Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession

Open Access Published by K. G. Saur 2009

Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession

Edited by: Jana Varlejs and Graham Walton

Volume 139 in the series IFLA Publications

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

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This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive work environment for a multi-generational workforce in library and information organizations, the conference addresses managing between and across generations, mentoring and coaching, attracting people to the profession and developing a new generation of leaders, re-skilling and transferability of skills, succession planning and passing on knowledge.

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Author information

Jana Varlejs, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA; Liz Lewis, BBC, London, UK; Graham Walton, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Topics

Libraries and Library Science
Library and Information Science, Book Studies

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
FOREWORD Jana Varlejs and Graham Walton Publicly Available Download PDF	9
INTRODUCTION TO THE IFLA SATELLITE CONFERENCE Susan Schnuer, Roisin Gwyer and Loida Garcia-Febo Publicly Available Download PDF	11
OWNING OUR FUTURE: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIBRARIANS Alex Byrne Publicly Available Download PDF	17
Recruiting a New Generation
ISSUES IMPACTING RECRUITMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES Tania Barry and Gillian Hallam Publicly Available Download PDF	32
WHAT IMPRESSIONS DO YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE OF LIBRARIANSHIP AS A CAREER? Sarah Newbutt and Barbara Sen Publicly Available Download PDF	46
SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF LIBRARIANSHIP AS A PROFESSION – THE COLOMBIAN PERSPECTIVE Ruth Helena Vallejo-Sierra Publicly Available Download PDF	61
RECRUITING ETHNIC MINORITIES INTO THE LIBRARY PROFESSION – A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE U.S. FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM Sha Li Zhang Publicly Available Download PDF	71
Socializing, Mentoring, and Coaching
MENTORING PROGRAMS IN U.S. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES – A LITERATURE REVIEW Myoung C. Wilson, Marianne I. Gaunt and Farideh Tehrani Publicly Available Download PDF	84
ROLES OF COACHING AND MENTORING IN ATTRACTING RECRUITS AND SOCIALIZING ENTRANTS TO THE PROFESSION Margaret B. Edwards and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Publicly Available Download PDF	96
DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO PARTNERING IN THE FORMAL MENTORING PROCESS Janine Golden Publicly Available Download PDF	109
PEER COACHING FOR THE NEW LIBRARY John Lubans Publicly Available Download PDF	126
TRANSMISSION OF A PROFESSIONAL CULTURE: TRANSITION MENTORING Beatrice Baaden Publicly Available Download PDF	137
Four Generations in One Workplace
GENERATIONAL TUG-OF-WAR – PLAYING NICE BETWEEN MILLENNIALS AND BABY BOOMERS IN A MULTI-GENERATIONAL STAFF Heidi Blackburn, Alysia Starkey and Kate Wise Publicly Available Download PDF	148
THE INTERNAL WORLD OF LIBRARIES AND THE CHALLENGE OF CIVILITY Gina D. Matesic Publicly Available Download PDF	158
WORKFORCE PLANNING: A CASE STUDY – INITIATIVES TO POSITION THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WORKFORCE TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS Garry Potter Publicly Available Download PDF	171
Wanted: New Managers, New Leaders
GROWING NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY MANAGERS – ARE NEW LIBRARIANS RELUCTANT TO STEP INTO MANAGEMENT? Jill Benn and Rebecca Moore Publicly Available Download PDF	187
FUTURE LEADERS: WHAT DO THEY THINK? Graham Walton, Anne Goulding and Derek Stephens Publicly Available Download PDF	202
KEY FACTORS IN DEVELOPING AS A LEADER – THE LIBRARY SCHOOL, SELF-AWARENESS, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Brooke E. Sheldon Publicly Available Download PDF	215
DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE – A WORKSHOP Blanche Woolls Publicly Available Download PDF	223
SUCCESSION PLANNING AND PASSING ON LEADERSHIP – APPROACHES FOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS Blanche Woolls Publicly Available Download PDF	235
Keeping up with Changing Demands
STRATEGIES FOR RE-SKILLING THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSION IN NIGERIA Chinwe V. Anunobi and Scholastica C. Ukwoma Publicly Available Download PDF	245
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – ITS ROLE IN THE CHANGING EDUCATIONAL AND QUALIFICATION LANDSCAPE OF THE INFORMATION PROFESSION; A CASE STUDY OF THE U.K. Judith Broady-Preston Publicly Available Download PDF	260
E-TUTORSHIPS AND E-LEARNING – RE-SKILLING LIBRARIANS FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS Valentina Elvira Comba Publicly Available Download PDF	279
GATHERING LEADERSHIP MOMENTUM ACROSS GREAT DISTANCES – CREATING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Erin Dini-Davis and Danielle Theiss-White Publicly Available Download PDF	289
THE SMART ONES – ONE-PERSON LIBRARIANS IN IRELAND AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Eva Hornung Publicly Available Download PDF	301
A UNESCO AGENCY OFFERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS GEOGRAPHICAL AND GENERATIONAL BORDERS Paul Nieuwenhuysen and Peter Pissierssens Publicly Available Download PDF	317
Evolving Career Trajectories
WOMEN’S CAREER PROGRESSION IN U.K. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES – ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT CHANGE Emma Hadfield and Barbara Sen Publicly Available Download PDF	328
CAREER, SKILLS, AND PROFESSIONAL DILEMMAS – A FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION-DOCUMENTATION TRANSFORMATION Paula Ochôa and Leonor Gaspar Pinto Publicly Available Download PDF	342
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE GRADUATES FROM SPAIN – PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND WORKFORCE ENTRY Blanca Rodríguez Bravo Publicly Available Download PDF	355
THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS – JOB SEARCH IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Jessica Brooks and Mary Finnan Publicly Available Download PDF	370
Education for the Profession – Critiques from the Field
TOWARDS A NEW LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL – REFLECTIONS ON THE QUALITY LEADERS PROJECT – YOUTH David Percival Publicly Available Download PDF	382
SKILLS FOR FUTURE AND CURRENT LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS – PERCEPTIONS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS IN NEW DELHI G. Mahesh and Rekha Mittal Publicly Available Download PDF	391
PATHWAYS TO NEW ACADEMIC LIBRARY PRACTICES – SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLORATION TOWARDS 21ST CENTURY ACADEMIC RESEARCH SUPPORT Clare M. Walker Publicly Available Download PDF	402

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Varlejs, Jana and Walton, Graham. Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession, Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

Varlejs, J. & Walton, G. (2009). Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

Varlejs, J. and Walton, G. 2009. Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

Varlejs, Jana and Walton, Graham. Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

Varlejs J, Walton G. Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur; 2009. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441776

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