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Stephens, Michael O'Connor Brian C. "Modeling the role of blogging in librarianship." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3915.
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Atkins, Andrea N. "Discretion in Russian Librarianship: Pre-Soviet, Soviet, Post-Soviet." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343769040.
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Morgan, Richard. "Component library retrieval using property models." Thesis, Durham University, 1991. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6095/.
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The re-use of products such as code, specifications, design decisions and documentation has been proposed as a method for increasing software productivity and reliability. A major problem that has still to be adequately solved is the storage and retrieval of re-usable 'components'. Current methods, such as keyword retrieval and catalogues, rely on the use of names to describe components or categories. This is inadequate for all but a few well established components and categories; in the majority of cases names do not convey sufficient information on which to base a decision to retrieve. One approach to this problem is to describe components using a formal specification. However this is impractical for two reasons; firstly, the limitations of theorem proving would severely restrict the complexity of components that could be retrieved and secondly the retrieval mechanism would need to have a method of retrieving components with 'similar' specifications. This thesis proposes the use of formal 'property' models to represent the key functionality of components. Retrieval of components can then take place on the basis of a property model produced by the library's users. These models only describe the key properties of a component, thereby making the task of comparing properties feasible. Views are introduced as a method of relating similar, non identical property models, and the use of these views facilitates the re-use of components with similar properties. The language Miramod has been developed for the purpose of describing components, and a Miramod compiler and property prover which allow Miramod models to be compared for similarity, have been designed and implemented. These tools have indicated that model based component library retrieval is feasible at relatively low levels of the programming process, and future work is suggested to extend the method to encompass earlier stages in the development of large systems.
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Burgess, John Timothy Freedom. "Virtue ethics and the narrative identity of American librarianship 1876 to present." Thesis, The University of Alabama, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3596086.
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The purpose of this study is to propose a means of reconciling the competing ideas of library and information science's identity, thereby strengthening professional autonomy. I make the case that developing a system of virtue ethics for librarianship would be an effective way to promote that reconciliation. The first step in developing virtue ethics is uncovering librarianship's function. Standard approaches to virtue ethics rely on classical Greek ideas about the nature of being to determine function. Since classical ideas of being may no longer be persuasive, I introduce another approach to uncover librarianship's function that still meets all of the criteria needed to establish a foundation for a system of virtue ethics. This approach is hermeneutical phenomenology, the philosophical discipline of interpreting the meaning given to historical events. Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutic circle technique and Paul Ricoeur's theory of narrative intelligence are used to engage in a dialogue with three crises in the history of American librarianship. These pivotal events are the fiction question, librarian nationalism during World War I, and the dispute between supporters of the "Library Bill of Rights" and social responsibility. From these crises, three recurring themes become apparent: the tendency to reconcile idealism and pragmatism, the intent to do good for individuals and society, and the role of professional insecurity in precipitating the conflicts. Through emplotment of these themes, an identity narrative for librarianship emerges. My finding is that librarianship's function is the promotion of stability-happiness. This is the dual-process of supporting dominant socio-cultural institutions as a means of protecting librarianship's ability to offer the knowledge, cultural records, and avenues for information literacy that can improve lives and facilitate individuals' pursuit of happiness. In the conclusion, the ethical implications of having stability-happiness as the profession's function are considered. It includes a discussion of how librarianship's narrative identity could be applied to develop an ethical character for the profession and how such a character, combined with knowledge of function, might address persistent problems of race and gender disparity in library and information science.
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Walczyk, Christine. "Building an Understanding of International Service Learning in Librarianship." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955057/.
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From the very beginning, library education has been a mixture of theory and practice. Dewey required apprenticeships to be part of the first library school at the University of Chicago as a method to indoctrinate new professional. Today, acculturation is incorporated into the professional education through a large variety of experiential learning techniques, including internships, practicum, field work, and service learning projects, all of which are designed to develop some level of professional skills within an information organization. But, what is done for understanding library culture? It is said that one cannot truly recognize the extent of one's own cultural assumptions, until they have experienced another. This study followed a group of LIS graduate students that took that next step – going to Russia.
By employing a critical hermeneutic methodology, this study sought to understand what value students gain by from working on an assessment project in an international school library. Using a horizon analysis, the researcher established the worldview of participants prior to their departure, analyzed their experience through post-experience interviews, and constructed an understanding of value. Among other concepts, the researcher looked specifically to see whether "library cultural competency", understanding library culture in global context, was developed through working on a service learning project within an international school library. This dissertation provides feedback for the program leaders and ideas for future research.
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Crawford, John C. "Historical models of library provision : the example of Scotland." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385906.
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This study aims to construct a historical model of library provision in Scotland from the 16th century to the present day. It falls naturally into three parts: A first section covering the period 1560-1850 which discusses the origin and development of library provision and use in Scotland and identifies its main characteristics. A second section 'Sectoral Analysis' which is an analysis of the LIBSCOT file, a microcomputer held directory of library provision in Scotland in the 1890s. After an overview chapter each type of library in Scotland, derived from a classification devised by the author, is described in turn and its main characteristics, statistical and factual, are identified. A third section, Evaluation, which analyses the LIBSCOT file data in general terms, examines the development of policy for library provision in Scotland and considers how contemporary librarianship in Scotland has been shaped by the historical model. A final chapter considers the study's importance for library historiography. The historical model, briefly stated, suggests that library provision in Scotland has traditionally been based on small administrative, local community centred roots which originated in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These traditions originated in small market towns and villages and although they spread to large towns and cities the small population unit remained the essential base for library provision. By the end of the 18th century a structure of library provision had emerged, based on small units which were amateur but not amateurish in character and were hostile to large bureaucratic units and an ideology of professionalism. The evidence of the LIBSCOT file shows that this picture was largely unchanged by the late 19th century. In the 20th century slow progress was made towards a new model of library provision, based on large administrative units and an ideology of professionalism was slow to develop. Attitudes did not change until the 1960s.
