Library Students Research Articles

Educating pre-service school librarians about race, racism, and whiteness

The racial makeup of the field of school librarianship is overwhelmingly white, standing in stark contrast to the racial demographics of today’s K-12 student population in our nation. Studies of white educators working with racially minoritized students show many detrimental effects, including deficits-based thinking and lowered academic expectations, highlighting how vital it is that pre-service school librarians learn about topics of race, racism, and the effects of whiteness in their school library preparation programs. Set within a framework of Critical whiteness Studies, my doctoral research investigates the structural and individual factors that influence the ways that today’s pre-service school librarians are taught about topics of race, racism, and whiteness. My methodology includes interviews with school library program coordinators, course instructors, current school librarianship students, and recent graduates of school library programs, as well as document analysis of course syllabi, educator preparation standards, and other relevant texts.

Librarianship Students' Awareness Of Open Educational Resources Copyright

Librarianship Students' Awareness Of Open Educational Resources Copyright

Placements through the Lens of Host-Supervisors and Librarianship Students: A Study of Monash University Library Experience

ABSTRACT The paper presents students and host-supervisors’ perceptions of Monash University Library placement program. The study critically investigates what past placement students perceive as having been gained from the experience and how they see the experience facilitate their future career. In addition, the study also analyses what host-supervisors (library staff members) see as beneficial for placement students, themselves and the library. In this qualitative research, data collection was done through semi-structured individual interviews with participants. The results revealed that students and host-supervisors view placements as a means of putting theory into practice, and highly regard relationship building between placement students and host-supervisors. It was also found that teamwork is one of the host-supervisors’ expectations, but none of the students consider teamwork as their expectation. Host-supervisors also perceive the program as beneficial for placement students and the library, but not necessarily for themselves. In addition, students believe that placements facilitate their career planning. Both students and host-supervisors also put forward ideas for placement program improvements.

The influencing factors of selecting the field of study for the students of librarianship and medical information

The influencing factors of selecting the field of study for the students of librarianship and medical information

Ethical and legal aspects of information literacy and the training of the librarian: a study with undergraduate students of Librarianship in the Southeast Region

O presente estudo teve como objetivos parciais verificar a competência informacional de graduandos de biblioteconomia no que se refere aos aspectos éticos e legais relacionados ao uso da informação, bem como comparar com os padrões da ACRL (2000). Para tanto, aplicou-se um questionário eletrônico com 230 estudantes de biblioteconomia de quinze escolas situadas na região sudeste do país. A partir dos resultados, percebeu-se que, quanto à normalização de referências, os participantes apresentaram um desempenho abaixo do esperado, o que comprometer a recuperação de um documento por outras pessoas. Nas outras questões que abordavam temas referentes aos direitos autorais, à propriedade intelectual e ao copyright, a maioria dos participantes demonstrou que possui conhecimentos, condutas e atitudes adequados no que tange a este aspecto.

Revisiting the High John experiment through a contemporary lens

In 1967, the University of Maryland’s School of Library and Information Services created a public library in Prince George’s County, Maryland, named the High John Experiment, to give Librarianship and Information Science students experience serving disadvantaged communities and to discover new methods to better serve these communities. From the creation of High John to the present day, University of Maryland publications and unaffiliated works credit High John as a groundbreaking experiment that propelled interests in diversity and inclusion in public libraries. High John’s creators published a 73 paged report for the United States’ Office of Education, accompanied by published articles, that confirms a violation of ethics toward the community High John served. The community was not involved in the implementation or planning of the library and many of the services and materials the library offered were based on prejudiced assumptions instead of community input or research. Although High John garnered supporters, the validity and ethicality behind High John’s intent and methods were called into question during the experiment. The controversy led to debates within the field that resulted in conversations about Librarianship and Information Science pedagogy and appropriate methods in outreach and community engagement for disadvantaged communities. Now that the passionately fueled debates on High John have ceased, the experiment is a distant memory. Although this experiment led to debates about diversity, inclusion, and equity in information access within the United States, this experiment is relevant to information readers on a global scale. Because Librarianship and Information Science has a history rooted in elitism and oppression worldwide, High John warrants further exposure and examination from a diverse pool of contemporary perspectives. Through the application of modern community outreach and engagement practices, this article builds on a critical historical analysis of the experiment and argues High John failed in its mission and violated the community’s trust that it purported to serve.

