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Very little is known about Canadian librarians who sit on Research Ethics Boards (REBs) or Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). There is some background information on various roles of librarians on REBs, but that is usually from the perspective of one or two authors and often relating to the health sciences. Librarianship continues to evolve, especially in the areas of research data management, research support, and scholarly communication. It is, therefore, important to understand the changing expectations and responsibilities that librarians may have in Canada in order to encourage and support them as they meet institutional needs. This exploratory case study will document the reasons that motivate Canadian librarians to sit on REBs, the training they have received, the benefits achieved, and their overall experience.

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The training offer for librarians in media and information literacy (MIL) remains disparate in France and requires a reflection on the structuring and networking of the global offer on this theme. Based on an analysis of the training actions proposed by the Centres régionaux de formation aux carrières des bibliothèques (CRFCB) and the Unités régionales de formation à ¡'information scientifique et technique (URFIST), proposals can be established to develop training programs as well as the skills of librarians in this field. The objective is to highlight training pathways and innovative actions to best meet the needs of librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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When you have questions, the Library of Parliament's research librarians can help you find answers. As a part of the Library's Parliamentary Information and Research Service (PIRS), some of these research librarians are embedded in its multidisciplinary sections while others are based in the library's five branches. In this article, the authors trace the emergence of research librarians back to the early days of widespread Internet use, explain how their role has evolved, and offer examples of how they collaborate with the library's analysts to provide information products and training. They conclude by noting this organizational structure provides librarians with opportunities to develop expertise in a given subject area and provides analysts with the support they need to serve individual parliamentarians and parliamentary committees and associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the perceptions of academic librarian research at six Canadian prairie-province universities. An understanding of how librarian research is viewed and valued at academic institutions can lay the groundwork to improve the state of librarian research in the future. Surveys were sent to librarians and non-librarian faculty in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences at these universities to gather information about how both groups perceive academic librarian research. Thirty librarians and 30 non-librarian faculty responded to the survey. In general, research was viewed as an important and positive aspect of librarianship, though one that was of secondary importance to service. Non-librarian faculty largely lacked awareness about librarian research, and librarians reported being unsupported in their research needs by their institutions. Librarian research collaboration with non-librarian faculty was of high interest to both groups of respondents. The results of this survey highlight the importance of research to academic librarianship while indicating that there is room for further improvement by raising the profile of librarian research outside of the library, fostering collaborative research projects, and providing librarians with the support necessary to engage in research activities.

For this issue, we asked three librarians and one MLIS candidate to respond to the following question: “According to Statistics Canada, 19.1% of the Canadian population identify themselves as visible minorities, but in the CAPAL census, only 9.1% of respondents identify as members of visible minorities. What is holding librarianship back from being more inclusive of visible minorities?” Enjoy!

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Mir@bel is both a website and a shared information system on journals and a network of more than 120 information professionals from different spectrums that share the task of information monitoring on journals and oversee data updates. The site f proposes, for each journal, a descriptive bibliography, a link to the digital environment of the journal and access to the various types of distributed content (articles, tables of content, abstracts). It automatically reclaims information stemming from the numerous sources, such as the main portals of Francophone journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Cairn info, Érudit, OpenEdition Journals and Persée). In order to work, the network relies on collaborative work methodologies, an information monitoring tool shared by librarians and editorial professionals, but also on the different processes established in order to facilitate collaborative work. In ten years of operation, the network has been able to experiment numerous avenues with this collaborative monitoring, whether for collecting, updating and diffusing the data or the array of the partnerships, facilitating therefore access to the journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents perspectives on memory, technology and the future of history. In the study of history, the "understanding of things" is said to be of fundamental importance. For those who produce historical stories, the advent of digitized and transcribed texts and images on websites has proven to be a boon to the search for this understanding. The time required to find useful references to people, places and elements in monographs, journals and other academic publications has significantly decreased in the digital age.

The article examines the implications of technologized history by determining how algorithmic selection can play a role in the historical records of the future. Canadians love digital media as 90% of Canadians use the Internet and most like to be connected to social networking sites. According to a recent Social Media Lab report, 84% of Canadian adults online are on Facebook, 59% on YouTube, 46% on LinkedIn and 42% on Twitter. For-profit and search engines advertisers accounted for 99.5% of the search engine market in Canada in 2017.

