Librarianship in the South

Librarianship in Venezuela, personal experiences in information literacy and information science research

Machin Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel | 2011]
  • Author(s): Machin Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel
  • Publisher: Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu
  • Pages: 32--34
  • Keywords: libraries, library education, career development, developing countries
The author offers some brief insights into librarianship in Venezuela, as well as some of his personal experiences in an information literacy program. He also comments briefly on his experience as a Library and Information Science student in Europe.

Exploring a categorization of main competencies for digital librarians

Machin Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel | 2009]
  • Author(s): Machin Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, library education, career development
The author explores some of the competencies that digital librarians must have to successfully work in a digital library context: information management competencies, technological competencies, information literacy related competencies, and interpersonal competencies.

Use made of open access journals by Indian researchers to publish their findings

Madhan, Muthu and Arunachalam, Subbiah | 2011
  • Author(s): Madhan, Muthu and Arunachalam, Subbiah
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 1297--1306
  • Keywords: scholarly publishing, use studies, scientific literature, intellectual property, asia
Muthu Madhan and Subbiah Arunachalam looked at India’s contribution to all seven Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals, 10 BioMed Central (BMC) journals and Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports. They suggest that the better option for India is institutional self-archiving.

LIS curriculum review using focus group interviews of employers

Mahmood, Khalid | 2009
  • Author(s): Mahmood, Khalid
  • Publisher: [Author]
  • Pages: 162--171
  • Keywords: library education, evaluation, pakistan
The paper reports two focus group interviews of employers of LIS graduates in Pakistan conducted to seek their feedback on MLIS program of the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Challenges and problems of library and information education in India : an emerging knowledge society and developing nation of Asia

Malhan, I.V. | 2009
  • Author(s): Malhan, I.V.
  • Publisher: [Author]
  • Pages: 45--57
  • Keywords: training programmes, library education, india, asia and the pacific
The paper suggests that library schools in the Asia Pacific region should collaborate to identify skills and competencies and build curricula that not only match dynamics of the knowledge society but also create excellent opportunities and better placements for their graduates.
 

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