Empowering Students' Abilities and Personalities through Student Librarians Programs

Learning Resource Centre will be a meaningful and engaging learning environment if there are interactions between librarians, students, teachers and all staff. Creating programs which involve students to be more active not only in the learning process but also in encouraging their abilities and talents will benefit them in the future. Having interesting and fun activities can be the best way to promote the library for all learners. Students as the main users of the library are introduced and welcomed to design programs that can make library more alive. This paper looks at the need of the students to develop and build up their confidence, creativity, commitment and enthusiasm as a part of the library and learning community.

SL@Bibli8 What did we do for ISLM 2012

SL stands for student librarians, and @Bibli8 is a short name for our library. This is about our routine yearly event. For the third year of our participation in International School Library Month (ISLM) 2012, we did several events. Some of them are common events that we always hold, and some others are new activities. Some new events were guitar clinic and Hangeul lesson. The guitar clinic involved a room with the guitar coach (which were students), the participants (which were also students) and me – as the moderator. This clinic facilitated sharing knowledge between students. Sharing knowledge between students could happen anytimeand anywhere. But here, I played a role as a mediator, who prepare everything for a great event. Being able to use a musical instrument is a life skill. I knew some students who knew how to play a guitar, and students who wanted to able to play guitar. Iarranged a time to facilitate a meeting between the two groups and they met in the library. The guitar clinic event was very successful, as the students were able to easily share their knowledge and learn how to play. The Hangeul lesson was similar in concept to the guitar clinic. In the Hangeul lesson, those who attended were students who are able to read and write in Hangeul words (Korean words) and those who wanted to learn that skill. These two events were new in my school. They were not expensive to facilitate, and the students were able to easily share their knowledge and learn from each other, enhancing their life skills, both for those who taught and those who learned.

Academic achievement and/or educational attainment – The role of teacher librarians in students’ future

This paper aims at analysing 20 teacher librarians definitions’ of academic achievement and educational attainment targeting their students’ preparation for the future. Reflection is also done on how these teacher librarians see their roles and specific qualifications in relation with those concepts. This research work, belonging to a PhD program, is focused on School Libraries of Portuguese public elementary integrated schools, which were in the school libraries network till 2005. This research used a qualitative methodology both for data gathering and analysis techniques.

Academic Achievement and/or Educational Attainment - The Role of Teacher Librarians in Students' Future

This paper aims at analysing 20 teacher librarians definitions’ of academic achievement and educational attainment targeting their students’ preparation for the future. Reflection is also done on how these teacher librarians see their roles and specific qualifications in relation with those concepts. This research work, belonging to a PhD program, is focused on School Libraries of Portuguese public elementary integrated schools, which were in the school libraries network till 2005. This research used a qualitative methodology both for data gathering and analysis techniques.

DEVELOPMENT OF AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AS AN EXPERIENCE OF SYNERGETIC LEARNING

The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the use of augmented reality technologies in the training of specialists in information, library and archival studies, who can solve specialized problems in the professional field, characterized by the complexity and uncertainty of the conditions and provide for the application of the provisions and methods of information, library and archival affairs. Work in project student groups to develop library augmented reality is a synergistic educational model that combines different pedagogical strategy: problem-based (PBL), innovative learning (IBL), project-based (PjBL), active learning (AL), deeper learning and game-based learning (GBL). The study proposes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching student librarians: a combination of applied augmented reality research for academic libraries and problem-oriented student learning, learning in the development process for innovations. The method of infographics comparative analysis was used. The article raises the issues of convergence of traditional forms of theoretical and practical training and the organization of innovative activities of students in the space of the academic library on the example of the development of AR-technologies. Peculiarities of development and implementation of augmented reality information technologies in work with documentary funds of academic libraries in the process of problem-based learning focused on innovations are determined. AR-marker technology has been intuitive for humanities students and facilitates the annotation and indexing of library documents. AR-technologies allow playfully to delve into documentary and library science aspects of creating the content of an AR document to master the skills of compiling thematic references. In the concepts of PBL and IBL, the primary emphasis is placed on the applied solution of problems and implementing innovations that meet the needs of a particular organization. This undermines the value of fundamental theoretical learning. We show the value of theoretical lecture material, on the example of the development of augmented reality for academic libraries by student librarians. We prove the importance of correlating lecture material as a starting point for student innovations to the actual needs of the academic library. The results of the research will be an impetus for implementing PBL & IBL in higher education in developing innovations by students in new learning environments (internships, information industry), such as academic libraries. Also initiate the work on implementing AR information technologies in the activities of university libraries. AR is a significant addition to the tools that university and libraries can use to engage their audiences to information literacy training. This should promote the librarianship and increase the status of the university. The students’ work with AR library technology is characterized by complexity, interdisciplinary nature, the collaboration of students of humanities and technical profiles. All this develops in students important competencies: creativity, ability to apply theory, work in a team, learn, developer responsibility, systematic thinking, involvement, focusing on innovation. The paper proposes to consider AR information technologies not only in the perspective of programming but also as a tool for PBL-AL-PjBL-GBL-IBL of student librarians, and as a subject of library and document researches (new tools of documentation). We emphasize fundamental learning and its constant testing in practice. The starting point in the development of innovations by students is the educational material, not the needs of the organization for which the innovations are developed. Because the process of innovation is a learning experience designed to show the applied power of theoretical knowledge. A multifactor model for evaluating student innovations is proposed.

