled libraries. Findings It was discovered that majority of the universities studied were yet to consolidate the library literacy programme offered in their universities. Hence, the provision of information literacy content is yet to be realised in Nigerian universities. Practical implications There should be constant evaluation and monitoring of the programme by the regulatory bodies to ensure that the programme is reviewed at the appropriate time and that they also abide to the minimum standard. Originality/value For the effective implementation of programme to reflect the current development in research and information sourcing, retrieval and use; collaboration in content development as well as teaching between faculty and library; increasing or splitting the programme content to accommodate first year and higher level undergraduates, the regulatory bodies like Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria should ensure constant evaluation of the programme.

News, Awards, and Announcements

This issue’s installment of News, Awards, and Announcements is shorter than usual for a few reasons. Firstly, many of the world’s book awards were announced in the previous issue and there seems to be a bit of a lull between the excitement of awards, the concentrated reading time of summer, and the calls for award submissions in the early fall. Secondly, we have to admit that Canada’s beautiful springtimes may be the only season where even avid book readers are distracted by the weather - summer, fall, and winter are definitely reading seasons but spring beckons us outdoors (hmm, I wonder if anyone has researched “reading seasons”...).Illustrator-in-residence at Edmonton Public Library - Apply now!www.ibby-canada.orgCall for submissions - Illustrator-in-residence at Edmonton Public Library.Although the deadline is nigh, there might still be time to get your application together to spend October 2016 engaging library patrons in art activities. The residency is funded by the family of Joanne Fitzgerald (1956-2011) and administered by IBBY Canada (INternational Board on Books for Young Peoplewww.ibby-canada.org/2016-joanne-fitzgerald-illustrator-in-residence-program/Canadian Children’s Book Centre Author-Illustrator Directorybookcentre.caDo you know about the CCBC’s “Author & Illustrator” directory? It allows you to search artists by a number of criteria such as craft, genre, curriculum links, province, booking availability, and grade level. For example, a search of Alberta YA authors in the vicinity of my postal code brings up profiles of Jim Sellers and Marty Chan with their publications, genres, websites, and a description of the workshops they offer. Strangely, however, there are mysteries in the search results. Although the full index shows more than 150 entries, choosing categories in the profile browser seems to display a maximum of six even when choosing “all” from the drop down menus. If you are an artist, becoming a CCBC Professional Creator Member allows you to add your profile.Festival of Trees 2016 - Ontario Library Associationhttp://forestfestivaloftrees.ca/If you are a spur-of-the-moment type person, you might have time to get to the Festival of Trees - a “rock concert” for readers. The culminating event for Ontario’s Forest of Trees reading program, the activities take place in London (May 13), Toronto (May 17&18 for English, May 19 for French), and Sault St. Marie (May 27). Happy Spring,David Sulz, Communications Editor (outgoing)David is a Public Services Librarian at University of Alberta. He is liaison librarian to Religious Studies, Economics, and Social Work as well as international liaison for China. He has university studies in Library Studies, History, Education, Asian Studies, Japanese language, and Economics which he’s used in various settings including teaching in schools and museums. His interests include several forms of physical activity, music, home improvements, and things Japanese.

Information library education during transition to the new generation standards

The author’s concept of library education is introduced; she also contributes to the ongoing discussion on improving librarians training during the transition to the fourth generation education standards. The need for strategic analysis to define target competences and information library education content is emphasized. The results of library profession competence decomposition are analyzed; the author’s related practical pedagogical experience is discussed; recommendations on defining library profession content in the information society are given.

Thank You for a Successful 2016 Annual Conference!

"Thank You for a Successful 2016 Annual Conference!." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 57(2), p. 83

Development of Communities of Practice in School Library Education

To properly prepare pre-service school librarians, school library educators in online courses must provide opportunities for collaborative engagement. This collaborative education should also recognize the pedagogical benefit of the organic formation of communities of practice that develop within areas outside of curriculum content. This examination of Communities of Practice seeks to understand the influence a change in the learning context of today’s digital courses has on these communities of practice for School Librarians. Findings address how different course structures promote a sense of belonging, organized along Wenger’s (1998) three modes of belonging: Engagement, Alignment, and Imagination. How these modes of belonging facilitate the development of a community of practice among students in an online, introductory school library course is also explored. The role of LIS educators in developing collaborative practices in their students is discussed, especially for students studying in an online environment.

