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High school librarians and media specialists stand on an opposite side of the transition to college from academic librarians, and both sides are often unsure about the information literacy and library instructions their students are receiving on the other. Improving communication between the two groups could help first-year college students transition their information literacy and library skills into college. This session will showcase a free professional development workshop at an academic library for high school librarians to create dialogue and share current practices and pedagogy across the two sides of the transition to college. Participants will: Be able to demonstrate the benefits of outreach to regional high school librarians, media specialists, and school library workers. Be able to formulate a plan for conducting a free high school librarian professional development workshop.

Due to the speed and magnitude of the changes in the technological information field, resilience is important for the services provided in that area. It implies the ability to reinvent strategies and service models as circumstances change. It can occur at different levels: personal, group, community, organizational, etc. For this reason it is a relevant concept for libraries that are run by a single person, as well as for the largest units and information networks in which several people work, or for the organization in which a library is inserted. Resilience is closely related to the ethos of service; it allows to act appropriately in the face of opportunities as well as in the face of challenges, including crises and unexpected disruptions. It has maturity levels, related to different capacities: in the short term, maintain the usual services; change and adapt in the medium term; over longer periods, shape the internal environment and even influence the transformation of the external one. It is more a capacity or a process than a stable characteristic; there are fundamental elements that support it, such as situational awareness, the management of key vulnerabilities and the emotional consequences of changes, shared fundamental values, the ability to learn and adapt, the availability of resources, etc. It manifests itself in times of changes, challenges or crises, but there are ways to prepare to promote it. Norms that address this problem have been recently published, among which ISO 22316: 2017 stands out. The concept of resilience can also be misunderstood or instrumentalized for improper purposes, such as systematically denying the provision of necessary elements or pretending to justify precarious working conditions, so it is very important to study carefully the processes that supposedly involve it.

BiblioEstructura of BiblioMadSalud was proposed as a work-group to develop a structure, organization and performance of health libraries to be acknowledged by Community of Madrid administration. Start of your work with an internal analysis which result was presented at BiblioSalud 2019, XVI Jornada Nacional de Información y Documentación en Ciencias de la Salud with the title “Institutional status of health science libraries in the public hospitals of the community of Madrid”. In this work we propose to carry out an external analysis with the objective of knowing the legal structure in which the Health Sciences Libraries are framed within the institutions at the national level. Methods: A telephone survey is made to the coordinators of the Virtual Libraries of the 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain. with 4 questions, 2 basic and other two conditioned to the previous answers. Result: This study shows that only three Autonomous Communities have organized and regulated a system that establishes the mode of operation, structure and organization of their Health Sciences Libraries of their Public Hospitals. In the rest of the Communities, in the best of cases, there is a Virtual Library that acts as a working link between the rest of the libraries in your Community and coordinates some functions and services. Conclusions: It is essential to carry out a consensus work in which a legal document is formalized, supervised and approved by the Autonomous Administration, which defines the organization, structure and functioning of the Health Sciences Libraries in Public Hospitals, which It would provide stability to the system and a reference to the workers of the system.

BiblioEstructura of BiblioMadSalud was proposed as a work-group to develop a structure, organization and performance of health libraries to be acknowledged by Community of Madrid administration. Start of your work with an internal analysis which result was presented at BiblioSalud 2019, XVI Jornada Nacional de Información y Documentación en Ciencias de la Salud with the title “Institutional status of health science libraries in the public hospitals of the community of Madrid”. In this work we propose to carry out an external analysis with the objective of knowing the legal structure in which the Health Sciences Libraries are framed within the institutions at the national level. Methods: A telephone survey is made to the coordinators of the Virtual Libraries of the 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain. with 4 questions, 2 basic and other two conditioned to the previous answers. Result: This study shows that only three Autonomous Communities have organized and regulated a system that establishes the mode of operation, structure and organization of their Health Sciences Libraries of their Public Hospitals. In the rest of the Communities, in the best of cases, there is a Virtual Library that acts as a working link between the rest of the libraries in your Community and coordinates some of the functions and services. Conclusions: It is essential to carry out a consensus work in which a legal document is formalized, suppervised and approved by the Autonomous Administration, which defines the organization, structure and functioning of the Health Sciences Libraries in Public Hospitals, which It would provide stability to the system and a reference to the workers of the system.

