Library Education Research Articles

Environmental education in public libraries

PurposeThis research aims to investigate effective public library environmental education interventions in order to inform the development of a framework for public libraries.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research method was developed incorporating surveys and follow-up interviews with librarians working in USA public libraries, who were known to have been involved in environmental education initiatives.FindingsThe research determined which environmental education interventions were most likely to lead to action and behaviour change in public library users. The resulting discussion has allowed for the creation of a framework which establishes factors useful for successful implementation of environmental education programmes and activities. These elements include partnership, institutional commitment, inclusion and outreach and practical activities linked to a larger vision.Research limitations/implicationsThe research participants were limited to those libraries in the USA which were all affiliated with the American Library Association (ALA) Resilient Communities programmes and had received grants.Practical implicationsThe paper concludes with a framework for implementing environmental education programmes in public libraries. Effective interventions are also shared which provide practical ideas and strategies.Social implicationsProviding structure and considerations for establishing an environmental programme enables libraries to build on experiences of other libraries. As climate change action becomes a more pressing issue, providing these interventions supports action.Originality/valueThe paper discusses the concepts of environmental education and the role which public libraries can play in this arena, concluding that sustainable development should be treated as a new tenet of librarianship and environmental education as a new research field of library and information science.

A Comparative Study of Information Literacy Study Trends Between Korea and Other Countries Using Keyword Networks

Abstract This study aims to examine and compare the trends of information literacy research in Korea and in some English-speaking other countries in the last two decades from 2001 to 2020 through keyword network analysis. With regard to English-speaking countries, author keywords were collected from articles retrieved from the Scopus database using the search term “information literacy.” For the Korean LIS field, the author keywords were collected from articles retrieved through a Korean academic database called “KCI” using the search term “information literacy.” For other countries, a total of 1163 articles and 2454 author keywords were collected for this study. Among these author keywords, the top 10 that appeared most were “academic libraries,” “library education,” “assessment,” “collaboration,” “higher education,” “undergraduate students,” “e-learning,” “information literacy instruction,” “instruction,” and “instructional design.” By comparison, a total of 120 articles and 352 author keywords were collected for this study in Korea. Among the keywords, eight that appeared most frequently were “information literacy instruction,” “school libraries,” “school librarians,” “library education,” “academic libraries,” “information services,” “user education,” and “public libraries.” Based on the study results, some recommendations for Korea’s IL research can be made as follows: First, particular attention needs to be given to the subjects of “assessment” and “collaboration” related to IL research. Second, the research related to the subject of IL has been carried out by a few researchers majoring in school libraries. Therefore, in addition to researchers in the LIS field, those from various other fields need to have an interest in the subject.

Axiological aspects of transforming library profession in the aspect of professional education

Technological evolution of the civilization have been increasingly define the integrated global landscape and contribute to political, economic, social and ecological changes. Innovative high-speed communication systems and wide access to information consolidate the states, economies and businesses in the more sophisticated way one can envision. This global interdependence bears the risks of increasing social and economic inequity; in particular, due to instability and social unsustainability of the weaker economies. The authors discuss the problems of the library profession digitalization affecting the transformation of library education as the condition for preserving and developing human resources in librarianship. They insist that training librarians should comply with the requirements to modern libraries. They specify the key professional competences for library specialists of a new breed, and suggest prospective vectors of training at library departments.

