Lisa O’Connor and Stacey Marien
The library field is projected to grow in the next decade, albeit modestly, so the need for professionals will rise. Combined with large‐scale retirements predicted to begin in…
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The library field is projected to grow in the next decade, albeit modestly, so the need for professionals will rise. Combined with large‐scale retirements predicted to begin in 2010, the result may be a shortfall of library professionals. Although no concrete evidence exists to substantiate a claim that this trend may be more pronounced for subject specialists, such as business librarians, the authors of this article were motivated to conduct their research by the apparent shortage of business librarians reported by their colleagues within the American Library Association, specifically in the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Business Reference and Resources Section (BRARS). This article reports on a survey of job postings from March 2000‐March 2001 and assesses employer satisfaction with the labor market for business librarians and information professionals.
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The transition from the standard industrial classification (SIC) system to the North American industrial classification system (NAICS) will not be rapid, but its effects will be…
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The transition from the standard industrial classification (SIC) system to the North American industrial classification system (NAICS) will not be rapid, but its effects will be profound for business researchers and information professionals. Most government agencies are already in the midst of this six‐year transition and, although private information producers are not compelled to switch from SIC to NAICS, most are planning to do so. The far‐reaching impact of NAICS on business information will affect libraries of all types. This article describes the challenges and costs associated with this change and makes recommendations for materials and training.
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The purpose of this paper is to determine how the professionalization of school and academic librarianship contributed to the establishment of information literacy as a form of…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine how the professionalization of school and academic librarianship contributed to the establishment of information literacy as a form of legitimation.
Design/methodology/approach
Historical analysis via Abbott.
Findings
The need to obtain and maintain professional status did place school and academic librarians in a vulnerable position during a time of change that forced them to seek a new jurisdiciton of expertise.
Originality/value
Important for the profession to examine the context of the emergence of a current and important framework.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of information literacy (IL) by analyzing professional discourse and demonstrating that there is much evidence to support…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of information literacy (IL) by analyzing professional discourse and demonstrating that there is much evidence to support Foster's claim that regardless of what else IL might achieve, it was in part a professional response and an attempt to rearticulate and legitimate librarians' claim to an educational jurisdiction at a time their traditional access‐oriented jurisdiction was threatened.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper employs document analysis and critical analysis.
Findings
The paper finds that IL is, in part, the result of librarians' need to protect their professional territory from the systemic disturbances caused by information technology, fiscal challenges and the educational reform movement.
Research limitations/implications
The paper should be of interest to researchers involved in the field of IL.
Practical implications
The paper discusses the place of IL in the field of modern librarianship, and as such should be wide interest in various sectors of librarianship.
Originality/value
The results of this study offer a critical analysis of the development of IL in the field of librarianship, and as such deals with an important issue facing librarians in the twenty‐first century.
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This chapter will begin by exploring the importance for people living with dementia of maintaining a sense of self or ‘personhood’, and how this is linked directly to wellbeing…
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This chapter will begin by exploring the importance for people living with dementia of maintaining a sense of self or ‘personhood’, and how this is linked directly to wellbeing. It will chart how the initial pilot projects were developed to embrace older people living with a dementia diagnosis, and how we teamed up with different partners in Brazil and on Merseyside, showing how the methodology outlined in the toolkit can be used to foster this sense of self or ‘personhood’. In both geographical locations it proved vital to establish contacts with enthusiastic partners and to work closely with occupational therapists and/or nursing home staff. On Merseyside we also benefitted from the expertise of a local community cinema which had extensive experience of running dementia-friendly film screenings. Finally, drawing on concrete results from the use of the toolkit's methodology in a recent project that Lisa conducted in Brazil, this chapter will present some conclusions about how music and film can help carers connect with the person living with dementia, and be used as a powerful tool for restoring a sense of personhood, thus increasing a sense of wellbeing and improving the quality of care.
Arts-based cooperations between business and the arts create innovative solutions for companies by introducing artistic practices. Cooperations of this nature are predominantly…
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Purpose
Arts-based cooperations between business and the arts create innovative solutions for companies by introducing artistic practices. Cooperations of this nature are predominantly prepared and implemented by intermediaries who act as “matchmakers” and bridge the cultural clash. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
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For the present study on the function of such intermediaries, qualitative data material from interviews and case studies on arts-based cooperations was collected and analysed.
Findings
This paper analyses the results from an institutional economics perspective. By drawing on transaction cost theory and information economics, the findings are transformed into an intermediation theory of arts-based cooperations. The theory postulates that intermediaries are able to reduce transaction costs as well as the risks which are contingent on asymmetric information. Involving an intermediary produces cost advantages compared to direct contact between companies and artists.
Originality/value
The analysis illuminates an important but heretofore neglected aspect of arts-based initiatives thus providing an indication for their successful implementation.
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Barbara White, Daryl O’Connor and Lisa Garrett
Focuses on women doctors at a critical life stage, 25‐35 years, during career establishment and early 30s transition. Examines drivers behind career choices of female doctors and…
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Focuses on women doctors at a critical life stage, 25‐35 years, during career establishment and early 30s transition. Examines drivers behind career choices of female doctors and identifies stressors experienced by women who opt for hospital medicine and general practice. Suggests that sources of pressure and predictors of mental wellbeing for hospital doctors are related to the structural aspects of the environment of hospital medicine such as career development and organizational climate. In the case of general practitioners, perceived stressors and predictors of mental well‐being are related to ongoing daily pressures such as balancing work and family.