Library career management in the digital age : a new tool for development /
There is currently an absence of an organization model which can be used as an aid to describing and discussing career development.This book will fill this gap by presenting a new model, the Librarian Career Management Tool, that can be used to identify and structure possible opportunities and chall...
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Cambridge, MA :
Chandos Publishing,
2024.
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| Series: | Chandos Advances in Information Series
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Library Career Management in the Digital Age
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 The book's outline and advice on how to read it
- 2 Functions of academic librarians in a digital age
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Identified functions of academic librarians
- 2.2.1 Academic librarians with a collection development function versus publishing function
- 2.2.2 Academic librarians with an informative versus teaching function
- 2.2.3 Academic librarians with a service versus partner function
- References
- 3 The librarian career management tool
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Traditional, boundaryless, and protean career models
- 3.3 An alternative approach
- 3.4 The structure of the Librarian Career Management Tool
- References
- 4 The voice of the academic librarian's work
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Career development literature targeting academic librarians
- 4.2.1 Tips on how to improve your career as a librarian
- 4.2.1.1 Establish your brand and find your niche
- 4.2.1.2 The importance of networking and support from colleagues
- 4.2.1.3 Being productive
- 4.2.2 Transferable librarian competences
- 4.2.3 The broadness of the library and information science landscape
- 4.2.3.1 The characteristics of academic librarianship
- 4.3 Voices of the academic librarians
- 4.3.1 The respondents
- 4.3.2 The implementation of the focus groups and interviews
- 4.3.2.1 The pilot
- 4.3.3 Different opportunities to enter the library and information science landscape
- 4.3.4 Different opportunities for action within the library and information science landscape
- 4.4 Voices on career and professional development
- 4.4.1 A broader understanding of career development
- 4.4.2 Voices on motivation and the importance of credit
- 4.4.2.1 Motivation to help others, be relevant, and make a difference.
- 4.4.2.2 Motivation to immerse yourself
- 4.4.2.3 The library and library and information science landscape as motivating factors
- 4.4.2.4 The importance of (external) credit and recognition
- Credit from user groups as a motivating factor
- Credit from managers as a motivating factor
- Credit from colleagues as a motivating factor
- Credit from yourself as a motivating factor
- 4.5 Factors affecting career and professional development
- 4.5.1 The individual librarian's enthusiasm to take the initiative and improve
- 4.5.1.1 Four circumstances that may affect academic librarian's enthusiasm to take the initiative and improve
- The content, structuring, and context of the (national) library and information science landscape
- The support from the manager(s)
- How much the individual librarian can cope with
- Structural barriers
- 4.5.2 The generalist versus specialist tension
- 4.5.2.1 Four circumstances that may affect academic librarians' opportunities to specialization
- The library managers expect the librarian to be a generalist
- The organization of the library activities and the work tasks
- Limited opportunities due to workplace and private circumstances
- The Matthew effect
- 4.5.3 The importance of a collective way of working and a collective mindset (or being part of a fellowship)
- 4.5.3.1 About networks and mentorship
- 4.5.3.2 Some challenges with a collective way of working and a collective mindset (or being part of a fellowship)
- 4.5.3.3 Two circumstances that may affect academic librarian's possibilities for a collective way of working and a collecti...
- The issue of creating functional work groups/teams
- The importance of the physical library
- References
- 5 Career developments for academic librarians in the digital age: opportunities and challenges
- 5.1 Introduction.
- 5.1.1 How to use the Librarian Career Management Tool
- 5.1.1.1 Specify what you want to do within the library profession
- 5.1.1.2 Make a list of your motivations
- 5.1.1.3 Identify your function(s) as a librarian
- 5.1.1.4 Identify the factors that may affect career and professional development
- 5.2 Four personas
- 5.2.1 Teaching librarian persona
- 5.2.1.1 Interest in librarianship and career choices that are made because of her interest
- 5.2.1.2 Motivations
- 5.2.2 Research support librarian persona
- 5.2.2.1 Interest in librarianship and career choices that are made because of her interest
- 5.2.2.2 Motivations
- 5.2.3 Public service librarian persona
- 5.2.3.1 Interest in librarianship and career choices that are made because of her interest
- 5.2.3.2 Motivations
- 5.2.4 Collection development librarian persona
- 5.2.4.1 Interest in librarianship and career choices that are made because of his interest
- 5.2.4.2 Motivations
- 5.2.5 Inclusion of the four personas' career choices, motivations, and functions in the model
- 5.3 Opportunities and challenges
- 5.3.1 How the reasoning on identified opportunities and challenges is done
- 5.3.2 To what extent is it possible for the personas to take the initiative and improve?
- 5.3.2.1 Teaching librarian persona
- 5.3.2.2 Research support librarian persona
- 5.3.2.3 Public service librarian persona
- 5.3.2.4 Collection development librarian persona
- 5.3.3 To what extent is it possible for the personas to specialize?
- 5.3.3.1 Teaching librarian persona
- 5.3.3.2 Research support librarian persona
- 5.3.3.3 Public service librarian persona
- 5.3.3.4 Collection development librarian persona
- 5.3.4 To what extent is it possible for the personas to be a part of a fellowship?
- 5.3.4.1 Teaching librarian persona
- 5.3.4.2 Research support librarian persona.
- 5.3.4.3 Public service librarian persona
- 5.3.4.4 Collection development persona
- 5.4 Concluding reflections and questions to discuss
- 5.4.1 Are your expectations and ambitions realistic?
- 5.4.2 Are academic librarians in need of an academic discipline?
- 5.4.3 Are you a libraryan or a librarian?
- References
- Index
- Back Cover.