Peran Sosial Media Instagram Dalam Membantu Kegiatan Promosi Perpustakaan di Perpustakaan Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara


 Library Promotion currently holds custodial (minor) positions in Information Science and Library Education at various universities in Indonesia. So don't be surprised if the production unit, which is then called the library, stagnates and stops working. Developing a blog-based library expands the possibilities of your user base, but using a freeware database is sufficient to become the backbone of your library automation. In the current Development 4.0 era, library promotion through Instagram social media is considered more effective and efficient. Interaction between librarians and users can now take place virtually by utilizing existing information technology. The researchers looked specifically at one account of university libraries: universities. Communicating with users via Instagram is an effective way to advertise in university libraries. This article also describes the forms of interaction provided by the Instagram application and how the UIN North Sumatra Library itself uses the facilities available on Instagram. The data collection method consisted of observing the Instagram account of the North Sumatra State Islamic University Library and conducting a literature review. The results of a survey conducted by the UIN Sumut library utilized all existing facilities on Instagram to promote the library. Libraries use the Instagram Stories feature to upload videos and photos, as well as Instagram Direct to promote their library.
 Keywords: Library promotion, Social media, Instagram

Library education at experimental schools designated by the Mombusho (Ministry of Education) in post-war Japan

Library education at experimental schools designated by the Mombusho (Ministry of Education) in post-war Japan

Медиатизация библиотечного образования

The phenomenon of mediatization of modern domestic library education is comprehended. The tasks of mediatization are defined, the reasons that caused it are named. In the article meditation is analyzed as a reorientation of activities in line with the trends of the media industry and the information relaying technology at the level of library practice and library education. The media format of library activity is an indicator of its modernity, relevance, and openness to innovation. The directions of mediatization of education (modernization, communication, professionalization, gamification) are shown, digital communication tools (websites, blogs, social networks, instant messengers, video hosting, etc.) are characterized, which are the object of study in media education and provide the accumulation and broadcast of educational content in the media environment. Mediatization correlates with the digitalization of the educational process. The media competencies fixed by the professional standard for library and information activities (2022) are considered. The experience of their formation at the Mordovian University is reflected.

A Study on the Optimization Strategy of Information Literacy Education in University Libraries in China

In the era of information explosion, information literacy is particularly important for everyone. The most important educational responsibility of colleges and universities is to cultivate comprehensive applied talents for the society, and the university library is the main position for colleges and universities to cultivate students' information literacy. This paper studies the importance of improving college students' information literacy in the information age, the problems existing in university information literacy education, and the optimization strategy of information literacy education in university library.

The education of law librarians in Brazil: an analysis of subjects on legal information at the Brazilian federal universities

Resumo Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar as disciplinas sobre informação jurídica dos cursos de biblioteconomia de universidades federais brasileiras com o intuito de verificar se elas apresentam conteúdos recomendados pela literatura. Como método, realizou-se uma comparação entre os conteúdos descritos nas ementas das disciplinas analisadas e um conjunto de 14 temas tidos como recomendados pela literatura nacional e internacional para a formação de bibliotecários jurídicos; como resultado, das universidades federais brasileiras que oferecem cursos de biblioteconomia, cinco possuem disciplinas voltadas à área jurídica. Entre elas, apenas uma oferece mais de uma disciplina acerca do tema. Todas são definidas como optativas e não fazem parte da grade obrigatória dos cursos. As disciplinas analisadas não conseguiram abranger o conjunto de 14 assuntos recomendados para a formação do bibliotecário jurídico, abrangendo-os apenas parcialmente. Percebe-se que as disciplinas se preocupam mais com assuntos voltados à formação técnica, e geralmente estão ausentes aspectos relacionados ao treinamento de usuários e ao uso da informação jurídica por usuários não especializados, como o cidadão comum. O bibliotecário brasileiro possui muita dificuldade em se especializar na área jurídica. Há pouca oferta de disciplinas sobre biblioteconomia jurídica na graduação e na pós-graduação. A formação na área é geralmente alcançada pela prática diária ou por atividades de educação continuada, como cursos e eventos. Apesar disso, o número de disciplinas encontradas e analisadas pela pesquisa demonstra um pequeno avanço no cenário nacional. A falta de padrões ou diretrizes de conteúdo para a formação desse profissional contribui para aumentar as dificuldades da oferta de educação formal nacionalmente.