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Stephens, Michael. "Modeling the role of blogging in librarianship." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3915/.
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This phenomenological study examines the motivations and experiences of librarians who author professionally-focused Weblogs. I constructed a model of librarianship based on Wilson and Buckland. The results show a close fit between librarian bloggers and the ideals of the field as expressed by two primary library and information science philosophers. A Web survey generated 239 responses to demographic and open-ended questions. Using the results of the survey, I analyzed demographic data and performed a phenomenological analysis of the open-ended questions. A list of category responses was generated from each set of answers via the coding of descriptive words and phrases. Results indicated the motivations of librarian bloggers are based around themes of sharing, participation in community, and enhanced professional development. Respondents reported feeling more connected to the profession and to colleagues across the world because of blogging. Respondents perceived the librarian blogosphere as a community with both positive aspects - feedback, discussion, and support - and negative aspects - insular voices, divides between technologists and librarians, and generational rifts. Respondents also reported an increased ability to keep current, improved writing skills, and opportunities to speak and contribute to professional journals.
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Williamson, Matthew J. "The public library and social inclusion : information services to jobseekers." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287127.
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The principle that libraries have a role to play in the provision of information for jobseekers is recognised widely in public library authorities across the country, not only by the authorities themselves, but also by other bodies concerned with jobseekers. However, the range and variety of initiatives is capable of generating confusion among jobseekers. The library is well placed to act as a focus for information for jobseekers - information that comes from a variety of institutions and initiatives and is not only confined to vacancies. This thus poses three questions which the research attempts to answer :- - is the library at the focus? - is the library seen to be at the focus? - if not, why not - if so, how does it make it work? This project approaches these questions by contributing to the current national debates as to the future development of information agencies, policies and initiatives through the interviews with Job Centre clients, a group whose views in this area have never before been canvassed and who, therefore, offer a new perspective on the issues. This debate has raised the potential of the public library network as an agent of social and economic regeneration, a role of the public library previously accepted within the service, but rarely without. The thesis demonstrates the interface between the social and economic potential of the public library and the needs and demands of the 'information poor', as well as highlighting the importance of the recreational role of the Public Library. The methods used to answer these questions were threefold. Firstly, a survey was carried out of all public library authorities in England and Wales. Of the surveys distributed, 82% were completed, an excellent rate of response. It is clear from this survey that the overwhelming majority of public library authorities feel that it is their role to provide services for jobseekers. The survey also shows that many authorities provide a wide range of non-statutory services. This provision of the "newer" technologies is important for jobseekers as they are generally unable to afford to purchase such technology. The survey also indicated that the view of jobseekers held by public library authorities was an inclusive one, and covered those both in and out of work. Secondly, case-study authorities were chosen from the respondents to the questionnaire. These were selected on the basis of declared level of provision, and also on type of authority. Four case studies were selected, one County Council (Wiltshire), two Urban Authorities (Lewisham and Manchester) and one Welsh Authority (Wrexham). The selection was carried out thus in order to reflect the preponderance of Urban Authorities in the respondents to the original survey. These case studies have investigated the demographics, control and profile of the authorities involved. Managers and staff of library authorities were interviewed about provision and provision was viewed on site and assessed with reference to other case studies and two models of provision, the 'integrative' and the 'targeted' were identified. Thirdly, interviews were undertaken with clients of Job Centres in the case-study authorities. Ninety-four interviews were carried out across the four authorities. These interviews investigated jobseekers use of both the public library and other information providers in this area, and also assessed jobseekers' attitudes towards the public library. The survey showed that almost 70% of those interviewed used the public library, with 48% of these using the library at least once a month. Just over half of the respondents said that the Public library was for everyone and should provide useful information for jobseekers. Only 16% said that the library was not the place for jobseekers to obtain information. When asked if they would use the Public Library if it advertised services useful to jobseekers, 94% said that they would. This empirical work has been placed within a theoretical framework based on the work of Jiirgen Habermas. The public library is "arguably the nearest thing we have in Britain to an achieved Public Sphere" (Webster 1995) and this research enables the conception of the Public Library as an achieved Public Sphere to be reassessed and, therefore, the role of the public library to be reconceptualised.
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Evans, Geraint I. "Local government structures and the public library service in Wales." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1995. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12901.
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The thesis examines the relationship between evolution and change in local government structures and the development of the public library service, concentrating on the development of that service in Wales. This relationship is examined against governmental enquiries such as the Roberts Report (1959), the Bourdillon Report (1962) and the Redcliffe Maud Report (1969), and the culmination of these enquiries, The Public Libraries and Museums Act, 1964 and The Local Government Act, 1972. Special attention is paid to Section 207 of the Local Government Act which enabled district councils in Wales to apply for library powers. An investigation of the mechanics and rationale of awarding such powers in 1974 and 1984 is based on research of private papers and statistical analysis. Expenditure patterns and service delivery levels of all public library authorities in Wales are examined for the period 1979-1989 to attempt to discover whether counties or districts best match selected criteria of efficiency. The whole topic is brought full circle though an examination of the post-1990 proposals for the re-structuring of local government, concentrating once again on the implications for the public library service in Wales.
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Besson, Alain. "Classification in private library catalogues of the English Renaissance, 1500-1640." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1988. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1349431/.
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Library inventories are widely acknowledged for their importance in intellectual history, but there are few detailed studies of library classification in this context. The discussion centres on the inventories of 36 English private libraries from 1521 to 1640, with a view to understanding what could have prompted a compiler to adopt one system of arrangement instead of another. Nine of the inventories are transcribed from unpublished manuscripts, including lists of the books of William Paget, 4th Baron Paget (1617), William Somner (1639), and a previously unidentified catalogue of the books of the physician William Rant (1595). The classification of books was a matter of some concern at the time: the problems raised by library classification were beginning to attract the attention of writers on the subject, and a compiler's approach was not always as haphazard as it may seem at first. On the whole, however, the classification of books was more spontaneous than deliberate, and it is for this reason that it was often finely attuned to the professional concerns and personal interests of owners, as well as to the cultural climate of the time (religious controversies, interest in languages other than Latin). The medieval trivium was losing its momentum in the classifications of the period, and mathematics, for centuries associated with the quadrivium in classifications, was viewed in a new light under the influence of Neo-Platonism. New trends in library classification appeared side by side with age-long practices, thereby underscoring the deeply transitional nature of the period.
