A Follow-Up Study of the Factors Shaping the Career Choices of Library School Students at the University of Alabama

Taylor, Stephanie; Perry, Ronald; Barton, Jessica L.; Spencer, Brett

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“…The role of parents and relatives (Bavakutty et al, 2008;Issa and Nwalo, 2008) as well as the role of mentors, professors, coworkers or friends were also significant (Ard et al, 2006;Bavakutty et al, 2008;Taylor et al, 2009). This is in contrast to the findings of (Egunjobi et al, 2014), according to which the role of parents, friends and relatives was not significant in choosing LIS.…”

Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 85%

“…It appears that technology (Adomi and Ogbomo, 2001;Davis-Kendrick, 2009;Fikar and Corral, 2001;Figyelo, 2005;Hallam and Partridge, 2005;Hallmark and Lembo, 2003;Marcella and Baxter, 2001;Moniarou-Papaconstantinou et al, 2010;Raszewski, 2011;Shannon, 2008;Walker, 2011) and the enjoyment of research (Emanuel, 2012;Fikar and Corral, 2001;Hallam and Partridge, 2005;Hallmark and Lembo, 2003;Luzius, 2006;Raszewski, 2011;Taylor et al, 2009) are also identified as important factors. This could be attributed largely to the shift of emphasis from a humanistic to a more technological approach, and from the traditional paradigm of "library services" to the information paradigm mostly adopted by LIS education.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Commitment and job satisfaction are also identified as factors affecting students' decision (Simon and Taylor, 2011). In addition, previous work experience in libraries (Adanu and Amekuedee, 2010;Ard et al, 2006;Issa and Nwalo, 2008;Kim et al, 2007;Olawanle and Abayomi, 2010;Taylor et al, 2009) and individuals' love of libraries derived from library use throughout their lives are among the factors influencing students' LIS career choice (Farley-Larmour, 2000;Figyelo, 2005;Hussey, 2009;Newbutt and Sen, 2009). However, in Nigeria (Madu et al, 2014) have argued that school libraries fail to motivate students in the choice of LIS due to their inadequate management.…”

Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A significant number of the identified literature (23 papers) has examined students' decisions to choose the LIS discipline as a field of study. Love of books and reading (Adanu and Amekuedee, 2010;Berry, 2007;Farley-Larmour, 2000;Hallam and Partridge, 2005;Marcella and Baxter, 2001;Newbutt and Sen, 2008;Simon and Taylor, 2011;Singh and Chander, 2013) and the nature of the job (Ard et al, 2006;Berry, 2007;Egunjobi et al, 2014;Kim et al, 2007;Newbutt and Sen, 2009;Taylor et al, 2009;Unagha, 2008) are the reasons most cited. Almost as popular are the interest in helping people (Berry, 2007;Farley-Larmour, 2000;Medeiros, 2014;Newbutt and Sen, 2009) the interest in the field, love for research and the desire for an academic job (Hallam and Partridge, 2005;Kim et al, 2007).…”

Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Choice of Library and Information Science in a rapidly changing information landscape

Moniarou-Papaconstantinou

Vassilakaki

Tsatsaroni

2015

Library Management

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Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: (2015),"Reducing library space can promote the shift from storage of print-collections towards a learning-centre without limiting the access to information", Library Management, Vol. 36 Iss 8/9 pp. 685-689 http://dx.(2015),"Public library managers' descriptions of political attention", Library Management, Vol. 36 Iss 8/9 pp. 673-684 http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Library and Information Science (LIS) has for a long time tried to gain legitimacy. In an ever changing environment due to technological and economic developments, the motivations behind choice of LIS are still of great interest. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of studies investigating the motivations that determine the choice of LIS. Design/methodology/approach -Different search terms were run on different but relevant databases. A number of inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied and in total 45 papers were judged as relevant to choice of LIS discipline. A thorough analysis of these papers' content revealed three main themes: choice of LIS, choice of LIS specialty and career change to LIS. Findings -A variety of different motivations for choosing LIS were identified. The same motivations were reported in all groups (high school students, students, professionals). Specifically, love of books and reading, nature of library work, desire to help people were among the most reported motivations. LIS was also chosen as a second career by different professionals mainly due to changes in their first career work environment, the nature of library work, the desire to use knowledge and the transferable skills in their new career. Research limitations/implications -This study considered only peer-reviewed research published between 2000 and 2014 in English. Specifically, it focussed on the motivations that specific groups chose to study LIS both as first and second career. Practical implications -Library schools could raise awareness among high school students regarding the value, role and importance of LIS. Originality/value -This paper examines the factors influencing the choice of LIS in a changing information environment, and sheds light on the individua...

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Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 85%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Choice Of Lismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Moniarou-Papaconstantinou

Vassilakaki

Tsatsaroni

2015

Library Management

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“…1 Over the years research by a number of authors has investigated the motivation for students' choice of the profession combined with an emphasis on the need for recruitment of new professionals, as shown by Van House's 1988 analysis of students' career selection, 2 a survey of both librarians of color and LIS students with advanced degrees in other fields conducted by Sun et al, 3 and research conducted in 2006 and 2010 at the University of Alabama exploring the factors at work in LIS students' attraction to the profession. 4,5 In the area of art librarianship, very few publications have considered the background or career paths of professionals. Most relevant to this study is Bierbaum, who surveyed 121 museum, arts and humanities librarians in 1988, and found that a majority came to museum librarianship from other specialties or professions.…”

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Art librarians’ professional paths: a careers survey with implications for prospective librarians

Tewell

2012

Art Libraries Journal

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Is there such thing as a ‘typical’ career path for art librarians? This article presents the results of a survey of art librarians’ motivations for selecting the profession, and also their educational backgrounds, current employment and professional experiences, and presents advice for graduate students and prospective librarians. A questionnaire was sent to six email discussion groups related to art librarianship, from which 280 responses were received from across the world. The results indicate that art librarians typically work in academic settings, chose the field of art librarianship while already employed in libraries, have an educational background in the arts at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, and selected librarianship primarily because they were attracted to the duties and work settings of the job. This study includes advice from current librarians for graduate students seeking employment as art librarians in today’s challenging job market.

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Tan lejos, tan cerca: perfil y percepciones de los alumnos de primer curso de Bibliotecología de la unam y de la ucm hacia sus estudios

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Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, Bibliotecología e

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A Follow-Up Study of the Factors Shaping the Career Choices of Library School Students at the University of Alabama

Cited by 25 publications

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Choice of Library and Information Science in a rapidly changing information landscape

Choice of Library and Information Science in a rapidly changing information landscape

Art librarians’ professional paths: a careers survey with implications for prospective librarians

Tan lejos, tan cerca: perfil y percepciones de los alumnos de primer curso de Bibliotecología de la unam y de la ucm hacia sus estudios

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