Первый ректор Петроградского института внешкольного образования В. А. Зеленко: новые факты биографии

The history of professional library education is closely connected with the name of the first director of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture Vasily Adamovich Zelenko (1878–1957). The article clarifies a number of biographical information about the social origin of his family, education, and professional activity before 1917. The facts of V. A. Zelenko’s participation in the revolutionary movement (1905–1906) are revealed. The pages of scientific and pedagogical activity of V. A. Zelenko have been supplemented. Zelenko and his cooperation with prominent figures of public education of the Russian Empire, interpersonal ties with members of the Bolshevik Party, which in the revolutionary years became an important factor in the foundation of the Petrograd Institute of Extracurricular Education.

Библиотечное образование в контексте цифровизации

Improving modern library education is impossible without understanding the essential changes taking place with the library in the context of the digitalization of modern society. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of the processes of digitalization of library and information activities on the professional training of library specialists. During the study, an analysis was made of the legal framework, publications in the professional press, websites of higher education institutions, foreign projects broadcasting scientific information about the digitalization of librarianship. It is shown that digitalization affects the development of all major areas of library activities, the introduction of digital technologies leads to significant changes in the forms and methods of library services. The domestic and foreign experience of acquiring and improving digital competence in the framework of formal and non-formal education is considered. The generalization of the studied material made it possible to identify and characterize the main digitalization trends that affect library practice and the training of library staff.

Analisis Implementasi Standar Nasional Perpustakaan Sekolah Menengah Atas/Madrasah Aliyah (SNP 12:2017)

This study aims to find out how SNP 12:2017 is implemented in the SMAN 6 Pandeglang Library. This type of research is descriptive with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques in this study are observation, interviews, literature review, and documentation. The results of this study are as follows: first, SNP 12:2017 has seven standards, namely collection standards, infrastructure standards, service standards, library staff standards, implementation standards, management standards, and information technology standards. For librarians in the SMAN 6 Pandeglang library who have the academic competence of library education graduates, the SMAN 6 Pandeglang library only has one room for various library areas. There is a lack of administrators and librarians in the SMAN 6 Pandeglang library who have competence in the field of information technology. Third, the factors that support the implementation of SNP 12:2017 are complete facilities and infrastructure, sufficient time for service activities, and additions to collections carried out every year. Fourth, the process and level of achievement of SNP 12:2017 are not fully implemented and in accordance with SNP 12:2017. There are several aspects that have started to reach SNP 12:2017, including service aspects, implementation aspects, management aspects, and several other aspects. As well, there are several aspects that have not reached SNP 12:2017, including aspects of collection, aspects of information and communication technology, aspects of facilities and infrastructure, and several other aspects.

The Early Library Education Model for the New Curriculum in Japan after World War II

The Early Library Education Model for the New Curriculum in Japan after World War II

