The purpose of the study was to examine how and why high school students use the library and its resources. It examined how teachers influence students' use of library resources. The participants were 11th-grade students attending public high schools in 3 east Tennessee counties. Participants completed a survey based on library use. Although 350 students were invited to participate in the study, only 130 returned the permission slip, resulting in a 37% response rate. Eleven respondents were asked to participate in a short interview to supplement and add qualitative clarification to the findings. The findings were descriptive in nature, although basic analyses were calculated to identify any relationships between the different variables. A literature review examined the historical development of the library, the purpose of the library, challenges to the role of the library, research in the library science field, influences on library use, library use and academic achievement, studies of library users and nonusers, and lifestyle variables relating to library use. The study's identification of library use patterns and high school students' attitudes about their use of the library could assist librarians in making long range plans for their libraries. These plans could include the identification of materials to purchase, areas in which students need assistance in completing projects, or recreational materials to read. Ultimately, the findings could assist librarians in the development of cooperative programs between school and public libraries to reduce the overlapping of information while increasing student use of the library. The study found most students visited the library at an early age with their mothers, although not on a regular basis. They were more likely to visit the school library than the public library; the primary reason being to locate information to complete school assignments. Parents and English teachers were the most influential in encouraging library use, although teachers had more influence on female students than male students. Female students also visited the library on a more frequent basis.

Purpose: Research productivity is often counted as a major factor in evaluations and promotion. Librarians have had to find a way to pursue research along with performing job duties and professional service. Collaborative research can provide an effective solution for busy librarians who need to show a record of research. Additionally, it can be a cost‐effective means for library administrators to promote library faculty output in the face of reduced travel and research budgets. This paper seeks to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach: In developing their research group, the authors began with a small, informal collaboration on an article describing new staffing models for library outreach. As the writing of the article proceeded, the group developed a more formal structure. As that article reached completion, the purpose of the group expanded to that of fostering creativity and following creative leads to a publishable (or presentable) conclusion. Findings: In the two years during which the writing group has been working together, it has produced four articles and nine presentations, with several in‐progress efforts. In addition, the writing group has encouraged members to develop individual projects for presentation and publication outside of the group's scope. Practical implications: The authors offer recommendations to other professionals interested in forming collaborative writing groups and to library administrators interested in encouraging their staffs to develop productive working relationships. Originality/value: Few articles have been written about collaboration among librarians to promote their own research and publication. The authors describe in this paper an informal, yet highly effective means to foster faculty research productivity.

Cette recherche interroge la professionnalité des enseignants et des animateurs amenés à partager un même terrain suite à la réforme des rythmes scolaires à travers leurs pratiques singulières du jeu. C’est au filtre de la didactique clinique qu’on analyse cette professionnalité considérant que l’analyse de la pratique didactique ludique ne peut se faire d’une manière désincarnée, excluant le sujet.Notre objectif est d’identifier quelles sont les pratiques ludiques et comment ces pratiques ludiques sont liées au rapport au jeu de l’enseignant et de l’animateur. Nous émettons l’hypothèse que la pratique personnelle ludique et la rencontre avec l’Autre impactent les pratiques ludiques professionnelles.Les quatre études de cas présentées ici et leur comparaison permettent d’identifier les tensions dans les pratiques ludiques de chacun mais aussi dans la construction de son identité professionnelle. La comparaison des cas avec des entretiens de groupes professionnels d’animateurs et d’enseignants permet d’observer comment le sujet s’approprie l’histoire de son groupe et quel rapport il construit avec l’Autre.Cette recherche interroge au-delà de la construction professionnelle des uns et des autres, la spécificité de la pratique ludique à l’école et autour de l’école, les résultats suggérant qu’il n’est pas toujours simple, quel que soit le professionnel, de se détacher de la forme scolaire. Enseignants ou animateurs, chaque sujet s’avère être lieu de tensions internes difficiles à gérer. Cette étude tente de montrer dans quelles mesures les pratiques ludiques de chacun sont impactées par ces jeux de tensions. / This research questions teachers’ professionality and activity coordinators’ professionality who must share education field since reform of rhythm of schooling in 2013. We examine their personal practices of gaming with clinical didactic because analysis can’t forget the subject. We want to see the different ways of playing wondering about the subject’s relationship to the game and about its effect on playing games. Our hypotheses are those personal experiences and the other one influence professional practices of play. We are introducing here four case studies; comparisons are made between themselves to identify tensions in practices of play and in their professional identity construction. We compare these case studies to community discussions: a discussion with a group of activity coordinators and with a group of teachers. These comparisons show how the subject appropriates his group’s history and how he builds relationship to the other one.