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Wright, Lynne, and Jo-Anne Lombardi. "University of Wollongong Library preparing recent graduates for a professional career in librarianship." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106104.
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A strategic approach to succession planning, a commitment to the profession of librarianship and a genuine desire to provide authentic learning opportunities for students committed to postgraduate studies in librarianship, resulted in an innovative professional cadetship program being established at the University of Wollongong Library. The program development, overview and preliminary evaluations will be shared in this paper.
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Stevens, Tony. "The role of the prison library in the reform and rehabilitation process." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5982/.
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This study evaluates the contribution made by the prison library to the rehabilitation of adult male offenders. The research was undertaken in ten prison establishments in England and Wales, and examined a diverse sample of the inmate population. A qualitative methodology was employed, using semi-structured interviews. In total, 124 interviews with inmates, 62 interviews with staff and 20 interviews with ex-offenders recently released from custody, were conducted. The project examines different components of prison library operations and their impact upon the rehabilitative process. Principally, the role of the library as an educational resource, as an information provider and as a source for recreational reading are analysed. In addition, the influence of religious material supplied by the library is also discussed. Throughout the study particular reference is made to the value of cognitive-behavioural interventions with offenders. Through such interventions inmates can begin to take responsibility for their own actions and address their own pattern of offending. A library service can support such interventions in three principal ways: empowering the prisoner with information, providing help with a range of practical skills and helping change inmates, attitudes and behaviours. A key factor examined is the potential of the library to provide an appropriate learning environment for prisoners to tackle these issues and internalise pro-social responses. The central conclusion of the study is that there has been a failure of all parties to fully realise the rehabilitative potential of the prison library. Four main factors are identified -a lack of appreciation of the unique environment in which prison libraries operate, the persistence of the view that the prison library is simply another branch of the public library service, the narrow perception of the role of the prison librarian and a failure to integrate the work of the library with the work of the prison.
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Woodward, Nakia J., and Rick L. Wallace. "Meeting the Challenges of Practicing Evidence Based Librarianship through a Library Journal Club: An Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8710.
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Objectives: The library has developed a monthly librarian journal club to foster professional development and critical thinking. The purpose of this study is to quantitatively analyze the subject domains of the articles (reference; education; collections; management; information access/retrieval; marketing/promotion); journals most frequently read; and what methodologies were most frequently used in the articles and to qualitatively analyze the value of the journal club to the growth of librarians involved and the value to the library through the evidence discovered.
Methods: Librarians meet monthly at a restaurant for journal club. Each attendee reports on an article of their choice from the library literature. Each participant is given ten minutes to report. A discussion follow. After journal club, each attendee writes a report on their article in a structured abstract format (practice question, article title, citation, study type, answer). These summaries are critically appraised topics (CATs) and are saved in a CAT bank called CATTales. Over 100 CATs have been entered into the CATTales database.
Results: The result of CATTALEs is the creation of a searchable evidence based librarianship database. Examples of the journal club’s impact are the development of bookmarks for basic science researchers, the undertaking of a content analysis on the future librarianship, and the revamping of a reference statistics program. Young librarians have developed skills in reading the literature, translating research into practice, and learning new research concepts.
Conclusions: Many ideas have sprung from these monthly meetings. Librarians have gained validation for practices already in place and started new initiatives in education, promotion and research on ideas based on journal club discussions. This project has promoted interest in reading the journal literature and encouraged librarians to keep current. A tool like a medical librarian journal club is a practical way to practice evidence based librarianship.
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Borda, Ann Elizabeth. "The museum library : a survey of libraries in the museums and related institutions of the Greater London area, together with a study on the evolution of the museum library in England." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317513/.
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The central focus of the present research is a survey of libraries located in, and associated with, the museums and related institutions of the Greater London area. This investigation arises from an awareness of a general absence in the literatures of both the library and museum professions concerning the role and function of these special libraries. A first means of analysis involved an historical survey illustrating the evolution of museums and libraries in England, with particular reference to the South East. This preliminary stage in the research confirmed the historical significance of London in terms of the development of the two communities, locally and nationally, as well as providing a contextual basis from which to approach the present state and status of the museum library. A statistical survey of eighty-four museum institutions and their libraries in the Greater London area comprised the second stage of analysis. The survey population was grouped by sectors as defined, with some modification, by the official advisory body, the Museums and Galleries Commission. Five categories represented the survey sectors under examination: National, Central Government, Local Authority, University and Independent. During the 1993-94 period, data were gathered on individual institutions in each sector through the use of a designed questionnaire and in-person interviews concerning various aspects of library operation and function, namely; Administration and Staff; Finance; Collections; Catalogues; Services; and Networks. Findings suggested that broad parameters existed in what constituted a museum library, i.e., ranging from a service facility to an informal curatorial collection. Consequently, organisation of the library and its role in relation to the parent body varied accordingly. More defined roles generally corresponded to those institutions supporting libraries which were formally organised and professionally staffed. The levels of public access, collections management and services were also significantly related to the sector under which an institution was grouped. These designations indicated, for instance, that the Nationals had the most comprehensive library facilities and services, whereas smaller institutions across the remaining sectors showed considerable variation in library provision. By default, the funding arrangements specific to certain groups and/or maintaining bodies had a documented effect on the state of the museum libraries surveyed. In general, a greater number of libraries are housed in or associated with museums than described in available sources. However, their role as information partner to the museum organisation is not significant on all levels of provision, particularly as an internally networked resource for the study of respective collections and as an accessible facility for the research public. This limitation in potential may be due to its perception within both the organisation and the wider community, although insufficient allocations to the parent body and the library itself are additional factors.
