...Thuy Thanh Bui; Ly Dieu Dinh; Lan Thi Nguyen Purpose Public libraries are essential in acquiring, preserving, and sharing cultural heritage information in the digital age through a variety of formats and activities. This study aimed to assess librarians’ awarenesses regarding the significance...

... Academic libraries Employment Librarians Library administration Recruitment Workforce Small libraries Rural areas Library management Recruitment and retention in academic libraries are ongoing challenges, with traditional job search methods attracting smaller, less qualified, and less...

... was employed to determine the required number of subjects to participate in the study. Library managers who are head librarians from different types of libraries were the target samples. Content validation of the items was conducted for suitability and context. Findings CRILM was tested both valid...

...) and librarians in university libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The quantitative study employed a close-ended questionnaire for data collection. The study covered all the librarians in academic libraries and lecturers...

...Patrick Chijioke Igbokwe Purpose The study examined capacity-building practices for librarians' effective library service delivery in Federal University Libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The design for this paper was a descriptive survey research design. Data was collected...

... on major Japanese librarian job advertisement websites from March 2019 to January 2021. The data included institution type, employment length, application requirements and job descriptions. Job descriptions were classified into 16 categories based on required SKAs. Data were analyzed using content, cross...

... technique was used in collecting data from respondents. Target respondents were head librarians. An online questionnaire was used as instrument for data gathering, which was tested valid and reliable. Findings Findings reveal that respondents have achieved quite a lot in preparing to adapt to change...

... research design using a single case study was adopted in the study, which gathered data through a census. Data were collected using a structured interview. Findings The study findings indicated that the majority of TUC librarians have very high ICT competence in basic ICT and some Web technologies...

.... Design/methodology/approach The study is inspired by the pragmatic school of thought thereby adopting quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire from 150 researchers and 25 librarians while qualitative data was collected by conducting...

... contingent librarians’ contributions and promotes their professional growth. Design/methodology/approach An overview of scholarly and professional literature on contingent librarianship, this paper is based on published research studies and academic articles; given the prominence of anecdotal...

...Hamta Kazemi Koohbanani; Atefeh Zarei; Nasrolah Erfani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the librarians’ quality of working life (QWL) in the Iranian public libraries. Design/methodology/approach The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose and an analytical...

.... The population of the study consisted of 684 librarians from 43 universities in the six states of South-West, Nigeria. A validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings Findings showed that the level of EC in university libraries...

...Marsha-Gay Robinson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the continuing professional development (CPD) activities undertaken by special librarians in Jamaica, their motivation, the challenges faced and the areas of interest for professional development. Design/methodology/approach...

...Shannon L. Farrell; Aliqae Geraci Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on survey results from a study about librarians’ experience with compensation (salary and benefits) negotiation in the library workplace in order to provide data that will inform professional discourse and practice...

... Librarians Digital technologies Digital librarianship The future of academic librarianship has been at times a murky question. However, as librarians and in turn, their academic centers, begin to grasp current and new and incoming digital technologies the unknown future becomes a traversable...

...Catherine Deane Kumaran's book both challenges and comforts me as an immigrant visible minority librarian. I am challenged to conduct a self-evaluation to determine how I can adapt to my chosen cultural community in order to achieve my career goals. I am comforted because she brings up the kinds...

... a lot of ground including the research findings of numerous studies. It should also be remembered that many librarians are managers, chief executive officers and the like, which demonstrates the utility of the book and should be a reminder that library work involves more than being frontline...

...Ross Harvey Forde, Helen and Jonathan Rhys-Lewis Preserving Archives London Facet 2013 2nd ed. xiv, 272pp 978-1-85604-823-1 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Librarians Archives Preservation Archivists If you aren’t...

...John Terrell R.M. Fay and M.P. Sauers Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians (The Tech Set; 20) London Facet 2012 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Libraries Librarians Social searching Semantic Web technologies...

... Libraries Librarians Digital collections In the past decades a wide dialogue had been developing about the role of librarians in the age of digital collections and technological innovations. There weren't few those who claimed that librarians will be gradually replaced by technicians, computer...