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Linden Fairbairn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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dangerous liaisons defining the faculty liaison librarian service model its effectiveness and sustainability
Library Management, 2008Co-Authors: John Rodwell, Linden FairbairnAbstract:Purpose – Many university libraries are adopting a faculty liaison librarian structure as an integral part of their organization and service delivery model. This paper aims to examine, in a pragmatic way, the variations in the definition of the Role of the faculty liaison librarian, the expectations of those librarians, their Library managers and their clients and the impact of environmental factors. The faculty liaison librarian Role is not entirely new, evolving from the traditional subject librarian and university special/branch Library Role. However the emerging Role is characterized by a more outward‐looking perspective and complexity, emphasizing stronger involvement and partnership with the faculty and direct engagement in the University's teaching and research programs. Design/methodology/approach – Following a review of the literature and other sources on the rationale and Role of Library liaison, the current developments, drivers and expectations are discussed. Findings – The study finds that dynamic external and internal environments of universities are driving the evolution of Library liaison, so the Role description is still fluid. However, the breadth and weight of expectations is now such that the effectiveness and sustainability of the Role has to be addressed. Practical implications – While a dynamic, broader and more intensive Role for the faculty liaison librarian is emerging, more thinking is needed about the extent of that Role and its sustainability. What, for example, are the priorities for the faculty liaison librarian? What traditional activities can, and may, have to be abandoned? These considerations are necessary not only to guide the librarians, but also to help define the attributes and skills required for the position and to determine the institutional support it requires. Originality/value – This is a contemporary critique of the well‐established, but diverse Library service – the faculty liaison librarian structure.
John Rodwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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dangerous liaisons defining the faculty liaison librarian service model its effectiveness and sustainability
Library Management, 2008Co-Authors: John Rodwell, Linden FairbairnAbstract:Purpose – Many university libraries are adopting a faculty liaison librarian structure as an integral part of their organization and service delivery model. This paper aims to examine, in a pragmatic way, the variations in the definition of the Role of the faculty liaison librarian, the expectations of those librarians, their Library managers and their clients and the impact of environmental factors. The faculty liaison librarian Role is not entirely new, evolving from the traditional subject librarian and university special/branch Library Role. However the emerging Role is characterized by a more outward‐looking perspective and complexity, emphasizing stronger involvement and partnership with the faculty and direct engagement in the University's teaching and research programs. Design/methodology/approach – Following a review of the literature and other sources on the rationale and Role of Library liaison, the current developments, drivers and expectations are discussed. Findings – The study finds that dynamic external and internal environments of universities are driving the evolution of Library liaison, so the Role description is still fluid. However, the breadth and weight of expectations is now such that the effectiveness and sustainability of the Role has to be addressed. Practical implications – While a dynamic, broader and more intensive Role for the faculty liaison librarian is emerging, more thinking is needed about the extent of that Role and its sustainability. What, for example, are the priorities for the faculty liaison librarian? What traditional activities can, and may, have to be abandoned? These considerations are necessary not only to guide the librarians, but also to help define the attributes and skills required for the position and to determine the institutional support it requires. Originality/value – This is a contemporary critique of the well‐established, but diverse Library service – the faculty liaison librarian structure.
