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Moen, Mary H.; Mandel, Lauren H.; Karno, Valerie – Education for Information, 2020
As the nature of public library services expands and transforms, continuing education (CE) for both degreed and non-degreed library staff is critical. An ongoing challenge for the LIS community is to identify the key areas in which to increase professional knowledge and skills. The purpose of this study was to identify what working library staff…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Staff Development, Minimum Competencies, Delivery Systems
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Hicks, Deborah – Australian Library Journal, 2011
Mentorship is often considered one of the best ways to develop leadership potential in new library and information professionals. Mentors act as teacher, role model, and cheerleader, but there are potentially serious aspects to mentorships that will negatively impact the protege. Such negatives include mentors sabotaging or taking credit for a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisory Methods, Social Cognition
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Vought, Sabra W.; Lathrop, Edith A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
Library development has followed much the same course as the development of the school. Beginning with institutions of higher learning for the rich and leisure class, the school came gradually to concern itself with the education of the children of the masses, rich and poor alike. Following the development of colleges and universities, the…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Urban Schools, Rural Schools