Higher Library Education in the Countries of Latin America

The purpose of the article is look into historical features and to determine the formation stages and the current state of the library specialists’ education system and its level in Latin American countries.
 The methodology. There were used historical-genetic and systemic-structural approaches. It made it possible to establish the main stages periodization of the higher education levels in Library Studies’ origin and development in the leading countries of Latin America. The study proved the influence of North American and European traditions on the development of the training of highly qualified library personnel system in the founding countries of graduate library education on the continent. A comparative and content analysis of the bachelor’s, master’s and Doctoral Degrees’ educational programs in the specialty “Library and Information Sciences” provided by leading universities in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, made it possible to determine the general and specific aspects of the specialists training for the information industry, to establish the peculiarities of cognitive and institutional components of bachelor’s and master’s educational programs, justify the objective necessity of strengthening their interdisciplinarity and flexibility.
 The results. It has been established that Argentina was the first among Latin American countries to establish a training school for librarians in the structure of the Philosophy and Literature Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires back in 1922. In the 1940s and 1950s, universities opened Library Studies (Schools) in Panama (1941), Brazil (1942), Peru (1943), Uruguay (1943), Mexico (1945, 1956), Chile (1949), Costa Rica (1950) and Colombia (1956). The system of post-graduate library education began to take shape in the 1970s, when in 1972 the first post-graduate program in the field of “Library and Information Science” was opened in Brazil at the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo, and in 1980 — the doctoral program as well. Currently, in the countries of Latin America, only the leading metropolitan universities have educational programs of master’s and Doctoral levels. It is due to the low scientific qualification of graduate departments and the insufficient number of professors who can carry out qualified supervision of master’s and Doctoral thesis research.
 The current state of the library and information education system development on the Latin American continent is demonstrated by the following statistics: Brazil has 47 universities with their structure including schools or departments for the library specialists training, Argentina has 16 of such universities, Mexico — 13, Colombia — 6, Chile — 4, Cuba — 3, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela — 2 universities each, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Jamaica — 1 university each.
 The scientific topicality. The formation of the higher library education levels system on the Latin American continent took place in several stages: the genesis stage (1920–1930s), the stage of active development (1940–1960s), the stage of starting post-graduate training of library specialists at the postgraduate level, and later — master’s and Doctoral studies (1970–1990s); the stage of strengthening the interdisciplinary integration of educational program profiles (2000 — present). The results of the educational programs (EPs) content analysis of various levels of training in the specialty “Library and Information Sciences” made it possible to establish a certain conservatism of their profiling, to determine that the promising directions for their modernization are interdisciplinary and strengthening of the digital and information and communication components with, for example, such relevant EPs as “Communication, organization, management of information and knowledge”, “Sociocultural, political and economic configurations of information”.
 The practical significance. The research results can be used by Ukrainian institutions of higher education in the process of improving master’s and Doctoral educational programs in the specialty 029 “Information, Library and Archival Affairs”. The introduction of the best foreign training practices of library specialists will improve their quality and competitiveness at the global information market.

Early Literacy Learning for Future Library Paraprofessionals: Authentic Learning in Library Education

This article describes the professional learning around early literacy experienced by library paraprofessional students at a post-secondary institution in Canada. Students completed a survey to gauge their conceptions of early literacy at the beginning of a course on library services for children and young adults. These students then experienced hands-on, engaging course elements such as in-class discussions, guest speakers, and authentic assessments. At the conclusion of the course, students were again surveyed and were asked to identify course elements that contributed to their learning. Most students aligned with an emergent literacy approach to early literacy. While a comparison between the two surveys did not reveal a significant difference in terms of students’ conceptions of early literacy, multiple students identified the hands-on elements of the course as beneficial. The researchers conclude that providing authentic professional learning opportunities that include knowledge application reinforces learners’ conceptions about emergent literacy.

A Review of Critical Thinking Training in Librarianship, Knowledge, and Information Science

Critical thinking, an important construct in the educational dimension, is an active process which uses a specific set of skills and enables one to make appropriate decisions and discriminate between information received. Therefore, critical thinking is considered as an important aspect of information performance in library education. In the field of library and information science, so far, no coherent study has investigated the possible aspects of teaching critical thinking. Hence, this narrative study aimed to review the available literature to determine if critical thinking is considered in the librarianship education and research. To this end, four electronic databases, including Medline (PubMed), ERIC, ProQuest, and Scopus were searched using the following keywords: Critical Thinking; Thinking; Education; Curriculum, Teaching; Librarianship; Library and Information Science; Medical Library and Information Science; and Knowledge and Information Science. A total of 439 articles were identified. After the initial review of the titles and abstracts and the removal of irrelevant and repetitive articles, 67 articles entered the evaluation stage. After reviewing the full text of the remaining articles, 32 articles were eligible to enter the study. Based on our review, the literature on the critical thinking in library science could be categorized into four classes. Moreover, critical thinking should be improved through using different educational strategies and be integrated into education curricula.

