Government Information Collections and Services in the Social Sciences: The Subject Specialist Integration Model

Cheney, Debora

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2006.02.011

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“…Forecasts for academic libraries emphasize restructuring of personnel, continued transformation of skills, consolidation of services, and budget reallocations. One integration model for academic libraries recommends that every subject librarian should “develop greater expertise and knowledge of government information within the context of their subject specialization” (Cheney, 2006). In this model, government information reference is no longer a specialty but the responsibility of every librarian.…”

Section: Public Service Collaborationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where have all the government documents librarians gone?

Mack

Prescod

2009

Reference Services Review

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PurposeEffectively accessing government documents is often a challenge for frontline reference staff working in a merged public service environment. The purpose of this paper is to build a case for establishing sustainable information literacy that incorporates government publications information into research and reference services.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the reasons for, and challenges of, incorporating government documents training for reference staff, and suggests suitable strategies and techniques.FindingsKeeping up with knowledge in related fields other than a chosen specialty is a challenge facing librarians today, but knowing how to find print and online government resources is critical for reference desk staff to help meet the information needs of the public. A variety of techniques and strategies may be employed to help mine these important resources. Web 2.0 tools and internet‐based tutorials on government publications may be used to facilitate training.Practical implicationsStaff are encouraged to develop collaborative training relationships to motivate, teach, facilitate, and equip others for self‐sufficiency and competency.Originality/valueThe paper shows how reference staff knowledge of government publications can be enhanced through training with both traditional and new technologies. Training can be accomplished through self‐motivation and partnering and need not be always formal.

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Section: Public Service Collaborationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where have all the government documents librarians gone?

Mack

Prescod

2009

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“…To determine the validity of this, searches were conducted in LL&IS and Elsevier's Science Direct database. Science Direct covers a shorter publication period (1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005) and fewer library science titles (24 journals and two monograph series) than LL&IS (1980-2006 and 390 journal titles, plus assorted monographs [1]), but provides full text searching of entries. Results from sample searches run in each source found that even though Science Direct had a narrower date range with fewer journal titles than LL&IS, the search in Science Direct's Social Sciences collection (full text) returned 172 results, while the same search in LL&IS (all text) returned 44 results.…”

Section: Instruction Design Collaborationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Collaboration with faculty is common, and as in the generalist collaboration literature, the most extensively addressed facet of government information instruction. Nine articles were found in the generalist literature to include government information librarians or resources, but of those only three focused the discussion on government information (Cheney, 2006;Shill and Stimatz, 1999;Tims, 1988). Two other articles were found to be co-authored by government document librarians, but documents were not discussed as a resource in the articles (Costello et al, 2004;Warner, 2003).…”

Section: Evidence Of Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cheney (2006) argues that government information specialists need to revise their instruction from an organization-based pedagogy to one that addresses the needs of the discipline being taught. She specifically uses the social sciences as an example of a discipline that has not increased its usage of government information in the face of increased access through electronic resources.…”

Section: Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Instruction design collaborations with government information specialists

Downie

2007

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to foster discussion of the role of government information librarians in the design and implementation of information literacy instruction. Increased accessibility to government information through the internet is bringing all librarians into increased contact with government information, thereby becoming ad hoc documents librarians. Through collaboration with experts in government information, shared knowledge results in opportunities for richer and more comprehensive information literacy instruction. Design/methodology/approach -This review examines evidence of commonality and collaboration between librarians through content analysis of both general and specialized library publications. Findings -Collaboration is a common practice in library instruction to share workload and expertise, yet most literature on this practice focuses on librarian-faculty collaborative efforts. Limited evidence exists for collaboration between librarians and a severely limited body of literature exists when examining instructional design collaboration to include government information in information literacy instruction. Practical implications -Collaborative instruction proactively addresses resolving perceived barriers and expands instruction resource repertoires and shares workloads. Originality/value -Examination of the collaborative process between librarians is infrequent. This adds to the body of literature and increases awareness of additional resources in the provision of information literacy instruction.

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“…92 Cheney proposed shifting the traditional role of social science specialists to include collection development and user services for government information. 93 Carter discussed the creation of manuals for training bibliographers. 94 Tucker and Torrence spoke to new collection development librarians from the perspective of the trenches.…”

Section: Responsibilities Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%