Librarians in the age of the internet: their attitudes and roles

Melchionda, Maria Grazia

doi:10.1108/03074800710735339

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“…According to him, one of the most important future roles is that of information councelor. Identification of the most important issues that affect -within the modern environment -the behaviour and attitudes of every librarian is also accomplished by Melchionda (2007). Technostress and technophobia, lack of standardisation and quality, competition with search engines and commercial tools are few of the factors that influence the role of librarian in the modern environment.…”

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Librarians' skills and qualifications in a modern informational environment

Gerolimos

Konsta

2008

Library Management

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Citation: Michalis Gerolimos, Rania Konsta, (2008) "Librarians' skills and qualifications in a modern informational environment", Library Management, Vol. 29 Iss: 8/9, pp.691 -699. PurposeThe aim of the research is to investigate the qualifications and the skills of the librarian's profession as they are impressed through the job ads. Design/methodology/approach Research limitations/implicationsThe research restricted in ads was emanated from developed countries' websites. This methodology records the ideal model of a librarian. Originality/valueThis research, like others, confirms the meaning of the traditional library science in the modern informational environment.

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Librarians' skills and qualifications in a modern informational environment

Gerolimos

Konsta

2008

Library Management

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“…librarians feared they would no longer be needed as library users would be able to use the Internet without their help [3]. These uncertainties on the expectations of libraries, ambiguity of roles, the need to improve one's skills or acquire additional skills are presented as sources of stress to the librarian in the technology driven environment [4].…”

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Demographic Determinants of Quality of Work Life of Librarians Working in Nigeria

Anyaoku

2016

IJALIS

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Information and communication technologies have brought profound change in the work environment of library professionals. Changes can bring uncertainty, fear and dissatisfaction. The purpose of the study was to measure the Quality of Work Life of librarians and to ascertain the relationship with some demographic characteristics. Respondents are 175 librarians working in various library types in Nigeria. A Quality of Work Life scale was used to collect data for the study. Findings show that Quality of work life of librarians in the study is relatively high in areas of opportunity for continued growth and security, social integration in the work organization, and social relevance of work. However, important areas such as fair remuneration, training and retraining, provision for job performance and equal right issues were areas of dissatisfaction for the librarians. Findings also show significant relationship between Quality of Work Life and gender, age, institution type and years of work experience. There was no relationship with educational qualification. Essentially, librarians' Quality of Work Life need to be a positive one in all areas and for all concerned for job retention and good productivity. It is therefore imperative that librarians map out advocating strategies to improve their work environment and also ensure adequate compensation. This will help increase their Quality of work life in this digital era.

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“…Library professionals have often been the forerunners when it comes to seeing the possibilities of new technology. Public libraries and social web technologies have several common ideals, for example openness, participation and community (Melchionda 2007; Rutherford 2008). Weblogs, or blogs, are amongst the most well‐known and highly‐regarded social computing tools (O'Reilly 2005; Rutherford 2008).…”

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