The purpose of this essay is to examine how librarians perceive library plans, if they are important for their work and if so, in what ways. In order to analyze this, I have used a phenomenographic approach. My goal, by using this method, is to uncover perceptions and variations among these. The research questions are: What variations of perception of library plans exist among librarians? To what extent can the varied perceptions of library plans be linked to librarians' work? What does the variation of perception say, in relation to the expectations expressed in international and national documents, about library plans? The material used in a phenomenographic analysis consists of interviews. These are analyzed in several steps, which result in categories, so called description categories. My conclusion is, that there are three different ways of perceiving library plans: as steering documents, legitimizing documents and visionary documents. The first category incorporates the impact the library plan has on the actual work. In the second category they use it as a way to show why the library and the profession are needed. The third category is about library plans being visionary documents. These do not develop the work at all. The perceptions are to a great extent in line with the expectations expressed in international and national documents concerning library plans. The library plan is according to these a guideline for managing the library and its services, a way to show its necessity and to assure equal quality among library services.

Magnifizenz, werte Vertreter des Staatsministeriums, verehrte Bürgermeister, sehr geehrte Vertreter des sächsischen Immobilien- und Baumanagements, verehrte Mitglieder des Rektorates, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus den sächsischen Bibliotheken und der hiesigen Universitätsbibliothek, liebe Studierendenvertreter, liebe Gäste, in der Regel beginnen Reden zu derartigen Anlässen mit der Vorstellung der eigenen Person oder dem Rückblick auf verschiedene Lebensstationen. Da Sie diese Fakten auf der Website der Universität nachlesen können, gestatten Sie mir bitte, mich ein wenig pauschaler der Wahrnehmung des Bibliothekars in der Gesellschaft zu widmen.

Vom 7. bis 9. Dezember 2009 fand in Weimar die Tagung „Wissenschaftliche Bibliothekare in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Handlungsspielräume, Kontinuitäten, Deutungsmuster“ statt, die der Wolfenbütteler Arbeitskreis für Buchgeschichte initiierte. Die Konferenz zielte auf die Denk- und Handlungsmuster der leitenden Bibliothekare, vom Mitläufer bis zum Opponenten, ab und stellte die Frage, wie der Berufsstand sich anpasste und nach 1945 entwickelte. Dabei wurden auch die Unterschiede in der Entwicklung in Ost- und Westdeutschland nach dem Krieg thematisiert.