Este artículo discute los conceptos ideológicamente legitimados que dan sustento a las nociones socialmente predominantes acerca de la relación entre formación lectora y biblioteca escolar y, alternativamente, plantea las condiciones que deberían ser asumidas por esa misma relación para que se torne enriquecedora: grosso modo, el sentido de las prácticas que comprometen a la totalidad de la comunidad educativa, la creación de entornos favorables, las interacciones con diversos tipos de texto, las nuevas relaciones con los textos, las formas de organización diferentes, el carácter de los procesos para hacerse lector, el sentido del conocimiento, la biblioteca y los maestros y los bibliotecarios como mediadores.This article points out the relation between the school library and the reader formation as legitimated concepts that support predominant notions. Indeed, it supports the conditions that should be assumed by that same relationship for enriching the learning process. In this case, the educative community should be the main participant in this relation. It can create favorable environments, interactions with multiple kinds of texts, new relationships with texts, different kinds of organization, making the process of becoming a reader, knowledge purpose, finally library and teachers, and librarians as mediators.

A formação profissional de qualquer categoria profissional envolve aspectos variáveis que incluem questões sobre ética, empregabilidade, conceitos de trabalho, de profissão e de emprego. No caso específico dos bibliotecários, esses pontos são debatidos à luz daliteratura, inserindo questões acerca do que seja a competência e de quais são aquelas mais ressaltadas pelos autores que tratam do tema, quando elaboram suas listas para evidenciar a necessidade de atenção dos profissionais que pretendem ser reconhecidos como modernos profissionais da informação. A tarefa de elaborar currículos quepreencham todos os requisitos definidos é bastante complexa. Além disso, é inevitável a ênfase nas questões relacionadas às tecnologias de informação e de comunicação, cuja importância no trabalho dos bibliotecários é cada vez maior, seu uso mais intenso e determinante para aqueles que querem desenvolver produtos e serviços de informaçãocada vez mais adequados aos seus clientes.Professional education of any professional category comprehends variable aspects including questions on ethics, employment capacity, job, profession and employment concepts. In the librarians case specially, these points are discussed based on literature,inserting questions about what is competence and which ones are highlighted by authors when they list competences that professionals should have to be recognized as modern information professionals. Besides that, the task of elaborating curricula that fill everydetermined requirement is very complex. Add to that it is unavoidable to stress questions related to information and communication technologies whose importance in the librarians’ work is becoming greater and greater, and their use more intensive and determinant for those that wish to develop information products and services each timemore suitable to their clients.

Describes publishing trends in academic librarian competency articles to providecontext for a later investigation of definitions found in this library and informationscience (LIS) literature. Explores peer-reviewed articles from 2001 – 2005 todetermine: who is writing on academic librarian competency, including anycollaboration; whether there are areas of focus in the literature; if these articlesare published in academic journals and to what degree; whether we incorporateother literatures, especially those relevant to competency; and what other trendsmay be important to an understanding of this topic.Discovers three major areas of focus: management-related with 35 articles, 19education and professional development articles and 12 articles on professionalissues. Most are written by single authors and by authors associated withacademic libraries or library schools. There are only three college-based articles.There is minimal collaboration across boundaries of any kind. Most of theauthors associated with academic libraries are writing the management-relatedarticles. The majority of these authors are US-based. The majority of articles oneducation and continuing professional development are written by authors atlibrary schools. Furthermore, these authors represent a more internationalrepresentation of this topic and a greater degree of international collaborationthan found in the management articles. The authors who wrote articles onprofessional issues are almost equally split between library schools and libraries.The majority of citations of peer-reviewed literature (53%) were to journals withno LIS subject heading in Ulrich’s, illustrating that authors are incorporatingliteratures from outside LIS.

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 question was conducted in February 2014. Eight hundred eighty-two responses were obtained from librarians, defined as MLIS graduates, and library technicians, defined as graduates from a two-year library diploma program. Respondents needed to have been employed in the last two years in these roles and students of either an MLIS or LIT program were also welcome to participate. The results suggest that both librarians and library technicians perceive their roles as growing in scope and complexity and that the lines of responsibility are blurring. A majority of respondents indicated that they perceive a change in their roles in the past five years and commented on what the perceived changes were. Librarian and library technician roles may be shifting away from what may be viewed as traditional or clearly defined responsibilities and both librarians and library technicians may be taking on new tasks as well as experiencing task overlap. All library staff will need to be fluid, adaptable, and open to change. Library school curricula and workplace training need to incorporate the development of these competencies. Quels sont les changements importants éprouvés par les bibliothécaires et les bibliotechniciens dans leurs rôles? Un sondage mené en février de 2014 a posé cette question aux bibliothécaires et aux bibliotechniciens dans tout le Canada. On a reçu huit-cent quatre-vingt-deux réponses des bibliothécaires, définis comme étant diplômés en MSIB, et les bibliotechniciens, définis comme étant diplômés d’un programme de deux ans en bibliotechnique. Les sondés devaient avoir travaillé au cours des deux dernières années dans ces fonctions et les étudiants d’un programme MSIB ou de bibliothéconomie/ sciences de l’information pouvaient aussi y participer. Les résultats suggèrent que les bibliothécaires et les bibliotechniciens perçoivent que leur rôle prend de l’ampleur et de la complexité, et que les lignes de responsabilité deviennent floues. La majorité des sondés ont indiqué qu’ils perçoivent un changement de leurs fonctions sur les cinq dernières années et ont fait des commentaires sur ce qui concerne ces changements. Il se pourrait que les fonctions des bibliothécaires et bibliotechniciens soient en train de se détourner de ce qui peut être vu comme traditionnel ou des responsabilités clairement définies, et les bibliothécaires et bibliotechniciens pourraient assumer les nouvelles tâches ainsi qu’éprouver le chevauchement des tâches. Tout personnel de la bibliothèque devra être souple, capable de s’adapter et ouvert aux changements. Les programmes des écoles de bibliothéconomie et de la formation dans le milieu du travail doivent intégrer le développement de ces compétences.

