Information Professional or IT Professional?: The Knowledge and Skills Required by Academic Librarians in the Digital Library Environment

Autor/in	Raju, Jaya
Titel	Information Professional or IT Professional?: The Knowledge and Skills Required by Academic Librarians in the Digital Library Environment
Quelle	In: portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14 (2017) 4, S.739-757 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1531-2542
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Technological Literacy; Library Science; Information Science; Library Personnel; Academic Libraries; Librarians; Electronic Libraries; Foreign Countries; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; National Surveys; Semi Structured Interviews; Advertising; Newspapers; Web Sites; Employment Qualifications; Content Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Technisches Wissen; Bibliothekswissenschaft; Informationswissenschaft; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Werbung; Newspaper; Zeitung; Web-Design; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Inhaltsanalyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	As library and information science (LIS) becomes an increasingly technology-driven profession, particularly in the academic library environment, questions arise as to the extent of information technology (IT) knowledge and skills that LIS professionals require. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain what IT knowledge and skills are needed by academic librarians in the digital library environment. Grounded in pragmatist epistemology and using ideas from sociologist Andrew Abbott's "Chaos of Disciplines", the study draws empirical evidence from LIS job advertisements and a national online survey of academic libraries in South Africa. It concludes that 70 to 75 percent of job advertisements in the academic library sector stipulate requirements for advanced IT skills. The author recommends that the LIS discipline seize the opportunity presented by what Abbott calls its "interstitial character" and its tendency toward "fractal distinctions in time" to stake an intellectual claim on this technology-driven extension of its disciplinary domain. (As Provided).
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