Graduate library student interest in health sciences graduate employment positions: A think aloud study

Piper, Christi; Wilairat, Samantha

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102600

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“…In particular, 81.6% of fully online students reported that they chose an online MLIS program instead of an in-person or hybrid option because it allowed them to keep their current employment (p. 221). Given that very few studies of MLIS student motivation account for or incorporate program delivery mode in their analysis (exceptions include Detlefsen, 2004;Dukic 2019;Oguz et al, 2015;Piper & Wilairat, 2022;Taylor et al, 2011), it is worth noting that online students may be less motivated by a career change than their hybrid and onsite counterparts. Online students may therefore be more motivated by their anticipated contribution to LIS via the skills they have developed in their current careers.…”

Section: Motivations To Enter Mlis Program and Lis Professionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been suggested that the higher rate of LIS professionals with science backgrounds implies that there may be a higher rate of men in science librarianship than in LIS in general (Beck & Callison, 2006). However, most studies find that the percentage of women in science librarianship is comparable to that in LIS for the same time period (Eells, 2006;Piper & Wilairat, 2022;Walker, 2011) or is significantly higher (Raszewski, 2011). It is worthwhile to track demographic information such as gender to benchmark with these findings.…”

Section: Stem Backgrounds In Mlis Programs and Lis Professionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, as Ard (2006) put it, "contact with a librarian has the strongest impact on a student's decision to join the profession" (p. 238) and is a top factor in surveys of both MLIS students overall and those with science backgrounds or aiming to be science librarians (Dukic, 2019;Hallmark & Lembo, 2003;Pellack, 2006). However, MLIS students tend to have no exposure to science libraries or alternative LIS roles (Eells, 2006;Piper & Wilairat, 2022).…”

Section: Recruitment Of Stem Graduates To Mlis Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Practical ways of increasing exposure while also actively benefiting students during their MLIS degree is by offering science librarianship courses in MLIS programs (Eells 2006;Ho et al, 2018;Piper & Wilairat, 2022) and inviting guest speakers into core MLIS courses (Smith, 2006). However, this does not help get students into the MLIS program in the first place.…”

Section: Recruitment Of Stem Graduates To Mlis Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2024

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This critical literature review identifies the motivations of students entering the Library and Information Studies/Science (LIS) profession and associated Master’s (MLIS) programs, the current knowledge of students and librarians with science backgrounds in LIS fields, and the intersections of these two areas into recruitment research for LIS professionals with science backgrounds. A critical literature review was conducted, with clearly relevant literature included. In general, incoming MLIS students tend to be in the process of changing careers, and they are motivated to pursue LIS due to a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to their individual contexts. While educational diversity benefits the entire discipline and workforce, science librarianship specifically benefits from having MLIS graduates with science backgrounds. It is expected that the increased complexity and data services focus of science librarianship may also be well served by those with science backgrounds. Recruitment suggestions for increasing the representation of students with science backgrounds in MLIS programs tend to be mere concepts or substantial program investments, without many practical recommendations or real-life examples. Notably, there is a gap in investigations for the Canadian context, and so an exploratory investigation of the motivations and aspirations of students in Canadian MLIS programs, beyond the literature review presented here, should be conducted in the future with a specific focus on identifying and investigating the population of students coming into these programs with science education backgrounds.

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“…In the current international political environment, with the deep adjustment of the global economy, the global manufacturing industry is becoming more and more competitive in the post-epidemic era [5]. On this basis, combining the self-developed robot control system with the actual situation of private university graduates, various factors affecting the employment intention of college students are discussed, to enhance the employment awareness and career competitiveness of college students.…”

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Factors influencing the employment intention of private college graduates based on robot control system design

Zhang,

Liu,

Feng

et al. 2023

ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems

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INTRODUCTION: Robotics is currently the most cutting-edge international science and technology, as well as a high-value-added core technology. Robots are widely used in a variety of industrial fields, as a new direction in the development of robotics, and play an important role in solving the current employment problems in China. OBJECTIVES: This paper combines its research results, introduces the machine learning method in the robot control system, and establishes the employment index system in the robot working environment by combining the employment factors with the environmental relationship analysis. METHODS: This paper combines its research results, introduces the machine learning method in the robot control system, and establishes the employment index system in the robot working environment by combining the employment factors with the environmental relationship analysis. RESULTS: The study found that the willingness of university students to choose a job gradually increases as their education level rises; the lower the level of education, the weaker their willingness to look for a job; the higher the level of education the more sensitive they are to the quality of education and educational specialities, the higher their willingness to work. CONCLUSION: Based on the robot control system design the factors that have an impact on the environment in real economic activities (e.g., age, gender, occupation, education level, etc.) play a role in promoting the future application and development of robotics in China.

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Graduate library student interest in health sciences graduate employment positions: A think aloud study

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