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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
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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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Ryan Ellis Tickle – College & Research Libraries, 2024
To document the change over time in African-American/Africana/Black Studies (AABS) librarianship in the United States, this study analyzed 71 position announcements published in physical and digital sources beginning in 1970 through 2019. Using content analysis, the author found that most AABS librarians should expect to have an MLIS and work in…
Descriptors: African American History, African American Education, Library Schools, Library Science
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Sheila Baker; Debby Shulsky – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
What began in a library science course as a collection development project serendipitously transformed into varied learning experiences for students across disciplines and program levels. This article shares the journey of how a singular lesson idea blossomed into an unintentional, multidisciplinary project that led to unexpected learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science Education, Library Education, Library Services
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Lo, Leo S.; Mallon, Melissa N.; Coleman, Jason – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
Leaders come from all areas of an academic library; however, certain factors contribute to leadership development. A 24-question survey was conducted with 459 respondents reporting personal characteristics, perceived level of job engagement, and quality of their library's vision statement. The results reveal that self-identified leaders tend to be…
Descriptors: Leaders, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel, Employee Attitudes
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Blake, Mara; Murray, Reina Chano; Williams, Jason; Gara, Jeff; Belros, Derek; Choudhury, Sayeed – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, a team from the Sheridan Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) provided technical support to the JHU Global COVID-19 Dashboard. This paper reflects on the lessons learned from working on a highly publicized, heavily trafficked resource and explores the role of academic libraries in…
Descriptors: Library Role, Academic Libraries, COVID-19, Pandemics
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DeSanto, Dan – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This study examines how academic libraries in the UK responded to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 open access policy. Thirteen information professionals at twelve institutions across the UK took part in semi-structured interviews. Findings from the interviews reveal how libraries created and deployed new infrastructures, workflows,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Research
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Gordon, Carol A.; Cicchetti, Robin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2023
Data collected from a study of school libraries in Massachusetts provide source material that identifies barriers and enablers related to equitable access and meaningful use of school library resources and services. These quantitative and qualitative survey data supplied by school librarians across rural, urban, and suburban schools describe…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Resources, Social Justice
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Shirley Dickey – Knowledge Quest, 2023
Over the last few decades, school libraries have undergone a tremendous transformation. The technological age has ushered in a new type of library where online databases are king for research, students are issued their own laptops in one-to-one districts, and the integration of technology into the school environment has become a major initiative…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Shared Resources and Services, Educational Technology, Educational Innovation
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Annette Goodwin; Waseem Afzal – Journal of Information Literacy, 2023
Academic librarians deliver information literacy instruction (ILI) to students, engage with a range of stakeholders, and work in a range of learning environments that are continually changing. While past research has focused on the perceptions of librarians regarding their role in ILI, this has not been a significant focus of research in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Librarians, Academic Libraries
Samantha Archibald Mora; Amy Bingham – Knowledge Quest, 2023
The Wood River Middle School (WRMS) serves approximately 600 students a year. The school is diverse, with roughly half Latinx students and a large English language learner population. The library collection boasts almost 16,000 books. The most popular section? If you combine the manga and graphic novel sections, they win the top prize, with 38% of…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Libraries, Cartoons, Novels
Kristina Weber – Knowledge Quest, 2023
According to a report by PEN America, 40% of banned and challenged books have BIPOC protagonists, and 41% have LGBTQ protagonists and/or LGBTQ major plots or themes. Librarians know that censorship is bad. Censorship surges in school libraries are not a new or uniquely 2020s problem. In the early 1980s, the American Library Association's (ALA)…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Censorship, LGBTQ People, Minority Groups
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Rachel E. Scott; Anne Shelley; Chad E. Buckley; Cassie Thayer-Styes; Julie A. Murphy – College & Research Libraries, 2025
This study explores how faculty across disciplines access and share scholarly serial content and what expectations they have for immediacy. The authors conducted twenty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews with faculty of various ranks representing all Illinois State University (ISU) colleges. The findings, presented in the words of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Publications, Library Materials, Scholarship
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Frazier, Méch; Rydland, Kelsey – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In the wake of a global pandemic, an economic recession, and police violence, the role of libraries as a safe place is critical. These events have changed how librarians provide instruction and build communities within the university and outside it. This article discusses how the authors changed their approach to geospatial and data analysis…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Matthew Weirick Johnson – College & Research Libraries, 2025
Providing library instruction, often via one-shots in someone else's classroom, may reduce feelings of agency or job control for academic instruction librarians. This study addresses potential differences in job control across core responsibilities, specifically looking at the difference between job duties overall and instruction responsibilities.…
Descriptors: Librarian Attitudes, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Librarians
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