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Melissa Gross; Don Latham; Brittany Baum; Lauren Crabtree; Karen Randolph – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
Recent semi-structured interviews with 28 librarians and branch managers on the placement of social workers in public libraries revealed a need for library and information science (LIS) programs to better prepare students for their role as social service information providers and to provide models for working with and supervising social workers in…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Public Libraries, Social Services
Alex Mada; Heather Sloan; Giselle M. Aviles; Seonaid Valiant; Michelle Guittar, Editor and Compiler – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
At the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, the International Relations Committee, Americas Subcommittee invited panelists from academic, research, and public libraries to discuss various ways of sharing Indigenous-made materials from the United States and Latin America in the panel, "Sharing Knowledge: Projects and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Users (Information), Academic Libraries, Indigenous Knowledge
Hu, Yuerong; Ocepek, Melissa G.; Downie, John Stephen; Barker, Lecia – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Librarianship is constantly confronted with unexpected and quickly evolving sociotechnical challenges, yet the documents that define the core professional competencies for librarians are infrequently updated. Based upon survey responses collected from 383 working librarians located in the United States, we describe a set of gaps between current…
Descriptors: Librarian Attitudes, Competence, Library Science, Library Education
Virginia Killian Lund – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This case study explores how young adults (aged 18-24) taught and learned with and around technologies in a teen library space in Hartford, Connecticut. These young adults, called Legends by library staff, were technically not supposed to be present in the teens-only space. In this paper, I argue that Legends uniquely contributed to opportunities…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Library Role, Independent Study, Interests
Wojciechowska, Maja – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
Academic libraries, apart from their main function, which is to provide information services to academic communities, may also perform a number of social roles in the broad meaning of the term. Accordingly, they now tend to serve as the third place offering inclusion and animation activities to academic as well as local communities (including…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
Samuel Cornelius Nyarko; Danielle F. Sumy; Sara K. McBride – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
Meaningful learning resources for earthquake safety and survival have become an increasingly important topic among geoscientists, especially educators and researchers. Various members of the public, especially K-12 (ages 5-18) learners, continue to depend on scientific trade books available at their local public and school libraries for…
Descriptors: Seismology, Emergency Programs, Library Materials, School Libraries
Kailea Saplan; Sam Abramovich; Peter Wardrip – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Public libraries have embraced the popularity of maker education and makerspaces by integrating maker education in their program offerings, and by developing makerspaces that enable patrons to tinker and create products. But less attention has been paid to supporting librarians and maker educators in assessing the impact of these spaces. To expand…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Design, Shared Resources and Services, Library Personnel
Yong Ju Jung; Soo Hyeon Kim; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to revisit previous design principles and guidelines for online makerspaces in public libraries (Kim et al., 2020) and expand the design principles with more updated implications and examples from the literature published during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Electronic Libraries, Cooperative Learning
Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Gaitanou, Panorea – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and…
Descriptors: Data, Librarians, Library Role, Library Research
Sein Oh; Lorri Mon – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: By examining types of literacies taught by public libraries and the modes through which these programs were offered, this study aims to explore how public libraries might integrate data literacy training for the general public into existing library educational programs. Design/methodology/approach: This study examined programs offered in…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Data Use, Library Services, Community Education
Roseanne M. Perkins; Brook E. Sawyer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Understanding how to successfully train storytime providers is crucial to the goal of offering high-quality early literacy programs in public library settings. As part of a larger study, nine early-career public library storytime providers were interviewed to learn what contextual factors are important to improve their knowledge, practice, and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Story Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
Sujata Noronha; Beena Choksi – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2024
The structural inequalities perpetuated by the caste system are a grave challenge to creating a just society. The education system pays short shrift to this topic and caste discrimination is spoken about without holding caste privilege accountable. Historically, social justice is a core mission of libraries. This project worked closely with a…
Descriptors: Social Class, Barriers, Advantaged, Social Attitudes
Melissa Stormont; Maria Cahill; Bobbie Sartin Long; Denice Adkins; Alicia K. Long; Derek T. M. Daskalakes; Caroline Gooden; Carol Russell – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Public libraries offer a wide range of developmental support and learning opportunities for young children with and without disabilities. Libraries in many communities function as hubs and places of support for parenting, literacy, education, technology, as well as general local, and health information. A research team recently conducted focus…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Community Information Services, Early Childhood Teachers, Disabilities
Lucy Ibarra Podmore – Knowledge Quest, 2022
School libraries remain a hallmark of society. They are places where all students are welcome to use the abundant resources available to them to research topics for class study or explore ideas about which they are curious. At some school libraries it is also a place where students meet with military recruiters, sit for college interviews,…
Descriptors: Voting, School Libraries, Public Libraries, Citizenship
Gray, Peter; Solomon, Autumn Erdahl; Tatgenhorst, Leah – American Journal of Play, 2022
The authors surveyed public libraries to learn about the opportunities for play they offered and children's freedom to engage in such play without adult supervision. The authors conclude that, in recent years, public libraries in the United States have increasingly created spaces and programs enabling free play for children and teens. These…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Play, Library Role, Surveys