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Wing, Kate McGowen – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Literature in the field investigates and debates the importance of the MLIS degree in librarianship. This information is of limited use in Maine where over 30% of public library directors have only a high school diploma. The research questions guiding this Constructivist Grounded Theory study are: How do high school educated library directors in…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Personnel, Library Administration, High School Graduates
Koh, Kyungwon; Abbas, June – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
An increasing number of libraries and museums provide transformative learning spaces, often called "Learning Labs" and "Makerspaces." These spaces invite users to explore traditional and digital media, interact with mentors and peers, and engage in creative projects. For these spaces and programs to be sustainable, it is…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Personnel, Interviews, Higher Education

DeGruyter, Lisa; And Others – Public Libraries, 1988
Special features include articles about the small public library: (1) the Public Library Association's Small and Medium-Sized Libraries Section; (2) a photo album of small public libraries in Mississippi; (3) small public libraries and public library standards; (4) the role of nonprofessionals; (5) training the nondegreed library worker; and (6)…
Descriptors: Library Associations, Library Education, Library Personnel, Library Standards

Johnson, Carol P. – Public Libraries, 2001
Discussion of the professional education of employees in small libraries focuses on the Minnesota Voluntary Certification Program and its core set of domain competencies. The program provides focused professional education for library employees without a master's degree and reinforces the professional values of the library community and libraries.…
Descriptors: Competence, Library Education, Library Personnel, Professional Education
Rothlisberg, Allen P. – 1992
This report describes how courses offered by the Department of Library/Media Technology at Northland Pioneer College (Arizona) can be effective in bridging the gap between the professionally trained master's degree librarian and the untrained library clerk or volunteer. The courses, which are typically offered on weekends, are designed to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Librarian Attitudes, Library Education, Library Personnel
Johnson, Jeffrey P.; Laverty, Janet; Neely, Linda; Sitler, Bryon – 1998
The Library of Michigan administers the Public Library Personnel Certification Program for Michigan. This handbook clarifies the certification guidelines and terminology used by the Library of Michigan staff and explains the procedures to be used by public libraries. Information on the following is provided: the certification program;…
Descriptors: Certification, Continuing Education, Guidelines, Library Education
Burger, Leslie B. – 1992
This report on continuing library education in Idaho is divided into three parts. The first part is an evaluation of the state's first three-year continuing education plan. The evaluation, which showed that librarians found the effort to be an unqualified success, was carried out by interviewing librarians and reviewing plan objectives. The second…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Library Cooperation, Library Education, Library Personnel
Rogers, A. Robert; Kim, Mary T. – 1981
Part of a series of needs assessment studies conducted at the Kent State School of Library Science, this study reports the results of a survey concerning library employment opportunities in Ohio for individuals with graduate degrees in library science. The three main objectives of the study were: (1) to estimate the number of professional and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Opportunities, Librarians, Library Education
Mumma, Polly S. – Rural Libraries, 1991
Describes results of a survey of rural public libraries that was conducted to determine what technology is currently available and in use. Highlights include library personnel education; cataloging and other areas of technical services; reference services; online databases; and suggestions for further studies. A copy of the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Automation, Library Education, Library Personnel
Rothlisberg, Allen P. – 1989
This paper describes the development of a public library in Clay Springs, a rural community in Navajo County in northeastern Arizona, with neither financial support from taxes (the town is not incorporated and there is no county library) nor the services of a professional librarian. Descriptions are included of: (1) activities that promoted…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Fund Raising, Library Development, Library Education
Boadi, Benzies Y.; And Others – 1987
Developed with the support of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the University of Botswana (Africa), this five-week "long vacation" training program includes four modules designed to provide refresher and in-service training for those library assistants who have work experience but have not been able to attend…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Indexing

Barron, Daniel D. – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses the need for adequate staffing in rural public libraries to meet expanded information needs. Topics include libraries' changing roles in the community to meet future information needs, the difference between training and education, and the development of distance education programs by library schools for professional continuing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Futures (of Society), Information Needs, Library Education

Wender, Ruth W. – Special Libraries, 1983
Describes techniques developed for providing continuing education to individuals solving medical reference requests over a telephone teleconference network linking library personnel in nonurban public libraries, systems libraries, and small hospital libraries. Background, project aims, and teleconferencing techniques, including their advantages,…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Instructional Design, Library Education, Library Personnel
Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, 1996
Seven issues of a newsletter on recent library statistics provide information on Colorado public libraries, librarian and library assistant salaries, materials challenges, school library media centers, and circulation policies. One 1995 library survey compares average public library salaries with and without an American Library Association…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Circulation
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1983
This report describes the work of the Task Force on Library and Information Services to Cultural Minorities, which was appointed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to explore the status of services, resources, and programs for American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Afro-Americans, and to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Guidelines
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