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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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Coltrain, Mark – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
In an era of exploding online enrollment and tight budgets, Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) struggles to meet the needs of online students. CPCC librarians went one step towards solving that problem in 2009-2010 by launching an embedded librarian program. CPCC's program became so successful that it struggled to meet demand. In 2013, CPCC…
Descriptors: Librarians, Professional Development, Community Colleges, Online Courses
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed.; Park, Sarag G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Twenty-six scholarly papers and ten abstracts comprise the content of the thirteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Library Science
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Heim, Kathleen M. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1985
Examines issues related to the education of community college librarians. Discusses reasons for the lack of community college specializations in library and information science programs; proposes a philosophy of community college librarianship; and highlights innovations related to selection, media production and design, curriculum and course…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Librarians, Library Science
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Johnson, Ian M. – International Information & Library Review, 1999
Reflects on the outcomes of a project undertaken in 1997-98 and examines issues relating to the development of the managerial expertise that underpins the library and information services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Reviews the literature, summarizes results of surveys of schools of Librarianship and Information Sciences and a small…
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Administration, Library Administrators, Library Directors
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Byrne, Alex – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
Australian librarians have participated in and contributed to international librarianship for over 125 years. Individual and collective practice is well regarded internationally since it is in dialogue with international concerns, is based on shared values and reaches high standards. Many are willing contributors to international initiatives,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Participant Characteristics, Best Practices
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Chandler, Yvonne J. – Library Trends, 2001
Graduate programs must examine the curriculum for reference and information access professionals. Greater access to information sources by users has highlighted the need for reference and information professionals to develop new skills including more technological knowledge, a better understanding of user information-seeking, new instructional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Higher Education, Information Science