Older Library Workers: The Perspective of a Near-Retiree     

Robert R. Pankl 《Public Library Quarterly》2013,32(4):363-368

A librarian with more than forty years of experience reflects on the experience of being the most senior in organizations that primarily value youth. Being engaged and enthusiastic about work is an important responsibility for older librarians. They provide their library organizations with experience and expertise, which are indispensable to effectively utilizing the automation in the library workplace. Finally a model for the librarian is outlined.  相似文献   

Comparing American and Ukrainian Library and Information Science Education     

Svitlana Chukanova 《Slavic & East European Information Resources》2013,14(4):199-210

Ukraine is in the process of modernizing its educational system. This process must incorporate the best foreign practices to support the Ukrainian educational model. Library and information science (LIS) in the United States presents the best example of implementing technologies in the humanities. For that reason, Ukrainian higher educational establishments should pay attention to issues of integrating library science with information science.  相似文献   

The automation of academic and special libraries in Nigeria: the state of the art     

Zakari Mohammed 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(2):65-72

The paper examines the state of library automation in academic and special libraries in Nigeria. As a background, an attempt was made to present efforts made by different bodies and institutions in the country to automate their entire library systems. Also disclosed are the reasons why the libraries opted for automated systems, the successes achieved by some of the libraries in automating their systems, and the problems faced by the libraries who succeeded in automating some of their systems as well as those who are still in the process of doing so. Considering the fact that the automation of library systems in Nigeria has spread from academic and special libraries to the public, and there are also a number of companies/institutions engaged in the provision and servicing of computer hardware and software including management information systems, the paper concluded that the future of library automation in the country is bright.  相似文献   

A Resource Guide to Tax Law Careers     

《Legal Reference Services Quarterly》2013,32(2-3):113-138

Abstract

This Guide is designed to assist law students and attorneys in the pursuit of careers in tax law. It is also intended for librarians and career counselors to readily find tax law career information so that they can assist their clients effectively. It includes resources in both print (for example, books and articles) and electronic formats (for example, Web sites). Each item included has a brief annotation so that the user can quickly decide the relevancy and value of that item.  相似文献   

Moral barriers between work/life balance policy and practice in academia     

《Journal of Cultural Economy》2013,6(4):251-264

ABSTRACT

Despite the proliferation of work/life balance policies in Australian universities, academic staff continue to report experiences of time pressure, anxiety, and over-work. This paper contributes to the research of academic time and career planning by exploring how early career academics engage with work/life balance policies, utilising a critical reading of Richard Sennett’s work on the corrosion of character in late capitalist economies. We find that policy engagement is tied into academics’ professional identities and perceptions of ‘good’ conduct. Drawing on interviews from a sample of 25 Australian early career academics, we argue that the failure of early career academics to use formal work/life balance policies is partially explained by the presence of workplace cultures that reward demonstrations of commitment to work roles. The use of work/life balance policies hence carries a moral cost, which participants report reflects on their character. This paper contributes to an understanding of how work/life balance policies are enacted at the level of department and individual, and argues that future research projects would benefit from attending to the construction of worker ideals within workplace cultures.  相似文献   

Secondary school students’ perceptions of working life skills in science-related careers     

Anssi Salonen  Anu Hartikainen-Ahia  Jonathan Hense  Annette Scheersoi  Tuula Keinonen 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(10):1339-1352

ABSTRACT

School students demonstrate a lack of interest in choosing science studies and science-related careers. To better understand the underlying reasons, this study aims to examine secondary school students’ perceptions of working life skills and how these perceptions relate to the skills of the twenty-first century. The participants in this study were 144 Finnish 7th graders (aged 13–14 years). Using a questionnaire and qualitative content analysis, we examined their perceptions of working life skills in ‘careers in science’ and ‘careers with science’. Results reveal that although students have a great deal of knowledge about working life skills, it is often just stereotyped. Sector-specific knowledge and skills were highlighted in particular but skills related to society, organisation, time and higher order thinking, were often omitted. Results also indicate that students do not associate ‘careers in science’ with creativity, innovation, collaboration or technology and ICT skills. Conversely, according to the students, these careers demand more sector-specific knowledge and responsibility than ‘careers with science’. We conclude that students need more wide-ranging information about scientific careers and the competencies demanded; such information can be acquired by e.g. interacting with professionals and their real working life problems.  相似文献   

Survival skills: the impact of change and the ERA on Australian researchers     

Michael Hughes  Dawn Bennett 《高等教育研究与发展》2013,32(3):340-354

This paper reports findings from a study that focused on the experiences of research-intensive academics in relation to the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Framework. Interviews with academic staff at different career stages and across all academic faculties followed completion of a short survey in which respondents compared their publishing behaviour before and since implementation of the new Framework. Respondents were highly conscious that ERA had prompted a shift in publishing behaviour to meet often competing demands of individual research interests, institution, discipline and the international research community. Indeed, the study revealed academics to be positioned in contradictory ways in relation to their research and publishing, heightened by the instability of the Framework's assessment mechanisms. The experience of researchers up to, and including, the decision to abandon journal ranking provides valuable insights into the precarious and reactionary nature of academic research careers and the ability of both individuals and institutions to negotiate the rapid rate of change. These insights include tension between personal research priorities and ERA requirements, particularly in relation to writing for the most relevant audience, and concerns about the right to exercise academic freedom.  相似文献   

国外图书馆学情报学教育质量标准的比较研究   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

宛玲  缪园  范瑞娟 《图书情报工作》2009,53(5):19-23

着重从标准内容方面,对英国高等教育质量保证局QAA标准、英国图书馆与信息专业学会CILP标准、美国图书馆协会ALA标准和国际图联IFLA标准进行了比较和分析,探求这些标准的异同点及其原因,以为我国的图书馆学情报学教育研究提供借鉴。  相似文献   

Who moves to the methodological edge? Factors that encourage scientists to use unconventional methods     

《Research Policy》2019,48(9):103807

Breaking from tradition is necessary for scientific advancement, yet we know little about the factors that encourage scientists to break from tradition in their research, particularly by using methods that are unconventional in their fields. To address this gap, we integrate the sociology of science with insights from organization theory, which delineates the evaluative advantages bestowed on those with elite status and a consistent professional identity. We use a mixed methods design. Bibliometric data on articles using three unconventional methods in sociology—Correspondence Analysis, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, and Sequence Analysis—allow us to identify which types of scholars have a greater hazard of using unconventional methods and the conditions under which these associations hold. Interviews with published, unpublished, and likely users reveal how scholars manage the career risks associated with unconventional method use. We find that scholars who are male and affiliated with top-tier universities, as well as those already committed to an identity consistent with the use of unconventional methods, have a greater hazard of using them in published work, though these associations depend on the extent to which the method diverges epistemologically from conventional methodology and the visibility of its lineage. In addition, we identify five successful (and two unsuccessful) strategies scholars use to manage their use of unconventional methods. Taken together, results from this mixed methods study advance knowledge on scientific practice, extend organization theory, and provides guidance to policymakers and administrators who aim to foster risky, path-breaking research.  相似文献   

How do field-specific research practices affect mobility decisions of early career researchers?     

《Research Policy》2019,48(9):103800

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