Kovač Ana - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Library Role in kindergarten
2020Co-Authors: Kovač AnaAbstract:In the dissertation I present the Role of the Library in the kindergarten. The work consists of a theoretical overview and an empirical part. The theoretical part presents the Role of the book in national documents for preschool education where I presented Slovenian curriculum as well as Swedish and Norwegian curriculums. I also presented the meaning of book and literary education and described how a Library in the kindergarten and book corners in the playroom should look like. I also emphasized the meaning of collaboration between a kindergarten and local or school Library. I presented a project of preschool reading badge and emphasized its advantages, weaknesses and propositions for the improvements of the project. In the empirical part I decided to study opinions of kindergarten principles and educators about the Role of the Library in the kindergartens in the central region of Slovenia with anonimous survey questionnaires. 28 principals and 110 educators were included in the research. The results showed that both, principals and educators think the Role of the Library in the kindergarten presents itself through encouragement of the interest in reading, obtaining a positive attitude for books and reading, educating a child in a good reader and informing about the printed matter. Surveyed principals as well as educators are taking good care of book and literary education, they encourge children to read in different ways and greatly emphasize family reading and collaboration with school and local libraries
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Library Role in kindergarten
2020Co-Authors: Kovač AnaAbstract:V diplomskem delu sem predstavila, kakšna je vloga knjižnice v vrtcu. Delo je razdeljeno na teoretični in empirični del. V teoretičnem delu sem predstavila pomen knjige v nacionalnih dokumentih za predšolsko vzgojo, kjer sem izpostavila slovenski, švedski in norveški kurikulum. Predstavila sem tudi pomen knjižne in književne vzgoje ter opisala, kakšna naj bi bila knjižnica v vrtcu ter knjižni kotički v igralnici. Poudarila sem tudi pomen sodelovanja med vrtcem in lokalno oz. šolsko knjižnico. Predstavila sem projekt predšolske bralne značke, izpostavila njegove prednosti in slabosti ter predloge za izboljšave tega projekta. V empiričnem delu sem z anonimnimi anketnimi vprašalniki preučevala mnenje ravnateljev oz. ravnateljic vrtcev ter vzgojiteljic oz. vzgojiteljev o vlogi knjižnice v vrtcih v osrednjeslovenski regiji. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 28 ravnateljic ter 110 vzgojiteljic oz. vzgojiteljev. Rezultati so pokazali, da so tako ravnateljice, kot tudi vzgojiteljice oz. vzgojitelji mnenja, da se vloga knjižnice v vrtcu kaže v vzbujanju interesa za branje, pridobivanju pozitivnega odnosa do knjige in branja, v vzgajanju otroka v dobrega bralca ter v seznanjanju s tiskanim gradivom. Tako anketirane ravnateljice oz. anketirani ravnatelji kot tudi anketirane vzgojiteljice oz. anketirani vzgojitelji dosledno izvajajo književno in knjižno vzgojo, k branju na različne načine spodbujajo otroke in velik poudarek namenjajo družinskemu branju, veliko pa sodelujejo tudi s šolskimi in splošnimi knjižnicami.In the dissertation I present the Role of the Library in the kindergarten. The work consists of a theoretical overview and an empirical part. The theoretical part presents the Role of the book in national documents for preschool education where I presented Slovenian curriculum as well as Swedish and Norwegian curriculums. I also presented the meaning of book and literary education and described how a Library in the kindergarten and book corners in the playroom should look like. I also emphasized the meaning of collaboration between a kindergarten and local or school Library. I presented a project of preschool reading badge and emphasized its advantages, weaknesses and propositions for the improvements of the project. In the empirical part I decided to study opinions of kindergarten principles and educators about the Role of the Library in the kindergartens in the central region of Slovenia with anonimous survey questionnaires. 28 principals and 110 educators were included in the research. The results showed that both, principals and educators think the Role of the Library in the kindergarten presents itself through encouragement of the interest in reading, obtaining a positive attitude for books and reading, educating a child in a good reader and informing about the printed matter. Surveyed principals as well as educators are taking good care of book and literary education, they encourge children to read in different ways and greatly emphasize family reading and collaboration with school and local libraries
Ram Nath Maurya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Digital Library and Digitization
International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2012Co-Authors: Ram Nath MauryaAbstract:This paper discusses the digital Library as an assemblage of digital computing, storage, and communications machinery together with the content and software needed to reproduce, emulate and extend the services. Definition of digital Library, what is digitization, need for digitization, digitization process, problems in digitization, hardware and software for digitization, challenges of Library professional, challenges of digitization of Library, Role of Library professionals, digital Library: initiatives and the future of digital libraries in India are included in this paper.
Grace Msauki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Library 4.0 and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Examining the impact of industry 4.0 on academic libraries, 2021Co-Authors: Grace MsaukiAbstract:Given the speed at which technologies are reshaping economies and societies, libraries are called to embrace these changes while maintaining their Role in the achievement sustainable development goals. This chapter aims to highlight how libraries can embrace the sustaining and disruptive technologies brought by the fourth industrial revolution on the Library Role in advancing sustainable development. The chapter highlights the Role of libraries in sustainable development, and the unveils how the fourth industrial revolution technologies, that is, maker spaces, block chain technology, augmented reality, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence are used to enhance the Library Role in advancing sustainable development. Major challenges affecting libraries in embracing Library 4.0, that is, chronic financial constraints, inadequate infrastructure, resistance to change, and technical skills deficiency and possible recommendations to overcome these challenges are highlighted. This chapter is based on desktop review of relevant literature and the authors' views.