BiblioEstructura of BiblioMadSalud was proposed as a work-group to develop a structure, organization and performance of health libraries to be acknowledged by Community of Madrid administration. Start of your work with an internal analysis which result was presented at BiblioSalud 2019, XVI Jornada Nacional de Información y Documentación en Ciencias de la Salud with the title “Institutional status of health science libraries in the public hospitals of the community of Madrid”. In this work we propose to carry out an external analysis with the objective of knowing the legal structure in which the Health Sciences Libraries are framed within the institutions at the national level. Methods: A telephone survey is made to the coordinators of the Virtual Libraries of the 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain. with 4 questions, 2 basic and other two conditioned to the previous answers. Result: This study shows that only three Autonomous Communities have organized and regulated a system that establishes the mode of operation, structure and organization of their Health Sciences Libraries of their Public Hospitals. In the rest of the Communities, in the best of cases, there is a Virtual Library that acts as a working link between the rest of the libraries in your Community and coordinates some of the functions and services. Conclusions: It is essential to carry out a consensus work in which a legal document is formalized, suppervised and approved by the Autonomous Administration, which defines the organization, structure and functioning of the Health Sciences Libraries in Public Hospitals, which It would provide stability to the system and a reference to the workers of the system.

A SWOT analysis on 54 health sciences libraries -related libraries from Community autonomous of Madrid (Community of Madrid) was presented at BiblioMadSalud 2016. Results revealed some internal weaknesses: lack of coordination, communication and institutional involvement with libraries, and lack of insight on them. In order to find solutions, BiblioEstructura was proposed as a work-group to develop a structure, organization and performance of health libraries to be acknowledged by Community of Madrid administration. Its main objective was to gain insight on health libraries at hospital settings. The first line of work was to review current documentation on hospital structure, organization and performance; the second line was to conduct a survey on libraries from national health system hospitals. Current regulatory documentation on internal organization of national-wide and Community of Madrid hospitals was revised. We were assessed by expert, hospital managers. Surveys were performed with phone interview on 25 health libraries, through 12 open-ended questions that answered anonymously. Legislative documentation, i.e., Royal Decree 521/1987 and Regional Law 11/2017 do not mention health libraries. Responses from phone interviews showed great heterogeneity in management of libraries. Some self-named terms was general-purpose library, medical library, health library or professional library. Also, libraries can belong to Management Board of the Health Service or share their affiliations. Although 44% of hospital have a Library Committee, sometimes they have unified commissions. Library staffs are sometimes members of other hospital committees. 72% of libraries deliver certified training and offer lectures. Research foundation is present in 19 hospitals, but just 10 are connected with it, 4 have it in their web page, and one of them mentions it in its annual report. Our current research shows how diversity of terms and affiliations, and lack of involvement in management boards allow the poor acknowledgement of health libraries within the hospitals. These circumstances call for the need for regulation that fix those drawbacks. The opportunity to build a single entity for all CAM health libraries and work-groups is the key to work in common lines that enable the achievement of a common goal.

The paper is an attempt to perform an analysis of academic libraries in Poland, based on statistical data (CSO) and performance indicators (AFBN). To illustrate trends in selected areas, the data was presented over the years. Selected indicators were compared with average values in 13 European countries. The presented material can be used to initiate discussions on the condition of Polish academic libraries, as well as support librarians in advocacy activities and shaping relations with the environment, especially at their own universities.

Proposal of a professional profile of the librarian/information scientist specialized in health sciences. In 2017 BiblioMadsalud held a working day from which emerged the proposal to create a permanent Working Group, #BiblioRHRH, whose main objective is the development of a professional profile for the need to adequately define the functions and skills of our profession, identifying areas of application in continuous changing. The most common problem in our field is that the figure of the health sciences librarian is not well defined. It means that jobs and competitive applications do not correspond to the specific professional librarian competencies and, therefore, with the skills, knowledge and mastery of the tools required to offer complete and high quality profesional librarian services. We take the document Professional Profiles of the Consejo de Cooperación Bibliotecaria as a reference and we’re working on the Health Sciences 3 Librarian profile elaboration, given that the publication allows the possibility of creating more specific and updated profiles. The aim of this paper is to present the Health Sciences Librarian profile elaborated by the BiblioMadSalud #BiblioRRHH Working Group.

