Library Professional Associations When an individual makes the decision to pursue a higher degree of education in a desired field of study, he or she may have decided to follow a professional path in the world of libraries and information science. My career goal has been to become the director of the library system that I am currently working. As director, I oversee all library programs, budget, staff, and library operations. I would like to continue as director for the next 3 to 5 years. After
1.1 INTRODUCTION Academic libraries are trying to adapt and adopt with the new applications of technologies including the services in order to support the usage of library as a centre of information. As a result, there are more academic libraries that have been in more privileged position in order to serve the users with better services (Lee and Teh, 2000). Reichardt and Harder (2005) also mentioned, reference desks staffed by librarians who meet face-to-face or by phone with students in a defined
Information Explosion Nowadays, we are always facing with the information explosions. Actually, information explosion is the large amount of available information that is produced everyday and it is published in our society by varieties of medium and in all fields of our life. From days to days, information explosion has led up to the information overload. Information overload can cause people whose suffers from it become stress, worried, tired, disappointed, less ability to concentrate, feels overwhelmed
get to meet the applicant, see their appearance, and make your impression. With thoughts of; Is this position right for this individual? Or Is this individual right for this position? Conducting an interview is also the best time to ask about the information on the application and any other questions you may have. The third selection tool you might consider is asking for a resume, and/or collecting and checking reference. I speak of resumes' due to the number of older/mature, work experienced individuals
Managing Library Education Managing for change is just as controversial in library schools as it is in corporations.The advances in technology over the past decades have forced library schools to educate technologically astute librarians.At the same time, many educators fear that the emphasis on technology may be eroding the concepts of service that have always been a part of the profession.The issue of incorporating technologies into a core curriculum without eviscerating the historical and
The L Word Versus the I Word Of the 49 ALA-accredited library science programs in the United States, only one - the School of Library Science at Clarion University - omits the word "information" from its name. The "L" word doesn't fare so well. Twenty-eight percent of accredited library science programs have dropped the word "library" from their name. Other "I" word schools don't bother to seek accreditation because they no longer see their mission as training librarians. The "L" word camp
librarian must be knowledgeable about the trends and applications and be able to use and apply them in a library setting. By using them, the librarian makes the library relevant to students, and brings the library to students where the students are. The first trend is social communication through various tools on the web; the second trend is using collaborative tools and sharing information with the masses through the web; the third trend is social networking via the web. While some of the applications
learning among students, library media teachers also known as teacher librarians should perform information literacy instruction in their school with the collaboration with school teachers in lessons planning. The American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Leaner (2007) mentions that school libraries are essential to the development of learning skills. However, are library media teachers capable and competence to perform their roles towards information literacy very well and
of the homeless population and how the library can best help them. In this paper I am also examining problem patrons, who may or may not be homeless, as well as some ways that librarians have come up with to deal with them. Each homeless patron has unique needs which can be anything from help with substance abuse to having some help getting a GED. The two most important roles that a library has in the life of a homeless person is a place to get the information and help that they need to better their
Introduction People need information for various purposes. To accomplish this, information is organized in way that it can be easily recalled and retrieving the information fulfills a user’s information need. An information need evolves from awareness something is missing. In order to create better systems to facilitate the user interaction, the reasons and methods users employ to seek out their information needs must be understood. This briefing enables the reader to understand the definition
Research in Library Science is conducted in many areas covering multiple questions, but one thing shared is data collection. Qualitative and quantitative information to support the question at hand are necessary to validate the needs or phenomenon or trends (Wildemuth, 2009). Transaction logs and focus groups are two valuable data collection techniques. Transaction Logs Whenever a person logs onto and begins to use a computer in the library, different kinds of information are automatically collected
Libraries are essential to a community especially in difficult times. Due to rising costs and job losses, patrons may have had to cut their own expenses such as buying books or cancelling their internet service. In order to continue to have access to these materials, patrons turn to their libraries. However, libraries are often the first to get cut in budget reforms. A library can survive a budget crisis by making cuts, fundraising, developing trust, and media exposure. The two types of cuts a library
Due to advancement of information technology, variety of information needs, shrinking budget have sift the paradigm from traditional library to modern digital library which has digital information collection with special features and variety of information services. The libraries have been migrating and refreshing their collection and services in form of the digital collections and services. Digital libraries are offering to preserve, archive and provide access of the digital content for present
The internet and the library , both are the considered to be a big depository of information .Library can be defined as [1]“A collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing” While Internet is defined as [2]“An electronic network providing access to millions of resources worldwide. University Libraries provide access to many periodical indexes through the Internet. Internet access is available on all floors of the Libraries.” Internet and the library both seems to be serving
introverted/extraverted, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. According to this quiz, my type is INTJ: introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging. Career paths that are listed as compatible with this personality type are computer science, engineering, librarian, law, and thankfully, management and entrepreneurship. The general field of management is a highly competitive one,
Study by Ho and Crowley (2003) uses a focus group method to explore user perceptions of the reliability of Texas A&M University library services. They found that the reliability on various services including prompt re-shelving of books, accuracy of catalogue records and timeliness of notifications may determine users’ perceptions of how easy or difficult it is to use the library. Five items on the SERVQUAL instrument assess reliability based on providing services at the promised time, maintaining error-free
At this point in time the computer was being integrated into organizations, and viewed by many as a boon to information management. While the major use of computers was reserved for technical and science librarians, reference librarians were adopting the use of computers since the amount of material a reference librarian was required to know was becoming impossible to keep up to without a computer’s aid
school district pulls a book from a library it is called censoring. The understanding if this difference is crucial to the understanding of censorship. First and foremost, it is our society’s duty to shield children from viewing inappropriate and malicious content. Children are like sponges and they absorb everything around them with no filter. When a sponge gets too wet it is not needed and discarded. In the same way children with too much useless information can be detrimental to society and will
Ding (1993) mentioned that, an increasing number of Malay manuscripts in libraries, especially those in private collections, are disintegrating. This problem has been with the Malay World since the very beginning. Deterioration may be due to acid embrittlement of the paper, unsuitable storage environment, biological attacks or
friends, acquaintances and even his dog. Growing up Williams parents taught him about magic and witches. He was raised to believe in these things so science has been always a mystery to the boy, but as money grew scarce William was forced to drop out of school. He began taking trips to the library and found himself particularly interested in the subject science. Using what he had taught himself, he finds a way to help his family and potentially his own country. William Kamkwamba is determined, creative