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Williams, David J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Digital initiatives have become increasingly common in academic libraries, but inconsistent definitions, standards, and expectations limit and, in some cases, negatively impact the effectiveness of practitioners. This article explores the discourse surrounding professional titles and responsibilities in digital initiatives within North American…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Occupational Information, Training
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Sarah LeMire – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
As the OER movement expands in higher education, libraries are increasingly seeking to add OER librarians to their organizational charts. As an emerging subfield, OER librarianship takes many forms, and there are many paths to OER work. This study examines OER librarians' paths to the field, including their motivations for entering and remaining…
Descriptors: Librarians, Open Educational Resources, Motivation, Academic Libraries
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Faizan Irfana; Muhammad Rafiq; Khalid Mahmood – Education for Information, 2024
The primary goal of this study was to identify gaps in curriculum coverage and required skills for research support services (RSS) in university libraries in the Punjab province of Pakistan. A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used to meet its objective. To collect data for the quantitative strand, across-sectional survey with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development
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Xiaohua Awa Zhu; Erin E. Whitaker; Moonhee Cho; Mei Zhang – College & Research Libraries, 2025
The concept of "student engagement" is widely discussed in academic libraries, but has not been thoroughly examined from a conceptual and theoretical perspective by scholars in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research project on student engagement in academic libraries.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Libraries, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Aquila, Mary; Wolfe, Jennifer L. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
This article is an update to a previous article on the online embedded librarian program at Athens State University. It examines the nature of embedded librarianship at Athens State University and how it has grown and evolved over the past fifteen years. The authors review the literature and provide definitions and best practices associated with…
Descriptors: State Universities, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Distance Education
Vazquez, Sujei Lugo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Collection development is at the core of the work of children's librarians, an ongoing activity that shapes collections as well as library spaces, services, programming, and communities. The process of collection development includes the consideration of several factors that impact the evaluation, selection, and acquisition of books available for…
Descriptors: Libraries, Librarians, Library Science, Children
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Fuhr, Justin – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Research data services are increasingly offered by academic libraries. As a result, librarians may need to upskill to provide data services and build capacity. This study measures the current level of data services skills of academic librarians and explores preferred methods of continuing education. An online survey was circulated asking…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Data, Job Skills
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Noah Lenstra; Nicole Peritore – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
This article introduces the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to the LIS community to propose a new way of thinking and teaching about how health is supported in public libraries. The topic of consumer health literacy has been a mainstay in the discourse of public librarianship, but we argue that this approach has not fully supported public…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Public Health, Partnerships in Education, COVID-19
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Philangani Sibiya; Patrick Ngulube – Education for Information, 2024
Education curricula need constant updates in response to job market requirements, which may be influenced by the changing technological environment. In the library and information science (LIS) job market there are dynamics brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These dynamics call for LIS schools to reconsider their curricula in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Curriculum Development
Valerie Freeman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) provides accreditation for master's programs in librarianship across the United States, helping provide skilled professionals in many types of libraries and information centers. The ALA Core Competencies are established for all professional librarian roles. As such they are broad and cover much more content…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Library Associations, Professional Associations
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Rong Tanga; Zhan Hua; Nicole Henryb; Elaine Martinc – Education for Information, 2024
In this mixed methods and multi-phased study, through a multi-round feedback and confirmation process, we established a meaningful approach to developing, revising, and finalizing a competency framework for InterProfessional Informationists (IPI). As an emerging profession, IPI has not yet been established as a formal educational program with a…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Information Science, Professional Personnel, Library Science
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Adair, Heather F.; Crane, Ashley B.; Gross, Elizabeth A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2023
Information literacy is a crucial topic in the library science profession. The information needs and perceptions of the information literacy of preservice and early-career school librarians were explored in this research using a survey and interviews distributed nationally over a 5-month time frame. These participants, who have been employed in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Skill Development
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Owens, Erin – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This study evaluated authorship in academic librarianship journals by assessing factors such as occupation, institutional affiliation, national affiliation, and coauthor relationships. The findings showed increased coauthorship, reinforcing the findings of previous studies. However, academic library practitioners as authors declined. Authorship…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Academic Libraries, Library Science, Authors
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Mónica Colón-Aguirre; Kawanna Michelle Bright – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
LIS education has historically come under fire for what some perceive as a disconnect between what is taught in the classroom and what the job really entails. This study is part of a larger research study that used a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design to investigate liaison librarians' perceptions of their academic preparation to take on…
Descriptors: Library Science, Library Schools, Information Science Education, Foreign Countries
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Maggie Albro; Jessica L. Serrao; Christopher D. Vidas; Jenessa M. McElfresh; K. Megan Sheffield; Megan Palmer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
This article explores the application of journal quality and credibility evaluation tools to library science publications. The researchers investigate quality and credibility attributes of forty-eight peer-reviewed library science journals with open access components using two evaluative tools developed and published by librarians. The results…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Access to Information, Librarians
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