Darbo tema „Bibliotekos svarba ugdymo procesui“ pasirinkta pirmiausia dėl jos aktualumo tiek teoriniu, tiek praktiniu požiūriu. Aktualu paanalizuoti, kaip praktiškai įgyvendinamas mokyklų bibliotekų modernizavimas. Svarbu panagrinėti, ar Švietimo įstaigos biblioteka visapusiškai tenkina mokyklos bendruomenės narių informacinius poreikius ir dalyvauja ugdymo procese. Naudinga identifikuoti pagrindines problemas, susijusias su mokyklų bibliotekų veikla. Realizuodama kiekvieno bendruomenės nario teisę gauti ir skleisti informaciją, mokyklos biblioteka plečia savo funkcijas. Darbe nagrinėjau plečiamą mokyklos bibliotekų funkcijų spektrą. Švietimo bendruomenei būtina, kad reformos darbuose dalyvautų ir mokyklos biblioteka, padedanti augančiai kartai integruotis į informacinę visuomenę. Ji drauge su pedagogų bendruomene turi ugdyti moksleivių socialinius, asmeninius komunikacinius, informacinius ir kritinio mąstymo gebėjimus, teikti pagalbą rengiant projektus, įvaldant naujas informacijos ir komunikacijų technologijas. Darbo objektas: Švietimo įstaigos biblioteka. Darbo problema: Kokia turi būti mokymo įstaigos biblioteka, kad sėkmingai įtakotų ugdymo procesą? Darbo tikslas: Išryškinti bibliotekos svarbą ugdymo procesui. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Apibrėžti biblioteką, kaip mokymosi aplinką. 2. Atskleisti bibliotekos, kaip mokymosi aplinkos, ypatybes. 3. Įvertinti bibliotekininko vaidmenį ugdymo procese. 4. Ištirti bibliotekos įtaką ugdymo procesui. / The topic of the work is “The Library Importance for the Education Process”. It has been chosen primarily because of its relevancy both theoretically and practically. It is topical to analyze the way modernization of school libraries is implemented in practice. It is important to study if the library of an educational institution universally meets the information needs of the school community members and if it is involved into the educational process. It is beneficial to mention the main problems, which are related with the activity of the school libraries. The school library is developing its functions implementing the right of every community member to get information as well as to spread it. The spectrum of the school library functions, which are being expanded, are analyzed in the work. It is important for the educational community the school library to be involved in the reform activities, which could help the young generation to be integrated into information society. Together with community of teachers it has to train social, personal communication, information and critical thinking skills of pupils as well as to help them in project preparation to master new information and communication technologies. The object of the work: the library of the educational institution The problem of the work: What should the library of a school be like in order to influence upon the education process successfully? The aim of the work: To highlight the importance of the library in the... [to full text] / Тема работы "Ролъ бублиотеки в учебном процессе", в первую очередь, обусловлена ее актуалъностъю, как в теоритическом, так и в практическом смысле. Оченъ важно проанализираватъ, как на практике осуществляется процесс модернизации библиотек, каким образом библиотека в школном учреждении всесторонне удовлетворяет информационные потребности членов школного сообщесва и участвует в учебном процессе. Полезно идентифицироватъ основные проблемы, свя��анны�� с работой школъных библиотек. С целью реализации получатъ и распространятъ информацию каждого члена сообщесва, школъная библиотека расширяет свои функции. Б работе анализируется расширяющуйся спектр функцуй школьных библиотек. В реформе образователъных процессов необхадимо участуе школъных библиотек, которое помогает подрастающемы поколеную быстрее интегрироватъся в информационное пространство. Библиотека совместно с педагогами должна участвоватъ в формировании социалъных, информационных навыков, и что немало важно, навыков критического мышления, а также рпедостовлятъ помощъ в осуществлении различных проектов, управлятъ новыми информационными технологиями. Объект работы: библиотека учебного учереждения. Проблема работы: какой должна бытъ школъная библиотека,чтобы успешно участвоватъ в образователъном процессе? Целъ работы: обусловить ролъ библиотеки в учебном процессе. Задачи: 1, Обозначитъ библиотеку как образователъное пространство. 2. Представитъ особености библиотеки в роли обучения 3. Оценитъ ролъ библиотекеря в учебном... [полный текст, см. далее]

Disertacijoje siekiama teoriškai pagrįsti ir sukurti bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinį modelį profesionalius bibliotekininkus rengiančioje aukštosios mokyklos studijų programoje. Tikslui pasiekti išanalizuotas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus poreikis besimokančioje visuomenėje bei apibrėžta bibliotekininko edukatoriaus samprata, vaidmuo, gebėjimų visuma ugdant informacinį raštingumą; nustatyta dabartinė bibliotekininkų edukatorių rengimo būklė, susiejant ją su besimokančios visuomenės poreikiais bei sukonstruotas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinis modelis; įvertintas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinio modelio validumas realioje aplinkoje ir pasiūlytas šio modelio praktinis taikymas profesionalius bibliotekininkus rengiančioje aukštosios mokyklos studijų programoje. Atsižvelgiant į tai, kad informacinio raštingumo gebėjimų ugdymas Europos Sąjungos ir Lietuvos strateginiuose dokumentuose yra vienas iš instrumentų įgyvendinant besimokančią visuomenę, bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymas yra aktualus ir pagrįstas. Bibliotekininkas edukatorius įgyvendindamas visuomenės informacinio raštingumo gebėjimų ugdymą užtikrina besimokančios visuomenės plėtrą, nes ugdo gebėjimą nustatyti reikalingos informacijos pobūdį ir mastą, efektyviai ir veiksmingai pasiekti reikalingą informaciją, kritiškai ją vertinti bei kūrybiškai pasinaudoti savo asmeniniams, individualiai ar dirbant komandoje efektyviai naudotis informacija siekiant užsibrėžto tikslo ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The dissertation is aimed at theoretical substantiation and framing of the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training within the university study programme designed for the training of professional librarians. Pursuing the above-stated objective the need for librarians-educators in the learning society has been analysed and the concept, role and set of competences necessary for the development of information literacy have been defined; current situation in librarian-educator’s trainings has been identified coupling it with the needs of the learning society and the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training has been framed; the validity of the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training in real environment has been evaluated and practical application of the said model within the framework of the university study programme aimed at the training of professional librarians has been proposed. Taking into consideration the fact that in European Union and Lithuanian strategic documents development of information literacy skills is identified as an instrument for the development of the learning society, it can be stated that the training of librarians-educators is relevant and substantiated. Through the training of information literacy skills librarian-educator ensures the development of the learning society as he/she nurtures the ability to identify the nature and scope of required information, effectively access, critically evaluate and creatively use the... [to full text]