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Cole, Natalie. "Intellectual freedom and the public library : a study of librarians', elected members, and library users' attitudes towards intellectual freedom, and the impact of these attitudes on stock management policy-making and practice." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301269.
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Ivey, Dorothy Lyle. "Attitudes towards the library and information profession among practising librarians and information workers in the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15825.
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Bibliography: pages 237-246.An investigation was undertaken into the attitudes held by library/information workers towards their profession because it was considered that the strength of these attitudes may affect not only the self-concept and work performance of individuals, but also the quality and dimensions of the support received by the profession from society. The study was conducted in two parts: the literature survey and the empirical investigation. The empirical investigation was limited geographically to the Western Cape region of South Africa.
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Corbett, Anna. "Public Librarianship in Ireland. A Study of Public Libraries and Social Inclusion." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of ALM, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-101806.
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Anderson, Joanna M., Amy Lippo, Janine Pino, and Laura Sheets. "Embedded Librarianship: A Conversation About What Works in Class." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/400.
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Abdel-Motey, Yaser Yousef. "Education for school library media specialists in the State of Kuwait : a competency-based approach." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385534.
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Reffold, Anne S. "The commercialisation of library and information services : impacts, implications and some of the methods adopted." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241528.
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Al-Otaibi, Mishan S. "Centralization versus decentralization in university library systems : a case study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1993. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27355.
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The issue of centralization vs decentralization in university library systems is studied in the context of Saudi Arabia. After a review of the relevant literature, background information is given on Saudi Arabia, with special focus on the higher education sector and its development, and on university library systems. The present situation of three selected university library systems is examined in comparison with library standards, together with the attitudes of users and professionals to .different aspects of the library systems and their quality. The methodology used was descriptive and analytical research, and data were gathered by distribution of three sets of survey questionnaires. An analysis and discussion of survey results is presented in chapters on library use, user satisfaction and user views. A summary of findings and an indication of both general and specific recommendations complete the thesis.
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Hafez, Aida. "The training of professionals in library and information science : the needs of the Arab countries with special reference to the Lebanon." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260785.
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O'Connor, Lisa G. "Librarians' professional struggles in the information age a critical analysis of information literacy /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1153761756.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2006.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 11, 2009). Advisor: Natasha Levinson. Keywords: library and information science, information literacy, library instruction, school librarianship, academic librarianship, professionalization of librarianship. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256).
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Peirson-Smith, A. F. "The invisible lobby? : an analysis of pressure and interest group activity in the library and information community." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296758.
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Yu, Liangzhi. "The effect of information cues in a hypertext system on fiction reading activity of public library readers." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1996. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7315.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of information cues, presented via a hypertext system, on the fiction reading activity of public library readers and the practical implications of the effect. A three-group post-test experimental design was applied for this purpose. The groups were formed from readers in two public libraries near the university by random assignment. The experimental treatments were three versions of a fiction searching and browsing system, differing in the complexity of information cues and the hypertext features. Data for the experiment were gathered by an observation schedule and a self-administered questionnaire and were analyzed with the Kruskal-Wallis one way analysis of variance and the Mann-Whitney test in SPSSA. The three groups showed significant difference in the amount of their book selection mid borrowing, the extent to which they made use of the searching system and the extent to which they relied on their own experience for book selection. They also differed significantly in the types of book they borrowed. They did not differ significantly, however, in their fiction searching pattern, the conformity of their book selection to their general reading tastes, their subjective feelings of well-being and their cognitive experience during reading. It was concluded that within the typology of information cues proposed in this research, the amount of readers' book selection and borrowing, the types of book they borrowed, their reliance on the system or their own experience for the decision making are significantly influenced by the level of information cues they have been exposed to. However, readers' searching patterns, conformity of book selection to their general taste, and emotional and cognitive experience do not relate significantly to the level of information cues they have been exposed to. It was suggested that detailed categorisation or classification of fiction should be a priority in processing fiction. 'The provision of adequate information cues should have more professional attention in promoting fiction reading, and the policy of fiction services should not be too high-brow.
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Delbridge, Rachel. "The application of soft systems methodology to library management system design : a case study of a law firm." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289624.
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Ward, Anthony. "The library of Étienne Pagès : the development and use of a collection in the 18th and 19th centuries." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10625.
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The thesis concerns the library formed by the abbe ttienne Pages at Lyons in the early 19th century. Just as Pages's life straddled the Revolution, so the study follows the body of books that he assembled in its passage from the 18th to the 19th century at Lyons, a city conscious of a long secular and Christian cultural tradition. The varieties of institutional, public and private libraries in 18th century Lyons are considered, in particular the private collections formed by priests. The Revolution at Lyons is outlined in its effect upon local libraries, together with the salient features of library reconstruction. Into this context is set the life and career of the Pages, who after a decade as an emigre, settled at Lyons in the early years of the 19th century, and from 1809 was professor in the state faculty of theology. The study examines in detail his building up of a library quarried in large part from pre-Revolutionary Lyons book resources, the methods employed, and books acquired, and the uses made of them. It then recounts how the library passed to the Society of Mary, and traces the scale and focus of the Marists' aims and enterprises. Their interest in studies is assessed, and the usefulness to them of the resource represented by the Pages library. The thesis concludes by relating their general purposes and book needs to a particular case: the mission to Western Oceania which they launched from a city with,a deeply ingrained tradition of international and missionary interest.
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Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca, and Carol Smallwood. "Mentoring in Librarianship: Essays on Working with Adults and Students to Further the Profession." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/196.
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An anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians sharing their librarianship know-how by mentoring adults or students: personal, one-on-one contact to further librarianship. Concise, how-to chapters using bullets, headings, based on experience to help colleagues further the profession.
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Byrne, Alex. "The politics of promoting freedom of information and expression in international librarianship." Connect to full text, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/555.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2004.Title from title screen (viewed 8 May 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Economics and Business. Degree awarded 2004; thesis submitted 2003. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.
