Library instruction – Not just for our users: Skills upgrading for librarians as a way of increasing self-confidence
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Originalversjon
Daland, H. T. (2015). Library instruction – Not just for our users: Skills upgrading for librarians as a way of increasing self-confidence. LIBER Quarterly, 25(1), 2-17. Retrieved from http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/article/view/10002Sammendrag
This article examines how librarians can improve their skills through a systematic
skills upgrading programme, and how this can help improve their
confidence in their own expertise. Two identical questionnaires have been
issued to the same group of librarians engaged in research support services.
In the time period between the two surveys, a skills upgrading programme
was carried out. The aim of the second survey is to examine if the
librarians’ confidence has increased after the yearlong training programme.
Even though one of librarians’ main tasks is searching, research is becoming
increasingly interdisciplinary and thusly setting new expectations for
librarians.
Beskrivelse
Published version of an article from the journal: LIBER Quarterly: Available from the publisher: http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/article/view/10002/10598. Open Access