Given the current lack of systematic studies in librarianship, it can be difficult to do proper traditional Evidence-Based Librarianship This article starts by deconstructing Evidence-Based Librarianship down to the representations of the users involved. The bibliomining process, or the combination of data warehousing, data mining, and bibliometrics, is used as a framework to build a different ...

THISARTICLE SUMMARIZES the history of the law library profession and the development of the educational model for law librarians. The American Association of Law Libraries’ (AALL) Guidelines for Graduate Programs in Law Librarianshifi is analyzed in light of the current education model in law librarianship. The key characteristics that define law library careers in the private sector are scruti...

OBJECTIVE This is a review of the master's-level curricula of the fifty-eight America Library Association-accredited library and information science programs and iSchools for evidence of coursework and content related to library instruction. Special emphasis is placed on the schools and programs that also offer coursework in medical or health sciences librarianship. METHODS Fifty-eight school...

This workshop will examine the issues that professional librarians/information facilitators confront while attempting to deliver quality library and information services to distance learners. Also detailed are a number of new paradigms that distance librarianship has introduced into the profession of librarianship.

This issue of Library Trends, on the theme of Research Into Practice, has been designed with two aims in mind. Published in 2013, it marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Information School (iSchool) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom by presenting a selection of papers that demonstrate the creativity and variety of research undertaken in the field of librarian...

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2014 (“Essays in Honor of W. Boyd Rayward: Part 2,” edited by Alistair Black and Charles van den Heuvel), pp. 504–518. © 2014 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract Focusing on the development of international librarianship in the interwar period, this paper uses the Paris Library School as a case study to explore the impact of new forms of intern...

permeates and inspires this collection of essays addressing the diverse and multifarious concerns of the black librarian in America. This edition, which follows two earlier versions edited by Josey in 1970 and 1994, begins with a dedication to Josey, a selected bibliography of his works, and a tribute to him by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). Indeed, Josey influenc...

permeates and inspires this collection of essays addressing the diverse and multifarious concerns of the black librarian in America. This edition, which follows two earlier versions edited by Josey in 1970 and 1994, begins with a dedication to Josey, a selected bibliography of his works, and a tribute to him by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). Indeed, Josey influenc...

As librarianship evolves, it is important to examine the changes that have taken place in professional requirements. To provide an understanding of the current market demand for core competencies of librarianship, this article conducts a semi-automatic methodology to analyze job advertisements (ads) posted on the American Library Association (ALA) Joblist from 2009 through 2014. There is eviden...

Kevin Michael Klipfel is Information Literacy Coordinator at California State University, Chico; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2015 Kevin Michael Klipfel. This article articulates and defends a student-centered approach to reference and instructional librarianship defined by authentic engagement with students’ interests. A review of the history of the construct of authenticity in philosophy,...