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Snape, Robert John. "Public libraries, leisure and the provision of fiction between 1850 and 1914 : case studies of public libraries and library committees in Darwen, Blackburn and Wigan." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315341.
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Mohammed, Radia Adam. "The role of governments in planning and developing library and information services (LIS) in the Sudan and the region of Eastern Africa : a comparative study." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282859.
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Sternberg, Ilse. "Policies for the acquisition of printed books at the British Museum Library, 1837-1960 : with particular attention to the procurement of works from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1991. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317768/.
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Using Panizzi's 1837 declaration to the Trustees of the British Museum as the model, the acquisitions policy for a national library is a statement of the need to acquire the national printed archive followed by an indication of the desirable coverage of foreign publishing. Minimum requirements to achieve this are adequate finance, a knowledgeable staff, sufficient space for both the staff and the collections and the ability to make resources available. The role of Panizzi in ensuring the status of the British Museum Library as the national collection has been well documented. Less well known is the part played by his subordinates and successors in helping him and in ensuring that his ideals were implemented and amplified. The more notable of these have been neglected by library history, the more pedestrian completely forgotten. The period from the later 1850s through the 1880s were years of liberal funding and acquisitions growth matched only by that of the first decade of the British Library. It seems possible that even the recent halcyon days will not match the extraordinary development of the collections during the earlier period. Legal deposit, even though difficult to enforce overseas, and a system of international exchanges played an important role when government was forced to curtail the generous grant. It is not feasible to draw firm conclusions about the percentage of world publishing acquired by the British Museum Library as most countries do not yet have accurate figures for their printed output, nor is it possible to be definite about the quantities procured by the Library since the basis for reporting additions changed frequently. In order to gain a picture of what and how material was obtained it was necessary to make lists of registers and receipt books now in the departmental archives. These lists are reproduced in tables and appendices.
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Zinyeredzi, Colin. "The use of Web 2.0 technologies by Library and Information Science students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4946.
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Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBiblThe purpose of this research was to investigate the use of Web 2.0 technologies by Library and Information Science (LIS) students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). This research provided answers to the following questions: • Which Web 2.0 technologies are used mostly by LIS students? • What do LIS students use Web 2.0 technologies for? • How is the LIS curriculum crafted to include training on Web 2.0 technologies? • What benefits (gratifications) do LIS students derive from the use of Web 2.0 technologies? • Which Web 2.0 technologies are LIS students being taught? Blumer and Katz’s (1974) Uses and Gratification Theory which explains the reasons behind people’s use of Web 2.0 technologies was used to provide meaning to the research findings. A mixed methods case approach was used in this study and as a result, a questionnaire, content analysis and interviews were used to collect data. Findings of this study revealed that, between 72% and 97% of the LIS students do have accounts on the following Web 2.0 technologies: YouTube, Skype, Google Apps, WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook. It has been highlighted in this research that LIS students use Web 2.0 technologies for both academic and general purposes. Over 80% of the LIS students use Web 2.0 technologies for entertainment, keeping up-to-date, and meeting people as well as for communication with peers and lecturers. Analysis of the LIS Department’s curriculum documents, assignments as well as key informant interviews revealed that, while a module entitled "Web 2.0" does not exist, elements of Web 2.0 technologies are embedded in some of the LIS modules. The research results also showed that, between 89.4% and 96.5% of the LIS students either agreed or strongly agreed that Web 2.0 technologies plays a significant role in improving technology proficiency, extending learning beyond the classroom, providing a platform for entertainment, facilitating collaborative learning, improving knowledge sharing and collaboration, providing cheaper and efficient communication platforms, providing easier and faster access to information; and that a low level of complexity is needed to use Web 2.0 technologies (ease of use). Ninety five per cent of the LIS students indicated that they support the inclusion of Web 2.0 technologies in the LIS curriculum a sentiment also shared by five of the interviewed key informants. Based on the research findings the researcher has recommended that the LIS curriculum should be regularly renewed to address new trends and technologies.
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Veach, Grace L. "Tracing Boundaries, Effacing Boundaries: Information Literacy as an Academic Discipline." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4413.
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Both librarianship and composition have been shaken by recent developments in higher education. In libraries ebooks and online databases threaten the traditional "library as warehouse model," while in composition, studies like The Citation Project show that students are not learning how to incorporate sources into their own writing effectively. This dissertation examines the disciplinary origins and current status of information literacy and makes a case for increased collaboration between Writing Studies and librarians and the eventual emergence of information literacy as a discipline in its own right. Chapter One introduces the near-total failure of information literacy pedagogy and the lack of communication between the two disciplines. Chapter Two traces the disciplinary evolution of information literacy from a new concept in the 1970s to its current status. Chapter Three examines the current state of affairs in information literacy by analyzing library and writing program websites to see if and how each addresses information literacy. Chapter Four provides the results of surveys of librarians and writing instructors wherein they describe information literacy teaching and assessment at their own institutions and lay out their visions for the future of information literacy. Chapter Five studies a librarian and a writing instructor who put some of these ideas into action over the course of the 2011-2012 school year. Chapter Six surveys the relationship of accrediting bodies to information literacy and provides recommendations for the future of information literacy instruction that will cross disciplinary lines and allow for both librarians and compositionists to play to their strengths as they establish the new discipline of information literacy.
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Titi, Mavis Nozikhumbuzo. "The relationship between curriculum, learning and teaching in library and information science, with special reference to the University of Transkei." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2001. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7529.
