Library Career Management in the Digital Age : A New Tool for Development / Katarina Michnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michnik, Katarina, author.

Series:

Chandos advances in information series.

Chandos Advances in Information Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Librarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

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 challenges to the career development of academic.

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

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

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?

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780443215292

OCLC:

1441722209