User Education and its Present Status in University Libraries in Sri Lanka: An Overview

The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT), particularly internet, and the increasing development of user education forms and methods, such as new information literacy initiatives have resulted in significant changes in academic libraries. With these unprecedented changes, academic librarians in Sri Lanka have to deal with instructional processes more effectively and efficiently. The primary concern of this paper is to understand the concept ‘user education’ in the local context and its present practices in university libraries. Even more, this study intends to understand problems encountered, challenges being faced and potential new opportunities available on user education in university libraries in Sri Lanka. The total outcome of this paper is beneficial for researchers, policy makers, university authorities and academic librarians in Sri Lanka to understand the real situation which exists behind instructional activities of university libraries and to design, develop, implement policies and make strategies on pertinent subject. Journal of the University Librarians’ Association of Sri Lanka, Vol. 19, Issue 1, October 2015, Page 92-114

The Work Calls for Men: The Social Construction of Professionalism and Professional Education for Librarianship

The leaders of the library profession in the United States in the 19th century were white, middle-class, college-educated men. They attempted to construct librarianship in the United States as an equivalent profession to the other white, masculine professions of their day. They also created education for librarianship in the same mold. They subscribed to, and employed, the traditional white Western masculine definition of profession as one of expertise derived from education based on science. They also employed the control of knowledge and its application as exemplified by the type of professional education they promoted. Their efforts were not restricted to education but also included active discrimination against female librarians in the Library War Service during the First World War. This paper presents a new perspective on the meaning of “profession” which recognizes it as situated at the intersection of gender, race, and nationality and explores the implications for modern education for librarianship.

Old Skills and New Practices Mean Radical Change for Library Education

Technological advances and other societal change have resulted in public libraries’ increased reliance on online resources when providing access to information. However, a portion of those served by public libraries includes members of urban poor populations who may prefer to interact with information by talking. How can library educators ensure graduates are prepared to serve these populations? Using the participatory action research method this paper reports the Oral Present research project. This project is part of an on-going study conducted to identify how public libraries studied meet the information needs of this constituency. Results reveal how current service practices involve a radical twist on using traditional collection development skills. Discussion includes recommendations to ensure library education curricula can better prepare graduates for applying age-old professional practices in radical new ways.

Accepting the ASIS&T 2015 Award of Merit

EDITOR'S SUMMARYIn receiving the ASIS&T Award of Merit for 2015, Michael E. D. Koenig recognized his many collaborators, mentors and those who have stimulated his thinking on numerous topics in information science. Koenig reflected on his wide‐ranging past studies, weaving through bibliometrics, information systems, library automation and education for library and information science. Koenig adapted citation analysis to develop a metric for pharmaceutical R&D demonstrating that citation data is a valid measure of research impact, and he has written extensively on the connection between an organization's information services and its productivity. In Koenig's view, knowledge management is the effort to build an information environment within an organization that supports its research effectiveness; it is a key contributor to organizational impact. Koenig hopes to see knowledge management, rooted in a strong information environment, serve as a catalyst for impact.

ALISE/ASIST Joint panel on accreditation: Moving forward with LIS accreditation reform

ABSTRACTThe landscape of education in Library and Information Science (LIS) is shifting as the ways in which information is managed and used in society evolves. As these changes happen how we validate our educational programs needs to change as well. Discussion about the ways in which accreditation of LIS education programs is currently conducted has become an increasingly contested issue within the Information community. This panel will examine the current approaches to accreditation, sketch the progress that has been made on accreditation reform, consider what educational institutions and the LIS community are seeking to achieve with accreditation, and conclude by considering the next steps for ASIS&T and the information community as we press forward with efforts to reform accreditation.

Topical Trends of Library Activities: “Rumyantsev Readings - 2016”

The article is devoted to the International Research and Practical Conference “Rumyantsev Readings - 2016”, held at the Russian State Library (RSL) on April 12-13, 2016. The event was attended by over 300 experts from 12 countries. Live webcast of the plenary session made possible for several hundred participants to virtually take part in the event. Within the frames of the conference there were conducted the Plenary Session, seven Workshops (“Theory and Practice of Bibliographing. Classification Systems”, “Effective Management of Library: Problems and Solutions” (Pre-session Meeting of the RLA Section No. 32 on Library Management and Marketing), “Manuscript Sources in the Library Holdings”, “Old and Rare Books, Literary Monuments”, “Collectors and Curators. The History of Russian Libraries”, “Actual Problems of the Development of Informational, Cultural and Educational Activities of Libraries”, “Libraries and Historical Science in Retrospective Context”) and five Roundtable discussions (“The Role of Libraries in the Information Support of Historical Science”, “E-Library in the Context of Library Activities: Status of Standardization” (Round Table 12A “Electronic Publications” of RLA Section on Building of Library Collections), “Library and Academic Community: Ways of Interaction”, International Round Tables “Library and Information Space of the CIS: Status and Prospects” and “Library Education in the CIS Countries: Status and Problems”).

