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Habiba Mohammed Barau; Kamaluddeen Isa El-Kalash – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
We are in a rapidly evolving landscape where knowledge and information are catalysts for innovation and economic growth. However, the current Library and Information Science (LIS) curriculum has failed to equip graduates with the requisite 21st-century skills needed for innovation and self-reliance, thereby exacerbating unemployment challenges,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Library Education, 21st Century Skills
Justin A. Crossfox – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
A mid-career transition from public children's librarian to academic librarian revealed new pedagogical challenges that emerged when engaging adult learners. Initially feeling unprepared to teach credit-bearing courses, the author enrolled in a graduate program in Adult Education to gain the theoretical and practical tools needed for effective…
Descriptors: Librarians, Career Change, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Kåhre, Peter – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: This paper concerns the ontological position of library and informations science in the networked society. The aim of the study is to understand library use and library functions in the age of Internet and artificial intelligent programmed search engines. Theoretical approach: The approach discusses so called sociocognitive tools in…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Library Role, Library Services, Artificial Intelligence
Gracy, David B., II – Library Quarterly, 2011
Presented as the keynote address at the Library Research Seminar, University of Maryland, October 7, 2010, this essay identifies and explores three agendas ever appropriate for study, the pursuits of which are especially needed now. They are as follows: to (1) explore the historical dimension of library topics, (2) revive study of the institution…
Descriptors: Library Research, Government Libraries, Public Libraries, Librarians
Bawden, David; Robinson, Lyn – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: Rolf Landauer declared in 1991 that "information is physical". Since then, information has come to be seen by many physicists as a fundamental component of the physical world; indeed by some as the physical component. This idea is now gaining currency in popular science communication. However, it is often far from clear…
Descriptors: Information Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Concepts, Library Science
Gillespie, Ann – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Evidence-based practice as it applies to the Library and Information (LIS) sector and in particular teacher librarians is the focus of this research investigation. The context for this research is Australian school libraries and teacher librarians. This is a research in progress and the report here will include some very early findings and lessons…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Libraries, Librarians, Teachers
McWilliam, Erica – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
This paper explores the difference between "high standards" and a "high standard of standardness" of professional service provision in teacher-librarianship. That is to say, it explores the difference between a demonstrated deep commitment to 21st century learning ("high standards") and demonstrated compliance with a pre-determined checklist of…
Descriptors: Evidence, National Standards, Information Management, School Libraries
Du, Yunfei – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Library science students in school librarianship were surveyed to determine their information seeking and avoidance behaviors in Web-based online environments. Two coping styles were identified among students. Barriers to student online collaboration, such as individual preferences, concerns on efficiency, and lack of mutual trust, were observed.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Cooperative Learning, Coping, School Libraries
Abramov, K. I. – 1979
Library studies in institutions of higher learning in socialist countries regularly include studies of library legislation. The topic is integrated into course syllabuses and textbooks, and is discussed in detail in such courses as "Organization and Management of Librarianship" taught at all library educational institutions in the USSR.…
Descriptors: Communism, Legislation, Libraries, Library Administration
Bredsdorff, Aase – 1979
Most countries have school legislation, and many have library legislation; however, in very few is school library legislation found. It is noteworthy that school libraries are the weakest in many library systems. There is a strong case to be made for a legal requirement that library services be established in all recognized schools and vocational…
Descriptors: Legislation, Library Administration, Library Planning, Library Science

Adams, Thomas R. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discussion of way in which books have functioned within framework of American librarianship highlights acquisition of books (libraries attempting to fill needs of everyone in geographical area, libraries devoted to filling needs of self-selected part of society, libraries devoted to collecting particular subject), and role of private collector of…
Descriptors: Archives, Books, History, Librarians

Frick, Elizabeth – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Examination of the confrontation between patrons and technology in the library focuses on two questions evident when addressing the instruction librarian's role in humanizing technology: whether the library profession can afford to humanize interaction between client and technology, and how instruction librarians can humanize the confrontation.…
Descriptors: Humanization, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Instruction
Koch, Hans-Albrecht – 1980
A report of the current state of librarianship in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) presents a brief history as well as an overview of the prerequisites of and organizations concerned with library research, and the objectives, methods, and results of intermediary but important research projects. Although the practice of library research is new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
Cooke, Eileen D. – 1979
Statistics are basic to the legislative process and must be available in a form quickly and easily perceived to support library legislation. There should be a sound statistical base, fleshed out with practical examples, to impress legislators and lay persons. Communication of statistical data to decision makers requires a sound public information…
Descriptors: Legislation, Libraries, Library Administration, Library Planning

Parson, Willie L. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discusses a paradigm for academic librarianship that requires greater sensitivity to and identification with needs of library users. Centrality of library academic community is questioned, noting insistence of librarians on independent status of library and failure of bibliographic instruction programs to make issue of critical thinking top…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Beliefs, Higher Education, Information Needs