RBE enable the organazation of school libraries, wiche ensure the free acess to the learning resources and the development of users's literacies. For that, the PB, a qualified teacher is the basis of this structure. Their functions and the legal regulations require constasnt updating, that is, specialized and continuos training. In this context, this paper aims to reflect on PB' function, training and assessment. To do that, the research follows a qualitative analytical methodology, using a content analysis to the legislation. The cross-referencing categories in legislation semms to indicate that the determinations of one legal paper is not reflected in the other legal paper. Therefore, it is concluded that there are inconsistencies and a gap in the assessment of the PB, consequently, another evaluative model is needed.

India is a country located in southern Asia. With a population of over 1.3 billion people, in 29 states and 7 union territories, India is the most populous democracy in the world. Every state has unique traditional clothes that women wear. However there are three prominent types of clothes worn by women in India i.e. Sari, Salwar Kameez and Kurti. Over time, the sense of dressing has evolved and changed. Due to factors like globalisation and westernisation, today’s women take a modern approach when it comes to dress. The paper focused on female librarians’ clothing in India. The survey was conducted by inviting women librarians in every state to give their opinions about today’s clothing styles and their preferences of clothes for daily use and for special occasions such as conferences/ workshops/meetings, etc. The study also explored piercing and tattooing styles and their preferences, and use of jewellery by women library professionals. It was found that Salwar Kameez, Chudidar/Kurta and Saree were most preferred on weekdays, similar outfits were preferred on weekends or Saturdays including Kurti with jeans. Almost all feel comfortable and confident in the outfits they commonly wear. Respondents select outfits considering their profession and status. The majority felt that clothing/outfits have the influence on approachability of students/library users. Jewellery and other accessories were preferred by a moderate number of respondents whereas tattooing practice was totally absent. In case of stereotyping of librarians, respondents felt that librarians have had not been stereotyped in media as far as Indian media is concerned.

Bibliotecarios CBA is a Cordovan space created and maintained by Librarian Noemí Fernández, which consists of a meeting place for librarians and information services for librarians.

Library professionals from the MENA region need to contribute more to the global knowledge base of the profession. This session will provide guidance on how to become an effective researcher and writer and how to get published in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. We will discuss research publication process, quality and optimization of research publication, structuring of research publications, review and indexing process, author profiling and research networks and research impact measures and evaluation metrics. Our aim is to provide more awareness among the library professionals in scholarly publishing and its importance in building professional profile and increased research output from the region.

Innovative experience in Librarianship and Information Science , Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, of the University of Buenos Aires , on Secondments with Latin American human resources.

The NBU Library has design a three-stage training program for continuing education and professional capacity development -formal education, group training and individual training. Librarians were stimulated to acquire Master Degree, either in a subject field or in Librarianship, according their occupation requirements and ensuring better service level. To acquire new or improve the level of their competences, librarians are attending close group trainings within the Library. We have specialized group training on e-resources accessibility and functionalities, which is open for wide group of professionals. NBU Library personnel also attend group training in specialized courses of the National Center for Continuing Education of Librarians and trainings at other libraries. Library staff participates actively in joint local and international projects, conferences and workshops to exchange innovations and practices, and share experience.

This paper is presented as part of the application for participation in the procedure for filling the post of Head of Information and User Education emanating from the resolution of June 3, 2014, of Universidad Pablo de Olavide, laying specific competition calls for the provision of two jobs of civil servant administration and services, technical manager at the Library of the University.

This presentation is part of a lecture given to librarians interested in libraries and documentation centers related to the arts, specifically contemporary art in Mexico, whose aim was to generate a network that can provide: resources, training and updating in library matters .

The paper deals with the competencies and skills needed to develop new user services. It analyzes first the characteristics of the almost unknown Central Banks and International Financial Institutions libraries. Then, two concrete experiences developed by two of these libraries are described: the implementation of an on-demand management information tool (European Central Bank) and an alternative use of the catalog to contribute to the visibility of the research of the institution (Bank of Spain). Finally, the paper highlights lessons learned and proposes possible approaches for future.

