Librarian for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in U.S. Academic and Research Libraries

Alonso-Regalado, Jesus; Ullen, Mary K. Van

doi:10.5860/lrts.53n3.139

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Alonso-Regalado and Ullen's analysis of Latin American and Caribbean studies (LACS) librarian positions is the only study so far to look closely at area studies librarians' job duties, subject responsibilities, and requirements. 26 The study concluded with typical requirements for LACS librarians sought by employers and found that a LACS librarian "is now expected to undertake a wider range of duties than in the past, and this trend will likely continue in the future." 27 To date, little research has prioritized investigating the changing role and qualifications of the traditional subject librarian, and no longitudinal study has been published to thoroughly examine East Asian studies librarian positions.…”

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The Evolving Responsibilities, Roles, and Competencies of East Asian Studies Librarians: A Content Analysis of Job Postings from 2008 to 2019

2021

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A content analysis of 62 job postings for East Asian studies librarians in the United States and Canada during 2008-2019 demonstrates that major job responsibilities have expanded to include collection development and management, reference and research assistance, instruction, liaison work, and outreach; relationship building and collaboration are emerging roles; skills and abilities have been progressively occupying a larger proportion than knowledge and experience in the required qualifications; top frequently required abilities and skills are generic and behavioral; and professional experiences are often preferred rather than required. The results of this research are of practical relevance to subject specialists in other areas.

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The Evolving Responsibilities, Roles, and Competencies of East Asian Studies Librarians: A Content Analysis of Job Postings from 2008 to 2019

2021

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“…Triumph and Beile (2015) compared 2011 job advertisements to previous studies to determine the overall state of the library job market. Studies of job advertisements also focus on specific roles, such as youth services librarians (Adkins, 2004); instructional design librarians (Shank, 2006); Latin American and Caribbean Studies librarians (Alonso-Regalado & Van Ullen, 2009); digital librarians (Choi & Rasmussen, 2009); instruction librarians (Gold & Grotti, 2013); head of technical services positions (Zhu, 2009); serials librarians (Getsay & Rudowsky, 2013); catalogers (Dieckman, 2018;Hall-Ellis, 2008); and copyright librarians (Kawooya et al, 2015). Such studies may also be skills-specific, as in digital curation (Kim et al, 2013) or metadata (Hall-Ellis, 2015); or they may be publication-specific, such as Wu and Li's study of reference librarian positions posted in Journal of the Medical Library Association (2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Leadership, Development, and Expertise: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Scholarly Communication Librarian Position Announcements

Hackstadt

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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“…The approach starts with searches for occurrences of the identified terms manually or through computers (Hsieh and Shannon, 2005). Many related studies have used this technique for the same purpose (Alonso-Regalado and Van Ullen, 2009; Clyde, 2002; Kinkus, 2007; Yackin, 2000). The method was used to analyze websites listing active library-related jobs in UAE with respect to some criteria for selecting sources and job advertisements.…”

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Online library job advertisement in United Arab Emirates: a content analysis of online sources

Kaba

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and analyze library jobs advertised by higher education institutions, newspapers and job market sites in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach The paper uses summative content analysis approach for data collection, data analysis, evaluation and assessment. It reports about the accuracy of advertisements, job titles, job categories, locations and types of libraries. Findings Higher education institutions demonstrate the highest accuracy level in advertising library jobs. Librarian emerged to be the highest advertised title by the sources. e-library executive, principal-publications and library, and primary librarian found to be the new titles in the market. The paper also found inconsistencies and lack of uniformities among the sources in using job categories to advertise library jobs. In fact, none of them used the term “library” in any category. Academic libraries recorded the highest advertised jobs compared to other types of libraries. Research limitations/implications The paper is based on library jobs advertised on the websites. Websites are only one source of library job advertisement. Practical implications The paper provides important information for librarians looking for library jobs in the Middle East as well as for library managers and decision makers who wish to recruit library professionals. Originality/value The paper represents one of the few studies conducted on library job marketing in UAE. Findings of the study may contribute to the improvement of library job marketing not only in UAE but also in the other gulf countries.

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Librarian for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in U.S. Academic and Research Libraries

Cited by 23 publications

References 18 publications

The Evolving Responsibilities, Roles, and Competencies of East Asian Studies Librarians: A Content Analysis of Job Postings from 2008 to 2019

The Evolving Responsibilities, Roles, and Competencies of East Asian Studies Librarians: A Content Analysis of Job Postings from 2008 to 2019

Leadership, Development, and Expertise: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Scholarly Communication Librarian Position Announcements

Online library job advertisement in United Arab Emirates: a content analysis of online sources

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