Encouraging Convergence of Information Behaviour Theory and Information Services Education

Information behaviour theory, models, and concepts (IB TMCs) are foundational for effective reference and information services (RIS) and yet they are not widely addressed in basic RIS courses. This study explores how librarianship students are being educated in IB TMCs. Course syllabi and assigned textbooks of RIS courses were analyzed for integration of IB TMCs. This analysis is followed by a survey of instructors of these courses to determine key factors in integration of IB TMCs. Preliminary results indicate that treatment of IB TMCs remain limited and suggest that IB scholars may have an impact on the integration of their work.

Librarianship Students’ E-Specialized Information Seeking Habits

The paper presents the habits of seeking e-specialized information conducted by the librarianship students at a Mekong Delta University in Vietnam. Based on Charles Duhigg’s habitual concept and habit loop [3], a quantitative study using surveys was undertaken with 127 Library and Information students. Findings show that students' e-specialized information seeking habits are related to frequency, information type, format, searching techniques and skills. Five factors influencing students' e-specialized information seeking habits are identified. They are intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, searching criteria, perceptions and barriers. Practical solutions are also presented to provide librarianship students with insights into alternative ways of exploiting e-specialized information resources for the good sake of their academic studies and future jobs.

Programa “Semilleros en aula” en el desarrollo de destrezas investigativas de los estudiantes de Bibliotecología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Actualmente, la formación de destrezas investigativas es un tema de mucho interés para la docencia en la educación superior, pues permite al estudiante universitario desarrollar todas las capacidades para generar conocimiento y dar solución a problemas de tipo práctico identificados en las diferentes disciplinas, desde un punto de vista formativo. Lamentablemente, muchos estudiantes llegan a la educación superior con destrezas investigativas poco desarrolladas, con alto índice de plagio, pocos hábitos de lectura, entre otros; en particular, los estudiantes de Bibliotecología se caracterizan por involucrarse en la actividad laboral de manera muy temprana, por lo que sus investigaciones se orientan a la solución de problemas, siendo sus investigaciones básicamente descriptivas y de corte transversal y esto se debe, entre otras cosas, a la falta de estrategias de enseñanza innovadoras que les permitan desarrollar estas habilidades. La presente investigación fue de enfoque cuantitativo, de diseño experimental en su modalidad de preexperimental, se trabajó con 32 estudiantes. Se pudo concluir que la aplicación del programa “Semilleros en aula” tuvo un efecto significativo en el desarrollo de las destrezas investigativas de los estudiantes de la carrera de Bibliotecología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, existiendo diferencias notables en el pretest (31,29) y postest (78,28), aceptándose la hipótesis planteadas.

International Students and the Canadian University

This paper explores the dynamic international student populations within Canadian academic institutions and their relationship with the academic library. The international student body has evolving needs that must be adequately addressed by the library and institution if growing numbers are to continue being supported. Plagiarism, language barriers, and an unawareness of library services are well-known barriers to success, while more current issues such as changing technologies are equally problematic. Through such efforts as hiring an international student librarian, academic libraries may discover the specific issues facing their institution’s international students and begin the process of addressing them in a tailored manner. Data collection would be a priority for better understanding the international students, as would partnering with professors and student organizations to market library services and promote information literacy in a Canadian context. The international student librarian may also provide continued outreach to this demographic that is inclusive, proactive, and collaborative, which would in turn create an atmosphere that fosters international student success and is able to support rising numbers.