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Curriculum development involves considerations about curriculum relevance. Thus it is necessary that the curriculum should identify with the needs of the graduate and with professional practice. This requirement shoNAt-hsa t curriculum relevance is not fixed, a view that is consistent with a dynamic, situational approach to curriculum development. The basic categories which define librarianship curriculum development are library activities, theory, innovation, teaching and learning, employers, students. lecturers. These are influential factors in curriculum relevance. Variables in curriculum content such as theory and practice affect curriculum relevance. Librarianship curriculum development should aim at relevance by integrating academic study and practice. Hence, the goal of study towards librarianship education must be focused on the activities performed in library and information services. The need for innovation in library and information services means that novel viewpoints and solutions must be practical. For example, this requirement indicates that curriculum development must take into consideration leamt attributes which are aerieral and transferable in a changing world. This is in view of the employers' requirement that graduates should have critical intellectual ability and the capability to learn rather than their just immediate attributes, skills and knowledge. With teaching and leaming there is abundant rationale for the development of more effective delivery systems than traditional lecturing. If outcome-based learning is valued, individualised, self-directed learning is a prerequisite. The practices of the task-based curriculum, with its focus on student learning and on the development of transferable skills more closely approximate the ideal approaches to librarianship education. The teaching of transferable skills is more likely to define the conditions under which critical reasoning can develop. It has an advantage over the students' abilities to learn to function in the profession outside the university and for continuous development. In this respect task-based education has much wider implications than that of simply providing students with skills. Professional practice does not always fit with the curriculum that is developed by the experts. The expert-developed curriculum also poses a problem for those who interpret it, learn it and receive the products. Thus, a strong joint partnership in which the library and the library school are both recognised in curriculum development is essential if the profession is to fulfil effectively its unique role in society.
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Ady, Dawn S. "The Ultimate Irony: An Information Age Without Librarians." UNF Digital Commons, 2016. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/634.
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In this thesis, the continuing relevance of the profession of librarianship in the digital age is explored and assessed. After defining the library as information itself, the thesis establishes that electronic formats replacing printed matter is not an indication of libraries becoming extinct. Further, various aspects of the profession of librarianship—including library ethics, information extraction skills, and information literacy instruction—are discussed. Additionally, the potential for librarians to play an important role in a largely “jobless” society (as forecast by some experts and scholars as well as in a recent Oxford University study) is evaluated. Finally, a proposal is made for librarians to actively contribute to a more participatory and deliberative democracy by using the Internet to facilitate information access in the public sphere.
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Leyrer, Katharina. "Die Zukunft der Bibliotheken." Bachelor's thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-172331.
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Wie wird die Zukunft der Bibliotheken in Zeitschriften des Bibliothekswesen und der Bibliothekswissenschaft aktuell diskutiert? Diese Arbeit untersucht die Zukunftsbilder in insgesamt acht US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften der Jahrgänge 2009 bis 2013. Dabei werden mit der Methode der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Philipp Mayring die Leitmotive in der Diskussion um die Zukunft der Bibliotheken herausgestellt und der Zukunftsdiskurs in US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften verglichen.
Die Zukunftsbilder in US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften bewegen sich im gleichen Rahmen, unterscheiden sich aber im Detail: So finden sich zahlreiche Leitmotive sowohl in US-amerikanischen als auch in deutschen Zeitschriften, beispielsweise zur Bedeutung digitaler Angebote, zu zentralen Aufgabenfeldern der zukünftigen Bibliotheken oder zur Zukunft des bibliothekarischen Berufs; die Diskussion um die Zukunft der Bibliotheken wird jedoch in den Zeitschriftenartikeln beider Länder jeweils durch weitere Themenbereiche ergänzt. Eine Untersuchung der Quellen, auf die sich die untersuchten Zeitschriftenartikel beziehen, setzt die Ergebnisse der Inhaltsanalyse in ihren Kontext.
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Schürer, Yvonne. "Das maltesische Bibliothekswesen." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-117275.
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Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt das Bibliothekswesen auf den Maltesischen Inseln. Einleitend werden Länderinformationen, Informationen zur maltesischen Sprache und zu Schul- und Berufsausbildung gegeben, gefolgt von einem Überblick über die maltesische Druckgeschichte, dem Buchmarkt und der Pflichtexemplarregelung auf den Inseln. Im Hauptteil wird auf Unterhaltsträger von maltesischen Bibliotheken eingegangen und alle bekannten Bibliothekstypen vorgestellt. Innerhalb der verschiedenen Bibliotheksgruppen wird mindestens eine Bibliothek anhand ihrer Funktion, Mitarbeiter, finanziellen Situation, vorhandenen Sammlungen, Erschließungsinstrumenten und Benutzungsmodalitäten detailliert dargestellt. Andere Bibliotheken des gleichen Bibliothekstyps werden genannt, Besonderheiten werden erörtert. Des Weiteren wird ein Überblick über die Möglichkeiten bibliothekarischer Ausbildung gegeben. Die beiden bibliothekarischen Berufsverbände MaLIA und MSLA werden kurz anhand ihrer Aufgaben und Tätigkeiten dargestellt. Ausführliche Informationen über die Literaturversorgung der Malteser durch Bibliotheken und die Struktur des Bibliothekswesens in Malta werden in der Zusammenfassung erörtert.
Der Text wurde gelegentlich durch graphische Darstellungen ergänzt. Im Anhang der Arbeit befinden sich unter anderem Adressverzeichnisse der bekannten öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken sowie Karten im DIN A3 Format, auf welchen die Bibliotheken verzeichnet wurden. Die Diplomarbeit basiert auf Literaturstudium, Befragungen per E-Mail und Experteninterviews.
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Ahmad, Pervaiz. "E-book adoption in academic and research libraries." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1601.
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Electronic books (e-books) have grown in importance in Academic and Research Libraries (ARLs). Some ARLs are now spending more on e-book acquisitions than hardcopy books. Whether this investment in e-book provision is justified by adoption outcomes is often the subject of simplistic, rather than rigorous research. This research has attempted to rigorously explore the phenomenon of e-book adoption in a case study ARL, namely, Edith Cowan University (ECU) Library.