The dissertation is aimed at theoretical substantiation and framing of the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training within the university study programme designed for the training of professional librarians. Pursuing the above-stated objective the need for librarians-educators in the learning society has been analysed and the concept, role and set of competences necessary for the development of information literacy have been defined; current situation in librarian-educator’s trainings has been identified coupling it with the needs of the learning society and the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training has been framed; the validity of the conceptual model of librarian-educator’s training in real environment has been evaluated and practical application of the said model within the framework of the university study programme aimed at the training of professional librarians has been proposed. Taking into consideration the fact that in European Union and Lithuanian strategic documents development of information literacy skills is identified as an instrument for the development of the learning society, it can be stated that the training of librarians-educators is relevant and substantiated. Through the training of information literacy skills librarian-educator ensures the development of the learning society as he/she nurtures the ability to identify the nature and scope of required information, effectively access, critically evaluate and creatively use the... [to full text] / Disertacijoje siekiama teoriškai pagrįsti ir sukurti bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinį modelį profesionalius bibliotekininkus rengiančioje aukštosios mokyklos studijų programoje. Tikslui pasiekti išanalizuotas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus poreikis besimokančioje visuomenėje bei apibrėžta bibliotekininko edukatoriaus samprata, vaidmuo, gebėjimų visuma ugdant informacinį raštingumą; nustatyta dabartinė bibliotekininkų edukatorių rengimo būklė, susiejant ją su besimokančios visuomenės poreikiais bei sukonstruotas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinis modelis; įvertintas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo koncepcinio modelio validumas realioje aplinkoje ir pasiūlytas šio modelio praktinis taikymas profesionalius bibliotekininkus rengiančioje aukštosios mokyklos studijų programoje. Atsižvelgiant į tai, kad informacinio raštingumo gebėjimų ugdymas Europos Sąjungos ir Lietuvos strateginiuose dokumentuose yra vienas iš instrumentų įgyvendinant besimokančią visuomenę, bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymas yra aktualus ir pagrįstas. Bibliotekininkas edukatorius įgyvendindamas visuomenės informacinio raštingumo gebėjimų ugdymą užtikrina besimokančios visuomenės plėtrą, nes ugdo gebėjimą nustatyti reikalingos informacijos pobūdį ir mastą, efektyviai ir veiksmingai pasiekti reikalingą informaciją, kritiškai ją vertinti bei kūrybiškai pasinaudoti savo asmeniniams, individualiai ar dirbant komandoje efektyviai naudotis informacija siekiant užsibrėžto tikslo ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Magister Library and Information Studies - MLIS / The advent of the 21st century and its dynamic information environment have changed higher education considerably including the library spaces. Library patrons, namely undergraduates, postgraduates, and academics are placing heavy demands on academic libraries requiring support in research, teaching and learning. As a result, academic librarians globally have undertaken major re-evaluations of what they do and how they do it, to ensure relevance amongst their diverse user communities. The new information landscape is fraught with controversies that prompt opposing perspectives towards change acceptance amongst librarians. In Zimbabwe, academic libraries seemed to be lagging behind regarding changes presented by this information landscape. Given this context, the study sought to understand how librarians are adjusting to the 21st century environment against the expectations of the students and academics. The Diffusion of Innovation Theory crafted by Rogers (2003) and the McKinsey 7S model propounded by Waterman, Peters and Phillips (1982) were used as theoretical and conceptual frameworks. The research further applied a conceptual framework from the literature to determine the expectations of students and academics of the academic library in the 21st century. For data collection, the study adopted a case study design and a mixed methods approach using Web-based questionnaires, follow-up interviews and website content analysis. Data was collected from students, academics and librarians at three selected Zimbabwean universities. All data collecting tools were pre-tested amongst librarians, academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students prior to collecting data. Data collected using questionnaires was analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel while interview data was analysed using thematic text analysis. Findings of this study revealed that the Midlands State University Library had to a larger extent embraced new trends which are in-line with the 21st century environment compared to the National University of Science and Technology and Lupane State University libraries. The Library and Information Science qualification remains important in service delivery among academic librarians. Inadequate funding, limited time due to multitasking, slow uptake of new concepts and limited knowledge and skills were barriers to keeping up with new trends amongst librarians. Academic librarians collaborated with academics in collection development, Information Literacy Skills (ILS) teaching and uploading theses and research papers into the Institution Repository (IR). / 2018-12-14