Education and continuing professional development for Indonesian academic librarians

Abstract

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Future directions for Indonesian academic library education

“…It is not the intention of this paper to report on the details of the research outcomes -that has been done in previous papers arising from the project (Maesaroh and Genoni, 2009;Maesaroh and Genoni, 2010;Maesaroh and Genoni, 2012) -although some general findings are referred to as evidence in support of particular recommendations. Rather the aim is to deliver the recommendations resulting from the research with the intention that they will provide a model for the future development of academic librarianship in Indonesia.…”

An investigation of the continuing professional development practices of Indonesian academic libraries

“…The one significant study undertaken of recent CPD activity in Indonesia resulted from a survey reported by Maesaroh and Genoni (2009) of 812 librarians working in 133 university libraries, and compared the resulting data with results from a similar study conducted in Australia. They concluded that in comparison the Indonesian respondents reported a greater need for CPD and a higher rate of participation in a range of CPD activities, but with a lower level of satisfaction with the results of their training.…”

Quality Assurance in LIS Education

“…A literature survey toward quality assurance in library and information science (hereafter called LIS) in Asia yielded few results such as writings of , , Miwa (2006), Sajjad ur Rehman (2008); papers of Maesaroh andGenoni (2009) andSulistyo-Basuki (2006) provided little information on that matter. This paper studies the current quality assurance in Indonesia based on the available writings in Bahasa Indonesia (the lingua franca or national language of Indonesia), the available grey literature and interviews.…”