The author reports on digitization and democratization and how one can preserve and share the documentary heritage. He briefly discusses the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the convergence of the preservation of the shared history and heritage and the use of technology for that purpose. Four and a half years ago, when he became librarian and archivist of Canada, he made a commitment to make LAC an institution that listens to its clients and partners. And by listening, if only for a moment, it was easy to understand the impact of, and the demand for, a technology that could meet the demands of society in sharing the documentary heritage.

After five plus years of post-secondary study, most MLIS/MSLIS graduates are happy to wave goodbye to their student days but may find that more education is needed to land that all-important first professional position. Mid- and near-end career library and information science professionals realize that continuing education is an effective way to move forward on the career track and to stay relevant in the field but may see a return to school as frightening, time-consuming and expensive. With time, location and cost in mind, the authors explore degree, college, workshop, volunteer and international opportunities for further education in information science and related fields. Their personal experience informs their research, as one has held a CEO position in a multi-branch public library for over twenty years, and the other, with over a decade of public library experience, has just completed her MSLIS. This article will discuss specific programs available for professional development as well as provide resources with which to explore additional opportunities.

This paper covers the origin, history and scope of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, the editorial process and timeframes, research and scholarship for librarians, the peer review process, the components of a good research article, and practical tips on what editors look for in a manuscript submission with examples from Partnership journal. It is intended for anyone writing a research article but should be particularly helpful to first-time authors. The paper was first given as a presentation at Ontario Library Association Super Conference on January 31, 2013.

As representações da profissão bibliotecária são analisadas sob a perspectiva dos docentes, em estudo exploratório. Os dados parciais apresentados refletem a opinião dos entrevistados acerca de sua percepção dos alunos, do curso, da profissão e dos organismos representativos dos bibliotecários. De modo geral, os professores manifestaram que os alunos não entram nos cursos por vocação, são originários de classes socioeconômicas menos favorecidas, possuem formação básica frágil e não estão interessados na carreira, mas somente no diploma. Apontaram problemas decorrentes da forma como são conduzidos os cursos, do modo como alguns professores atuam e de como trabalham para que os alunos adquiram conhecimentos e mudem suas atitudes.

The fact that libraries permit access to electronic resources has modified the legal framework in which they operate as well as their responsibility regarding such contents. The author examines the new responsibility of librarians regarding the electronic resources they manage and provide access. This new responsibility is two- fold. Firstly, according to the level of control he or she has over the information, the librarian may be liable for defamatory content of the information, plagiarised or otherwise illegally acquired. Secondly, electronic content has considerable modified the legal basis of loaned materials, which is now viewed as communicating with the public using telecommunications. This conceptual change will have important repercussions on the responsibilities of the librarian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on American ethnographic studies regarding libraries users. Topics mentioned include the comparison with French studies which are qualified as more sociological, the advantages and disadvantages of those methods and their legitimacy, and the collaboration between librarians and researchers. INSET: Techniques d’enquête.

The article focuses on the library "Bibliothèque Louise Michel" located in Paris, France. Topics mentioned include the different services offer to children and adult by the library, the work of the architect Olivier Fraisse in charge of designing a luminous and familial place, and the presence of automated machines in place of librarians.

The article presents a message of the French association of academic libraries' management staff, Association des Directeurs et personnels de direction des Bibliothèques Universitaires et de la documentation (ADBU), regarding the French cultural policy. It is noted that literature searches plays an important part in the academic success of students, and that libraries need to reinforce their services, and management.

This literature review focuses on virtual reference using online chat and instant messaging. The competencies required of librarians are outlined. The evolution of the educational role of librarians since the advent of online chat is also described. The authors pay special attention to the nature of this new work environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a reflection on the challenges brought up by the digitization of data in occupations dedicated to the passing of information such as librarians or archivists. Topics discussed include the digital life cycle of documents and the scalability of the Internet, the technical architecture of technological support services, and the opening of library data.