Bibliotherapy: Present-day marvel in Malaysia

This study explores the current trends of bibliotherapy within the public library community in Malaysia. A qualitative data collection approach using a structured interview was employed to elicit the opinions of five public librarians, two practitioners specializing in mental health, and a bibliotherapy writer. Eight (8) interview transcripts have been analyzed using theme-based analysis. This study shows that bibliotherapy in Malaysia is a new trend and concept. The public librarians were unnoticed that they had already practiced the technique due to the lack of bibliotherapy awareness among public librarians. There is a need to establish bibliotherapy education for future librarians. Keywords: Public library; Bibliotherapy; Library education; Malaysia eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

Accreditation system of Library Education in India

Accreditation system of Library Education in India

Origin and development of multilevel library and information education on the Аfrican continent

The purpose of the article is to characterise the main stages of the evolution and current vectors of development of tertiary library and information education in African countries. Research methodology. Complex application of systematic, historical, and comparative approaches, as well as empirical methods of scientific cognition enable revealing the main stages of evolution of tertiary library and information education on the African continent, determining the factors that influence its development and modernisation and contribute to the gradual transition to a multilevel model and transformational educational standards. The scientific novelty of the work is based on the results of comparative and content analyses of the Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degree programs in the Library and Information Sciences at African national universities in historical retrospective. These results reveal the main stages of development of Library and Information tertiary education, as well as vectors of its modernisation on the African continent. Conclusions. The study of the genesis of library schools in African universities, as well as content analysis of the introduced educational programs in training specialists at different educational levels allowed determination of the main stages of the evolution of tertiary library education on the African continent. In particular, these stages are as follows: the stage of emergence (early 1960s – late 1980s), the stage of active development (1990 – 2000s), and the stage of modernisation changes (2010s – present). However, even now, only 10 per cent of African countries have educational units that provide two or three levels of tertiary library education. The main factors behind the slow development of multilevel library and information education in African countries are the insufficiency of academic and teaching personnel who would ensure the high production rate of Masters and Doctors of Philosophy in the field of Library and Information Sciences; underestimation by African countries’ governments of the role of high-quality training for information specialists and, as a result, an annual reduction in the number of budget places in the Library and Information Sciences specialty; poor organisational, methodical, technical, and technological infrastructure for ensuring the educational process. Keywords: tertiary library education, Africa, history of tertiary library education, digitisation of education, diversification of library science educational programs.

Impact of professional education on the development of the staff potential in a modern library

The article examines the need for professional education in the choice of the future profession, as well as the role of staff potential diagnostics in the work of a modern library, and the prospects and tasks in this sphere. The authors perform diagnostics of employees without special library education in municipal libraries of the Belgorod region, Russia. The study concludes that it is vital for library employees to get specialized education in librarianship in addition to that which they already have. In addition, libraries are advised to have a set of methods for diagnosing the potential of their staff with descriptions of these methods and options for their use.

Application of Digital Entrepreneurship Education in the Digital Library Marketing Course

Entrepreneurship education in universities plays a significant role in creating an entrepreneurial spirit in students. We explore the application of digital entrepreneurship education contained in the Digital Library Marketing course. This research is qualitative research with a case study. Data collection was conducted through in-depth semi-structured interviews with thirteen informants. The data are photos or videos of activities during the research, and videotape recordings. The data display the output of Digital Library Marketing lectures which shows how theories following research and observation of digital media interfaces are used as promotional and marketing media. The results showed that digital entrepreneurship education applied to the Digital Library Marketing course has an important influence on students to design a professional weblog as a medium of information, to create content writing about how to fill a weblog that can sell the products offered, and to do good copywriting, also to find ideas for delivery and promotion. Besides being applied to the Digital Library Marketing course, digital entrepreneurship education is also held in digital marketing workshops to provide prospective alums. This study is helpful for entrepreneurship education literature in libraries and information that intersects with digital technology as a medium for entrepreneurship.