The study population consisted of ECU academics, students and non-academic staff. The research had three aims. First, by employing a theoretical framework based on technology adoption and information behaviour theory, the study sought explanations of adoption behaviours in the population. In a triangular research design, that included a survey, ECU users were invited to self-describe their own patterns of e-book behaviour. Survey data was used to determine if behaviour observed in transactions could be explained in terms of constructs derived from technology acceptance, information behaviour and other domain theories that seek to understand user interaction with information sources. Next, applying log analysis techniques to system-generated datasets of e-book usage, the researcher documented and analysed patterns of ECU e-book user behaviour in terms of the transaction record. Lastly, the study investigated whether transaction logs could be used with high reliability to profile users’ information behaviour providing the basis of a method for e-book individualisation. The study attempted to profile power users and to derive a predictive method for identifying them in log data.
The study found many factors in technology acceptance theory that were significant in terms of adoption behaviour. E-book adoption in the case study ARL was found to be related to culture of use across the dimensions of habit/automaticity, preference for online resources and platforms, and information literacy. E-book collection sufficiency, purpose or task fit, convenience, functionality, and access/copy/print/download provisions were found to be significant in terms of performance expectancy. Dimensions of effort expectancy in finding/searching/reading e-books also significantly affected user behaviour. Other significant relations comprised perceived e-book hedonic attributes (pleasantness of experience, attractiveness of formats), familiarity (awareness, prior experience, differentiability), intimacy (personal likeness, emotional attachment, preferences), facilitating conditions (such as discovery, findability, connectivity/access, courseware embedded links), moderating factors (including respondent category, student programme, age, gender, and experience/years). These factors were found to be significant as sources of gratification and continuance intention.
An original contribution to knowledge was also made by deriving a predictive equation for classifying users based on transaction log data. Further, the research developed a new model of higher level information behaviours displayed by sophisticated or so-called ‘power users,’ and generated a model of e-book information behaviour maturity that distinguishes nascent from mature behaviours. The model is grounded in self-reported information behaviour. As an expansive exploration of e-book usage patterns in a case study ARL using multiple methods, the work is also innovative both in terms of scope and as an exploration of e-book adoption in an Australian context. This research is significant in laying the foundations for machine-based user profiling and enhanced individualisation of e-books to make for more satisfying user experience and acceptance of e-books.
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Eklöf, Sophi, and Therese Hellberg. "Strengthening the relationship between librarians and library users : A study of librarians’ and library users’ views on librarianship, services and resources at the Library of National University of Rwanda." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-19522.
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In this thesis we aim to study the librarians’ and library users’ views on librarianship and the library at National University of Rwanda. Accordingly, we have gathered information from these groups. The information is based on qualitative interviews as well as observations and participation in a work group for library promotion. The latter made it possible to investigate how respondents consider these issues and how librarians’ self image is expressed in their daily work and in promotion. We analyze the most important frame factors that impede on librarians’ self image and library users’ perception of library services. This makes it possible to understand what probably affects the actual situation at NUR’s library. Marked impeding frame factors established are for example the economy and the organization. Information provided through this thesis could to be shared among library personnel and used as a base for their further development of library services. Our thesis points out library users’ opinions about the library in general as well as the areas that are most critical to improve. These areas are service at the circulation desk, acquisitions and courses in how to retrieve information. It also points out the need for a more explicit professional librarian identity and that the librarians need to work more as knowledge librarians. An explicit identity would imply unified library personnel that would make it possible to work towards common goals and clarify how to conduct daily work.
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Coffey, Monica A. "The evolution of librarianship into a profession." 1990. http://books.google.com/books?id=ayjhAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Saint Louis University, 1990.Includes vita and abstract. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-163).
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Cho, Chansik. "Development of librarianship in South Korea, 1945-1992 a historical study /." 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/35695404.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 1995."UMI number: 9524172." Includes vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 268-278).
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Sochocky, Christine M. "Glasnost in Soviet librarianship Lviv, a case study /." 1994. http://books.google.com/books?id=tPngAAAAMAAJ.
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Tramullas, Jesus, and Piedad Garrido. "Weblog publishing behaviour of librarianship and information science students: a case study." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/125007.
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Introduction. The ‘blogosphere’ is a space with digital information in which social networks form that offer countless application possibilities. In this technology-mediated context, it is feasible to study the performance and approaches of production, diffusion, relationship and use of information from different perspectives..
Method. Quantitative data were obtained through the regular examination of the blogs maintained by students and qualitative data were obtained from reports by the students and self-assessment questionnaires.
Analysis. Simple counts of quantitative data were obtained, without further statistical analysis. The qualitative data were reviewed for insights into the motivations of students.
Results. Given a free choice, most students adopted the Blogger platform for their blogs. Most blogs consisted of content reported from elsewhere and were not continued by the students following the end of the exercise.
Conclusions. Students adopted an instrumental approach to the exercise, doing enough to complete the course requirements but not being sufficiently engaged to continue their blogs. Preliminary work based on basic competences is necessary in both collaboration processes and Web 2.0 technology to obtain satisfactory results in the use of Weblogs as teaching and learning tools.
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McDowell, Kathleen. "The cultural origins of youth services librarianship, 1876--1900 /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3290317.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-11, Section: A, page: 4528. Adviser: Boyd Rayward. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 264-279) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.
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Agada, John, and Brenda Hough. "From Comparative Librarianship To Information Policy Studies: Repositioning The LIS Curriculum For The Global Context." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105693.
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This is a presentation (of 11 slides) on Tuesday January 11, 2005 in the session sponsored by the Curriculum SIG titled "Preparing Students for the International Information Society: Studying the Global Context in LIS" at the 2005 ALISE Conference, Boston, MA. A solution to the problem of "global information policy regimes on core LIS issues...being designed largely by non LIS experts" is explored. A solution is proposed: North American LIS schools should adopt a school from the South and
the case study of the Emporia-Nigeria Project discussed (go to URL http://nigeria.emporia.edu to get details).
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Cravey, Pamela J. "The occupational role identity and occupational role image of female librarians in four traditional subspecialties of librarianship." 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=aLHgAAAAMAAJ.