This paper, “The end of tenure and the advent of renewable contracts for all in LIS,” as part of a topic suggested by the organizers of the Part-Time and Adjuncts SIG Session of ALISE 2014, whose title of proposed session is: Casualties and Collateral Damages: A Critical Look at Educational Entrepreneurship, written and proposed by a Mexican LIS scholar educated at national and international universities, LIS at undergraduate level at UANL, Mexico, one (Muela-Meza) in the USA at Master level (SUNY-Buffalo), and PhD (Muela-Meza, in Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK). Having a long tradition employing critical librarianship conceptualizations to his LIS practice and scholarship at UANL, and to his journal Librarianship (LIS) Critique: Journal of the Sciences of Information Science. And having researched and faced since 2008 many situations as part-time and adjunct professor at UANL, hampering his mobility towards full tenure. Thus, if accepted this proposal for participation by presence at ALISE in Philadelphia, would give the author the chance to bring forward some international insights on the issues of fading out of tenure and the advent of renewable contracts with critical epistemology and critical theories and concepts, mainly comparing the U.S., British, Spanish, and Mexican librarianship. Based on some international critics of capitalism and neo-liberal policies (Bouzas and de la Garza, 1998; Berry, 2002; 2005; Giroux, 2012), and underpinned with critical epistemology and critical librarianship concepts, they will try to analyze these issues as how they affect LIS theory and practice (as in e.g. Horner, 2000).

The intention of this working document is to share some of the perspectives on the advances and technologies that libraries may take advantage of. To start, I provide a brief conceptualization of that evolving place that we still call a library. These concepts are those of virtual library, digital library, and library 2.0. Furthermore, I present an approximation towards a categorization of the competencies that we should develop and enhance in our exercise of the librarian profession. I hope that this working document will offer provocative and motivational ideas to the reader from my own experiences.

Audiovisual documentation on TV is being stilted for external factors -the economical crisis- and internal factors. The external factors have induced changes on different areas of TV such as program planning, decrease of production of in-house programs, close down of correspondent offices, mergers of different channels, etc. The internal factors, the digitalization of the audiovisual production and the analogical archive, have induced to change tasks that until now have been done by documentary makers and nowadays are being realized by journalists. Those factors affect not only the daily work of the documentary markers but also their raison d’être. The purpose of this article is to show that the actual questioning of the profession does not have any kind of reasoning. On one hand, the influence of the external and internal factors already mentioned over the documentary makers is not as negative as it may seem a priori; on the other hand, besides it is truth that this discipline will have to adapt itself to the new circumstances, day by day documentary makers are going to be more and more necessaries on TV.

Evergreen in Czech Library Practice First, Evergreen library software is briefly introduced. Reasons which led to its development are presented as well as its user community. The key part of the paper focuses on Evergreen implementation and current use in the Czech environment, with a special emphasis on Jabok Library. Issues related to data migration from the library's previous library software to Evergreen and the contents of a project entitled Development and Quality Improvement of Jabok Library Online Services Using Evergreen Library Software which is carried out thanks to VISK 3 grant support in 2012 are covered. The project includes the creation of cataloguing templates, displaying of book covers available from http://obalkyknih.cz/, Did You Mean? functionality in the Czech language, improvements in the Czech localization and implementation of the DokuWiki platform aimed at sharing project results (including manuals). Demonstrations of how it is possible to use both the online catalog and staff client in different versions of Evergreen are also an integral part of the paper.

University libraries are institutions that, by continuously flourishing on new information resources and presenting the latest scientific findings, directly support the education provided by and the research and academic studies conducted at universities in line with the universities’ missions and functions. Moreover, university libraries significantly contribute to creating course contents and to enabling students and researchers attain the required skills to effectively search-access-use-evaluate information resources available in print and digital environments. In this regard, university libraries should be sufficiently equipped with fundamental elements such as facilities, personnel and collections in order to fulfill their missions and objectives. This study aims to provide the fundamental elements of university libraries and to analyze the current status in Turkey in order to discuss the relevant primary issues and suggest solutions.

