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Chan, Donna Camille.

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Maintaining professional competence: Impact of organizational and individual factors on the updating activities of public reference librarians.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Maintaining professional competence: Impact of organizational and individual factors on the updating activities of public reference librarians./
Author:	Chan, Donna Camille.
Description:	273 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-12, Section: A, page: 4136.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-12A.
Subject:	Library Science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NQ74650
ISBN:	061274650X

Maintaining professional competence: Impact of organizational and individual factors on the updating activities of public reference librarians.
Chan, Donna Camille.

Maintaining professional competence: Impact of organizational and individual factors on the updating activities of public reference librarians. - 273 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-12, Section: A, page: 4136.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2002.

The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the role of selected individual characteristics and organizational factors in affecting the participation of reference librarians in updating activities to maintain their professional competence in the light of rapid developments in technology. Concerns about the obsolescence of skills of the aging workforce of professional librarians, together with a lack of knowledge about the extent of professional development at the individual level prompted this study.

ISBN: 061274650XSubjects--Topical Terms:

881164
Library Science.

Maintaining professional competence: Impact of organizational and individual factors on the updating activities of public reference librarians.
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520 $a The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the role of selected individual characteristics and organizational factors in affecting the participation of reference librarians in updating activities to maintain their professional competence in the light of rapid developments in technology. Concerns about the obsolescence of skills of the aging workforce of professional librarians, together with a lack of knowledge about the extent of professional development at the individual level prompted this study.
520 $a The conceptual framework is based on theoretical foundations in organizational behaviour, psychology, gerontology, education and information studies. The independent variables in the conceptual framework are motivation, barriers to participation, age, professional commitment, updating climate and managerial support. The dependent variable is participation in updating activities.
520 $a Information on the study variables was collected from 297 reference librarians working in large urban public libraries in Ontario, outside of Toronto, by means of a mail survey questionnaire in Spring 2001. Libraries have an aging workforce: the average age of reference librarians was 46.9 years. Analysis of the data revealed that managerial support was instrumental to participation in both formal and informal activities. Motivation was an important predictor of participation in informal activities. Age, particularly feeling old, and part-time status had a negative impact on participation levels in formal and informal activities. Barriers to participation had a negative effect on participation in informal activities and paradoxically, updating climate had a negative effect on participation as well.
520 $a This study contributes to a better understanding of the process of maintaining professional competence among reference librarians. The results point to the important role that organizational factors play in the process. A supportive manager is key to librarians' participation in both formal and informal updating activities. Written policies on training and development are needed. The links between updating and rewards need to be emphasized as well as the provision of the appropriate rewards for updating. For older workers, intrinsic rewards are the valued rewards. Part-time status reduces opportunities for updating, yet as libraries come to rely on part-time librarians, their updating needs should be addressed. Finally, providers of formal updating courses should provide distance learning opportunities.
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