Why Does One Choose Sci-Tech Librarianship?

Hackenberg, Jill; Chu, Barbara C.F.

doi:10.1300/j122v23n01_02

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“…In Winston's [16] review of the literature on the educational backgrounds of librarians in science and engineering libraries, surveys in the 1980s and 1990s indicate that between 18% and 67% of librarians have some kind of university science degree. A study by Hackenberg and Chu [17] on the academic backgrounds of science librarians showed that librarians:…”

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The provision of bioinformatics services in Canadian academic libraries

Dennie¹

2014

J Can Health Libr Assoc

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Introduction -This article describes the level of bioinformatics services offered by academic libraries across Canada. It also assesses faculty use of bioinformatics resources and the need for library bioinformatics services at one academic institution, Concordia University. Methods -To assess the level of bioinformatics services at Canadian universities, a survey was sent to life and health sciences librarians at English-speaking Canadian universities comparable to Concordia University. To assess faculty use of bioinformatics and the need for bioinformatics instruction, another survey was sent to faculty of the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics at Concordia University. Results -Approximately one-quarter of librarians surveyed provided services such as online research guides for bioinformatics resources, workshops, or online tutorials. Individual consultations with students were infrequent. The majority of the libraries where bioinformatics services were offered were at universities with a medical school. The faculty survey indicated that Concordia Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics researchers are heavy users of bibliographic and bioinformatics databases, using at least one of these databases on a daily basis. Most faculty members learned how to use bioinformatics databases on their own and regularly teach the use of these databases to their students or colleagues. Nevertheless, faculty at Concordia seem to be open to some form of collaboration with the library for the provision of bioinformatics services. Discussion -Although librarians can participate in the teaching of bioinformatics database skills, library services in bioinformatics at Canadian university libraries are still in the embryonic phase. Librarians should be trained in the use of these databases to increase their confidence and expertise and to help them market these skills to faculty and students.

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The provision of bioinformatics services in Canadian academic libraries

Dennie¹

2014

J Can Health Libr Assoc

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“…These results echo research in the librarian recruitment literature that debates the necessary educational backgrounds for successful health sciences and science and technology librarians. The consensus in the literature is that having a strong interest in science and a motivation to develop oneself professionally are better determinants of success than educational background and that the best predictor of success is the librarians' personal efforts prioritizing their own professional development [13][14][15][16][17]. Indeed, the e-science web portal has the potential to play a major role in this professional development for those respondents who did not have a medical or other related science background.…”

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Assessment of health sciences and science and technology librarian e-science educational needs to develop an e-science web portal for librarians

Creamer¹,

Morales²,

Crespo³

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J Med Libr Assoc

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“…Journal article (41) Thesis Emanuel (2012) Type of Publication Conference Proceedings (3) Hallam and Partridge (2005), Bavakutty et al (2008), Newbutt and Sen (2008) Farley-Larmour (2000), Hackenberg (2000), Adomi and Ogbomo (2001), Deeming and Chelin (2001), Fikar and Corral (2001), Marcella and Baxter (2001), Winston (2001), Hallmark and Lembo (2003), Hackenberg and Chu (2004), Figyelo (2005), Ard et al (2006), Luzius (2006), Berry (2007), Davis (2007), Eells (2007), Kim et al (2007), Stanley (2007), Hines and Baker (2008), Issa and Nwalo (2008), Lian and Xiong (2008), Shannon (2008), Unagha (2) IFLA conference proceedings (3) Conference Proceedings …”

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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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Why Does One Choose Sci-Tech Librarianship?

Cited by 18 publications

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The provision of bioinformatics services in Canadian academic libraries

The provision of bioinformatics services in Canadian academic libraries

Assessment of health sciences and science and technology librarian e-science educational needs to develop an e-science web portal for librarians

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

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