Reinventing ourselves: new and emerging roles of academic librarians in Canadian research-intensive universities

Abstract

The academic library profession is being redefined by the shifting research and scholarly landscape, the transformation in higher education, and advances in technology.A survey of librarians working in Canada’s research-intensive universities was conducted to explore new and emerging roles. This study focuses on librarians’ activities in: Research Support, Teaching and Learning, Digital Scholarship, User Experience, and Scholarly Communication. It addresses the scope and nature of the new roles, the skills required to provide new services, and the confidence librarians have in their abilities to perform the new roles. It also reports on librarians’ job satisfaction and their perceived impact on the academic enterprise.

Use of webinar tools for teaching and learning by library and information professionals in Nigeria

“…In the words of Ducas, Michaud-Oystryk and Speare (2020), the library and information profession is being given reinvention and redefinition by shifting from conventional ways of learning and rendering services in order to encourage more transformational learning and, by extension, more advances in technology. Over the last decade, librarians’ roles have changed naturally as librarians are no longer seen as ‘back-stage’ professionals in Nigeria.…”

Formation of Digital Competences of University Library Users

“…The problem of people being ready for existence and development in the digital environment has become relevant. However, these tools still are not publicly available in modern organizations not only in Russia (Kohnke (2017), Astakhova (2019), but also abroad (Dempsey (2017), Ducas (2020), Khan (2017), Pontika (2019.…”

تأثیر التدریس عبر الإنترنت فی حقبة Covid-19 على الصحة العقلیة وإنتاجیة أساتذة الکلیات: دراسة حالة عن کلیة الضیافة والسیاحة فی کندا

“…Technology connects people in a globalized world (Alhanash & Almalki, 2020). Recent developments in technology-led industries, including higher education, reshape their operations and products (Nafea & Toplu, 2020;Sunnasy, 2020).In North America, higher education in both Canada and the United States was similarly affected by technological advancement, even before the pandemic hit (Ducas et al, 2020). It adds value to the teaching and learning experience, which students exploit widely to improve or accelerate the academic process (Hernandez-de-Menendez et al,2020).…”

“…It adds value to the teaching and learning experience, which students exploit widely to improve or accelerate the academic process (Hernandez-de-Menendez et al,2020). Implementing technology in education creates a motivational environment for students (Alhanash & Almalki, 2020;Ducas et al, 2020). The utilization of technology in higher education requires certain elements to be resourced in the education system including facilities, information, and records, equipment and supplies, finances (Armstrong, 2020).…”