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| author | Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. |
| author_facet | Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. |
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| contents | What Do Data Librarians Think of the MLIS? Professionals' Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends, and Challenges Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. Librarians Library Science Masters Degrees Library Education Employees Librarian Attitudes Academic Libraries Library Role Data Surveys Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis There are existing studies on data curation programs in library science education and studies on data services in libraries. However, there is not much insight into how educational programs have prepared data professionals for practice. This study asked 105 practicing professionals how well they thought their education prepared them for professional experience. It also asked supervisors about their perceptions of how well employees performed. After analyzing the results, the investigators of this study found that changing the educational model may lead to improvements in future library data services. A list of notes is included. |
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| publishDate | 2018 |
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| spellingShingle | What Do Data Librarians Think of the MLIS? Professionals' Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends, and Challenges Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. Librarians Library Science Masters Degrees Library Education Employees Librarian Attitudes Academic Libraries Library Role Data Surveys Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis What Do Data Librarians Think of the MLIS? Professionals' Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends, and Challenges Thomas, Camillle V. L. Urban, Richard J. Librarians Library Science Masters Degrees Library Education Employees Librarian Attitudes Academic Libraries Library Role Data Surveys Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis There are existing studies on data curation programs in library science education and studies on data services in libraries. However, there is not much insight into how educational programs have prepared data professionals for practice. This study asked 105 practicing professionals how well they thought their education prepared them for professional experience. It also asked supervisors about their perceptions of how well employees performed. After analyzing the results, the investigators of this study found that changing the educational model may lead to improvements in future library data services. A list of notes is included. |
| title | What Do Data Librarians Think of the MLIS? Professionals' Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends, and Challenges |
| topic | Librarians Library Science Masters Degrees Library Education Employees Librarian Attitudes Academic Libraries Library Role Data Surveys Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1175142 |