Biblioethnology as Scientific and Academic Discipline

The article is devoted to the new part of library science - Biblioеthnology, which studies the trends and patterns of library activities development in its ethno-cultural aspect. The object of the research is the polyethnic library activity. As part of the external and internal library policy it is also studied by the Library Political Science. Scientific methods of research in the field of biblioethnology are based on the integrated use of the scientific approaches in the humanities knowledge. Biblioеthnology studies perspective areas of polyethnic library work: participation in the promoting the idea of linguistic diversity in cyberspace, strengthening the position of the national Russian language in the close cooperation with the government authorities, civil society entities, organizations and institutions in the field of science, culture, education and information, ethnic centers, mass media; creation of bibliographic aids, thematic electronic databases and digital libraries; development of scientific research and methodical work; education and training of librarians. Subjects of biblioethnology research are ethnic readers (representatives of the major ethnic groups, national minorities) and librarians, who should have sense of national identity and international consciousness; implement active mediation between the polyethnic population and the library-information resources; have specialization in the field of intercultural communication; possess the professional skills to work with the polyethnic population and ethnic communities. Currently biblioethnology is not only scientific, but also academic discipline. Library scientists develop and implement training courses, grants. Basics of biblioethnology are being taught in educational centers and libraries; trainings and seminars in the areas and on the topics of polyethnic library activities are conducted.

Academic Librarians and Project Management: An International Study

Because information and documentation units in libraries have responsibility for an ever-increasing number of projects, this paper aims at analyzing the discipline of project management in library and information science (LIS) from a professional perspective. To that end, the researchers employed quantitative and qualitative methodology based on a questionnaire of 17 items sent to academic librarians. The questions dealt with the geographic origin and institutional affiliation of the respondents, the education of the librarians, their professional experience, and the library projects in which they have been involved. The survey also asked about the presence of project management as courses in library and information science studies.

Convergence in Library and Museum Studies Education: Playing Around with Curriculum?

Convergence in Library and Museum Studies Education: Playing Around with Curriculum?

Examining Data Contribution Trends for the ALISE 2015 Statistical Report

Presented here is an analysis of the data contribution activities from Library and Information Science (LIS) education programs in North America during their participation in the 2014–15 ALISE Statistical Survey. A new web-based and database-driven survey logged time-stamped submission data (i.e. metadata) across all sections and sub-sections of the Survey. These were quantitatively analyzed to present trends among activity and contributions over the course of the three-month data collection period. Results demonstrated that the final weeks and days of the data collection period garnered a considerably higher number of submissions from a majority of programs across all parts of the Survey. These trends as observed can be insightful for anyone involved in education data intensive projects, whether for coordination and administration purposes or end-user research. They can also used be to suggest practical implications for future data collection and reporting processes. Further, results will help lead to improved satisfaction of users, data collection approaches, and data verification, and ultimately serve the LIS education community through the ALISE Statistical Report.

The Work Calls for Men: The Social Construction of Professionalism and Professional Education for Librarianship

The Work Calls for Men: The Social Construction of Professionalism and Professional Education for Librarianship

International Assistance and National and Individual Contributions in the Development of Education for Library, Information and Archival Studies: Some Evidence from a Case Study

AbstractThis is a very brief summary of a study that focused on the development of education for library, archive, and information services (LIS) in Iraq, where significant progress seemed to have been made before the Second Gulf War, despite the country’s increasing economic problems and political isolation in the last decades of the twentieth century. It drew evidence from the published literature, previously unexplored archival material, and discussions with some of the participants. The study examined professional education for librarianship, documentation, information and archives work against the background not only of the evolution of LIS, but also in the broader context of the country’s national, economic, and social development. It examined trends in international assistance for library development, and briefly reviewed parallel developments in other Arab countries to provide a benchmark.Based on this wide ranging examination, it drew some tentative conclusions about the issues that fostered the development of LIS education in Iraq, including: the attitude of government and university officials; the organisation and allocation of state finance; the development of literacy and the education system; the duration and nature of external support; the activities of foreign experts; the development of the cadre of teachers of LIS; the role played by advocacy and opportunism. The study also identified a number of factors that have held back development, including: the pressures on the state budget; the absence of a comprehensive government strategic plan to develop a culture of reading and independent learning; and a lack of flexibility in the management of the state education system.An understanding of these factors, and the approach to identifying them, may contribute to strengthening the foundations of LIS education in both developing countries and those that have an established infrastructure.

The Rise of Social Justice as a Guiding Principle in Library and Information Science Research

Next article No AccessThe Rise of Social Justice as a Guiding Principle in Library and Information Science ResearchPaul T. Jaeger, Katie Shilton, and Jes KoepflerPaul T. Jaeger Search for more articles by this author , Katie Shilton Search for more articles by this author , and Jes Koepfler Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 86, Number 1January 2016 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/684142 Views: 2108Total views on this site Citations: 22Citations are reported from Crossref © 2016 by The University of Chicago. 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High Quality Education of Librarians - Our Common Goal and Responsibility for the Future

High Quality Education of Librarians - Our Common Goal and Responsibility for the Future