The Blended Librarian: A Job Announcement Analysis of the Newly Emerging Position of Instructional Design Librarian

Shank, John D.

doi:10.5860/crl.67.6.514

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“…health education (e.g. Baker and Cissell, 1994) or librarian education (Shahbazi et al, 2016: Shank, 2006Tang, 2013). The job offer analysis, which aimed to study job advertisements listed by companies worldwide, was done in two steps -the first search was done at the beginning of 2014 and the second about two years later.…”

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Roles and responsibilities of open innovation specialists based on analysis of job advertisements

Dąbrowska

Podmetina

2018

jim

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Innovative companies are increasingly creating new open innovation functions and employing open innovation specialists to facilitate innovation processes. However, research that explores these emerging jobs remains scarce. This study examines the worldwide job market for ‘open innovation’ specialists as per job title and/or job description, and analyzes 100 job advertisements related to ‘open innovation’ specialists published during two periods in 2014 and 2016. The findings identify the key responsibilities of dedicated open innovation specialists and associated skills, and the competencies that companies seek in candidates. In addition, the findings indicate that companies need open innovation specialists to not only work in R&D departments. In addition, the ability to influence others and prior start-up experience have become basic requirements to apply for open innovation specialist positions.

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Roles and responsibilities of open innovation specialists based on analysis of job advertisements

Dąbrowska

Podmetina

2018

jim

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“…At the same time, Shank (2006) and Raju (2017) conduct content analyses of job adverts. Typically, case study research designs use "how" and "why" questions regarding a phenomenon (Yin, 2016).…”

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Applying interpretive phenomenological analysis to library and information science research on blended librarianship: A case study

Dabengwa

Raju

Matingwina

2020

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Although interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) has value in library and information science (LIS), it has low uptake in Africa. Readers are guided in how to apply IPA in LIS research using an example of a blended librarianship thesis conducted in Zimbabwe. The illustration narrates how IPA was implemented within the context of phenomenology to analyse the complexity of academic librarians' views, taking into consideration social and historical environments. The methodological and theoretical approaches to using IPA in LIS and other disciplines are outlined, including a critical analysis of applying double hermeneutics and horizontalization to construct a hermeneutic interpretation. The blended librarianship thesis is compared with LIS-based IPA studies and blended librarianship research to reflect the value of IPA methods. The weaknesses of the study are discussed, including the use of quality criteria of credibility, dependability, and transferability. The guided analysis of the study encourages the use of IPA in LIS as it can solve research problems and generate new theories to inform practice, services, philosophy, theory, and institutions.

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“…JLA also classified the duties according to levels of professionalism. Croneis and Henderson (2002) and Shank (2006) collected job descriptions for librarians and other library employees as outlined in job advertisements to analyze the changing trends in duties and to come up with the requirements of certain duties. Yoon and Kim (2009) analyzed jobs and duties involved in Korean public libraries and provided a clear picture of such issues.…”

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A study on the development of Korean academic libraries' duty model based on the job analysis

Kim

Lee

2011

Aslib Proceedings

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyze the jobs and duties involved in Korean academic libraries and to provide a clear picture of relative issues. This research will assist universities with the HR management and institutional development that are essential for appropriate role division, organizational diagnosis and rational reform, and increasing the expertise of librarians. Design/methodology/approach -All of the various duties being executed in academic libraries were identified. Korean academic libraries were requested to assist with the survey. Questionnaires were collected surveying the level of awareness of all the duties involved in the academic libraries and survey responses analyzed to determine the importance, difficulty, and professionalism of 189 library duties. Findings -Through this study, perceived levels of frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties related to academic libraries were surveyed and average values for each duty were compared and analyzed to formulate a duty model and action plan. Originality/value -This paper presents a basic library duty model reflecting the rapidly changing information technologies and information types of Korean academic libraries based on the job analysis. Through this process, university libraries will be able to optimize human resources management and achieve efficiency in organizational management, as well as creating materials to support education/training and performance management, thus ultimately helping with the rationalization of their operation. IntroductionA country's competitiveness in research is the starting point for national competitiveness. The source of a nation's research competitiveness is universities that value basic research and the production of academic papers, and it is university libraries that offer academic information services and support to research teams. University libraries, which are at the forefront of accommodating advances in IT and the internet, have made many innovative changes. For example, they have computerized key tasks, systemized processes and built networks of access and search channels. As a result, they are experiencing many changes in organizational structure, human resources and work systems, budget allocation and spending ratios, spatial layout and function, and composition of books.

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The Blended Librarian: A Job Announcement Analysis of the Newly Emerging Position of Instructional Design Librarian

Cited by 44 publications

References 13 publications

Roles and responsibilities of open innovation specialists based on analysis of job advertisements

Roles and responsibilities of open innovation specialists based on analysis of job advertisements

Applying interpretive phenomenological analysis to library and information science research on blended librarianship: A case study

A study on the development of Korean academic libraries' duty model based on the job analysis

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