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Bell, Fiona Ruth. "The Department of Information Studies, University of Natal : its role in education for librarianship in South Africa, 1973-1994." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5754.
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This thesis investigates the development of the Department of Information Studies, with the aim of assessing the role it has played in education for librarianship in South Africa from 1973 to 1994, a period of change and transformation in the country. Historical sources, both written and oral, have been traced, analysed, and where possible, verified against other sources, thus using historical method. The study, the first in-depth research into a library and information studies department in a South African university, was seen as necessary in order that the future development of the Department in question be placed upon as sound a socio-historical basis as possible. A literature review provides the context for the study and the thesis contextualizes education for librarianship within national and international library and information services (LIS) and again within the broader context of the South African socio-political and economic situation of this period. The Department's contribution within the University context is also assessed. The findings indicate that, in spite of its uneven development during the 1970s and 1980s, the Department has played an important role in LIS in KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa and, to some extent, in the southern African region as a whole. This role revolves around training LIS practitioners from school library diploma to doctoral levels; producing and publishing research; participating in wider LIS initiatives and contributing nationally to leading education for librarianship.Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.
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Leyrer, Katharina. "Die Zukunft der Bibliotheken: Eine Inhaltsanalyse in US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften des Bibliothekswesens und der Bibliothekswissenschaft." Bachelor's thesis, 2014. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A5467.
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Wie wird die Zukunft der Bibliotheken in Zeitschriften des Bibliothekswesen und der Bibliothekswissenschaft aktuell diskutiert? Diese Arbeit untersucht die Zukunftsbilder in insgesamt acht US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften der Jahrgänge 2009 bis 2013. Dabei werden mit der Methode der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Philipp Mayring die Leitmotive in der Diskussion um die Zukunft der Bibliotheken herausgestellt und der Zukunftsdiskurs in US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften verglichen.
Die Zukunftsbilder in US-amerikanischen und deutschen Zeitschriften bewegen sich im gleichen Rahmen, unterscheiden sich aber im Detail: So finden sich zahlreiche Leitmotive sowohl in US-amerikanischen als auch in deutschen Zeitschriften, beispielsweise zur Bedeutung digitaler Angebote, zu zentralen Aufgabenfeldern der zukünftigen Bibliotheken oder zur Zukunft des bibliothekarischen Berufs; die Diskussion um die Zukunft der Bibliotheken wird jedoch in den Zeitschriftenartikeln beider Länder jeweils durch weitere Themenbereiche ergänzt. Eine Untersuchung der Quellen, auf die sich die untersuchten Zeitschriftenartikel beziehen, setzt die Ergebnisse der Inhaltsanalyse in ihren Kontext.
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sin, Hsieh shu, and 謝淑欣. "The Resaerch on Continuing Education and Learning Difficulties of Non-Library & Information Science Department LibrariansIn Public Libraries –investigation in Taichung Area." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47757617554575950068.
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To face the challenge of a constant changing society, the improvements of public librarian ’s skills and abilities are very important, for limited number staffs to have the highest effect, on providing a better service to users. Also every staff is deeply concerned about the activity of continuing education based on staffs’ different background circumstance and needs, to establish the biggest result of continuing education and to achieve the quality of the staffs. The scope of this research was focused on staffs whom did not major in library and information science department, to discuss the learning condition and difficulty of their process in continuing education. To help the public librarians to organize the program of continuing education of the non-major staffs and its matters and factors, and to reduce the level of their learning difficulties, in order to receive the best learning result. The resources of this research include seven public libraries from both Taichung county as well as Taichung city; Research methods included related library literature analysis and questionnaires, based on the proceeding survey of 145 staffs, the eligible questionnaires were 102, the return rate was 69.38﹪. Additionally there were interviews with five non-major staffs, to assist a more depth discussion of the opinions of continuing education and its learning difficulties. The result of this research showed: 1. On the aspect of current condition and attitude: the staffs of non-library and information science department were not completely satisfied regarding the participation in continuing education, overall satisfaction, subject recognition and the help of actual works; their willingness to participate in continuing education is low, they think the opportunity of taking the program should be more fair and less confined, as well as strengthen their professional approbation through the program. 2. As in subject requirements and differences: non-major staffs’ subject demands lean forwards the need of practical skills, “Language Training”, “Internet” and “People Relations” are the most helpful course topics; also discovered the differences between staffs who graduated from library and information science department and staffs who did not. “Academic Background” and “Administrative Area” are the main reasons to affect the need of continuing education. 3. On the aspect of learning difficulties: “Organizational Obstruction” becomes a great factor for the effect of public library staffs’ participation in continuing education .Therefore, in order to increase and strengthen non- library and information science department graduated staffs’ participation in continuing education and to prevent learning difficulties from happening, starting with the improvement of organizational obstruction, and providing an attractive motivation for staffs to join the program voluntarily. Finally in accordance with the research’s conclusion, to bring up ten suggestions: 1. Aspect of regulation: (1) Plan the entire public library enterprise, and clarify the jurisdiction of its administrative organization; (2) Raise the importance of professional leadership, to strive for approval and support of county chief and department executive; (3) Adjust the regulation of prescribed numbers of staff, and re-evaluate the employment qualification. 2. Planning the non-library and information science staff s’ continuing education: (1) Proceeding market survey, based on staffs’ different backgrounds and needs, to provide suitable ways of guiding; (2) Differentiate content levels of continuing education, and establish a program that has both theory and practicality, in order to equally develop individually needed subjects; (3) Edit self-study booklist or index, serve as a self-learning guide for non-major staffs; (4) Encourage personnel to participate in continuing education, organize a series of related courses, and provide systematical methods of continuing education; (5) Increase channels of continuing education and build more central resource centers, as well as providing communication or forming a helpful online environment; (6) Encourage personals to participate professional seminars, also organize all learning resources, facilities, faculty, to completely use the library’s resources and attract staffs’ to participate in continuing education; (7) Make continuing education part of the promotional consideration, in order to inspire staffs to pursue further education.