Professional identities shape the way the members of a profession interact with their clients
and society. As librarians are service-oriented professionals, a discursively informed …

Objective: While studies from the early 1990s show that library staff in nonlibrarian roles
interpret the term “paraprofessional” as being demeaning to their roles, no recent research …

This study focuses on presenting the state of university libraries in Yemen, drawing upon
observational research and in-depth interviews with 4 key university leaders, 12 teaching …

What significant changes are librarians and library technicians experiencing in their roles? A
survey put forward across Canada to librarians and library technicians addressing this …

Technological advances, budget cuts, reorganizations, downsizing, outsourcing, expanded
roles of professionals, and changes in the information world are redistributing the workload …

This grounded theory project asked:“How do Library and Information Science (LIS)
graduates in non-library roles experience professional identity?” This is an important …

This study assesses the Canadian library community's understanding of and readiness for
the transition from the MARC format to the BIBFRAME model. Results indicate that …

This review covers cataloging and classification literature published in 2009 and 2010,
including relevant explorations of knowledge organization systems and theory. Only English …

The authors surveyed 121 paraprofessionals employed in the management of electronic
resources to gather information related to their institutions, education, and position …

This mixed-method study explored cataloger's judgment through the presence of text as
entered by catalogers for the 11 electronic resource items during the National Libraries test …