Partridge, H., Lee, J., and Munro C. (2010). Becoming “librarian 2.0”: the skills, knowledge, and attributes required by library and information professionals in Web. 2.0 world (and beyond). Library Trends, 59(1-2), 315-335.
Abstract of the Article:
Partridge et al. (2010) explores the implication of the development of Web 2.0 to librarians. From a focus-group study of librarians and information professionals in Australia, the following characteristics are the expected qualities that Librarian 2.0 must possess, viz: has an awareness and understanding of emerging technology, has a zest for lifelong learning, has good research and analytical skills, has good written and oral communication skills in various formats and media, a team-player, user-focus, business savvy, and pro-active.
3 Things I learned:
1. Stephen (2006) concept of Librarian 2.0 as someone who “plans for his or her users; embraces Web 2.0 tools; controls ‘techno lust’; makes good, yet fast decisions; is a trends potter; gets content… (and) never stops dreaming about the best library service”
2. The development of Web 2.0 has raised the bar of how librarians and information professionals perceived themselves.
3. Focus group discussion is a good methodology if one wants an intensive study of how a certain group of people would perceive a situation. Results from this kind of studies should be analyzed from the contextual and thematic levels.
Application / Implication:
Many are the challenges that await librarians nowadays. Thus, studying to become a librarian does not stop in passing the board examination, God willing of course. The challenge is far harder when I commit myself to an insatiable lifelong desire to learn brought by the very nature and dynamics of the central object of the discipline --- information. Perhaps for many, to say the phrase is consummation of all hard work but for others it is simply the beginning: so help me, God.
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