Enhancing librarianship students’ awareness of preservation at the learning resource center of a Mekong Delta university

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the rate of print material deterioration at the Learning Resource Center – a university at the Mekong Delta and identify users’ behaviors that may harm library materials, thereby presenting some potential solutions to enhance librarianship students’ awareness of preservation.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on Walker’s (2003) conceptual framework of preservation and that of education and propaganda from awareness development. Using a quantitative approach, 25-item questionnaire was delivered to 133 sophomores and seniors and analyzed by SPSS software. Qualitative data from the open-ended question were recorded and analyzed by themes.FindingsThe findings from this study show that the rate of print material deterioration at the Learning Resource Center was relatively low compared to that of other libraries in the nation and in the world. In addition, students’ knowledge about how to make the photocopies, as well as how much to open the book, is limited. The most important reason is because of lack of education from school and the library. The research also proposed some effective and realizable solutions to enhance librarianship students’ awareness of preservation of the materials at Learning Resource Center of a Mekong Delta university, Vietnam.Practical implicationsThis research provides library staff and users, especially librarianship students, with an awareness of the important role of book preservation, human behavior of library collections and potential preventive ways of book damage. This study also specifies evidence that library lecturers should include ethical issues in their lectures because librarianship students still have limited knowledge of book preservation. By doing so, these actions may motivate librarianship students to continue to learn and apply their knowledge of preservation into library materials and their own documents. Furthermore, the finding of the library work punishment contributes to better understanding of library labor force and students’ personality education. The findings can serve as a reference to educating other users in Vietnam and globally.Originality/valueThe level of print material deterioration at the Learning Resource Center of a Mekong Delta university, Vietnam and library work punishment were observed to be the most important findings with regard to library preservation in a particular library in Southeast Asian country. These findings provide insights into students’ awareness of preservation, not yet discussed in the literature.

Those Who Do, Teach: Preparing Law Librarianship Students for the Teaching of Legal Research

This article describes what we believe to be the first course to teach future law librarians how to best teach legal research. It was a process of trial and error and has evolved over the years. The article consists of a description of the evolution of the course from Professor Chiorazzi, followed by comments by Professor Delgado and the syllabus created by Delgado and Chiorazzi. The syllabus serves as a sort of annotated bibliography for those interested in the craft of teaching legal research.

Expert Guide, Cheerleader, Coach, Fake News Combatant: The Many Hats of Academic Research Librarians in Supporting Students

Expert Guide, Cheerleader, Coach, Fake News Combatant: The Many Hats of Academic Research Librarians in Supporting Students

Risk Taking as a New Academic Librarian Through Media Outreach: “The Walton Reader’s Spotlight Web Series”

Column description. Special Libraries, Special Challenges is a column dedicated to exploring the unique public services challenges that arise in libraries that specialize in a particular subject, such as law, medicine, business, and so forth. In each column, the author will discuss public service dilemmas and opportunities that arise in special libraries. Special or subjectmatter librarians interested in authoring a piece for this column are invited to contact Ilana Stonebraker at stonebraker@purdue.edu. This column is written by Raymond Pun and Hiromi Kubo. Raymond Pun is the first year student success librarian at Fresno State. He received his M.L.S from City University of New York, Queens College and M.A. in East Asian Studies from St. John’s University. Hiromi Kubo is the business and economics librarian at Fresno State. She received her M.L.S. from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Beyond Career Collection Development: Academic Libraries Collaborating with Career Center for Student Success

Column description. Special Libraries, Special Challenges is a column dedicated to exploring the unique public services challenges that arise in libraries that specialize in a particular subject, such as law, medicine, business, and so forth. In each column, the author will discuss public service dilemmas and opportunities that arise in special libraries. Special or subject-matter librarians interested in authoring a piece for this column are invited to contact Ilana Stonebraker at stonebraker@purdue.edu.This column is written by Raymond Pun and Hiromi Kubo. Raymond Pun is the first year student success librarian at Fresno State. He received his M.L.S from City University of New York, Queens College and M.A. in East Asian Studies from St. John’s UniversityHiromi Kubo is the business and economics librarian at Fresno State. She received her M.L.S. from the University of Missouri, Columbia.