The factors affecting the success and efficiency of information systems are always an important and critical aspect for the structure, proper operation, and improvement of the produced services and products of an organization for its end users - both for the internal ones (employees) and for the external ones (public). At the present, the need to create suitable parameters, assisting in evaluating and measuring the successful operation of an information system in an organization is constantly growing. The purpose of the specific thesis is, firstly, to introduce us to the environment of the organizations’ information systems, while also providing us with a complete and extended presentation of their operations, processes, infrastructures, and factors of success. Through Systems Theory, we shall examine the analysis and design for an information system, while identifying the quality parameters necessary for measuring its success. In addition, we shall employ the model for measuring quality for an information system called: “DeLone & McLean Information Systems success model”. We shall see what each parameter of the above model examines, by investigating concepts such as system quality, information quality, user satisfaction, effect of quality on users and organization. At the same time, we shall develop an application for evaluating the quality of an information system, the so-called: "Organizational Memory Information Systems Quality" which builds on the success model of DeLone & McLean. The main objective of this thesis is to reach into a fruitful discussion regarding quality in the operation, infrastructure, and provided services of institutional organizations. Moreover, we shall focus on the usefulness and importance of measuring factors regarding efficiency for an information system, as this procedure is used by modern Society of Information, in order to be transformed to Society of Knowledge.

The presentation shows various aspects of cooperation between the Institute of Information Science and Book Studies NCU in Torun and libraries in Poland and abroad.

“When I think about the future for library techs, I picture a province that....” “What skills are needed now for library support staff?” “How is technology changing the role of library support staff?” Bring a question or discussion point that you would like to see addressed to this panel about library support staff in British Columbia.

Libraries are changing, and so are library jobs. In order to build and maintain sustainable careers, librarians need to know what’s coming, what might come, and how to position themselves for the coming changes. In this mini-workshop participants will discuss and try out strategies for envisioning possible library futures.

The emergence and development of new information and communication technologies have led to major changes in the organization of the knowledge universe. As the new data storage media has diversified, the librarian, information specialist, has had to adapt to the current context. This paper aims to highlight the librarian's abilities and role in the digital age, in defining and satisfying the needs of information users.

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present the main findings of a nation-wide online survey of Croatian LIS stakeholders - library practitioners, mainly graduate librarians and library managers – regarding subject-related competencies and further CPD activities in perspective of lifelong learning of librarians. The findings were used to create a model of LIS competency framework strongly valued by labour market. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 216 Croatian libraries was pre-selected to participate in an online survey in order to obtain an optimal stratification of study cohort according to library type, library size and territorial coverage. Two distinctive online questionnaires were prepared, one for library managers, the other for library practitioners. 113 library managers (52% of pre-selected sample) and 260 librarians (cca. 10% of estimated size of overall professional body in Croatia) responded. A Tuning methodology was applied for purpose of identifying subject-related and key generic competencies in LIS. Findings – The results of the online survey indicate that for LIS professionals there is a unified „core‟ of subject-specific competencies valid for every type of library. The same is true for subject-specific competencies on „periphery‟. Generic competencies have been strongly valued by both groups of respondents. Participation in formal and informal learning opportunities has proved to be intrinsically motivated, self-directed and driven by pragmatic reasons – a wish to improve working skills and increase self-confidence. Practical implications – It is hoped that the competency-based approach applied to the CPD programme may bridge the gap between initially acquired competencies, labour market expectations and personal goals fostered by an integrative process of lifelong learning. Originality/value – The research is the first nation-wide investigation into the LIS competency framework in Croatia.

[Internet as a tool for supporting and activating the librarians toward making self-education and training initiatives to enhance their qualifications] The presentation was devoted to the issue of education and self-librarians using the tools we currently offer online. Discussed the pros and cons posed by the Internet librarians in the educational process. In the last part of the presentation there is shown the general network educational resources useful to librarians and dedicated them in particular (e-resources on-line courses, websites / portals, lists / discussion forums, blogs).

Paper presents theoretical issues related to e-portfolio as lifelong learning tool. E-portfolio supports ongoing learning/professional development, formative and summative assessment, reflective writing and collaborative, active and deep learning. It is powerful tool for professional development planning or career planning by fostering intrinsic motivation of a learner to maintain portfolio on an ongoing basis throughout formal classes, programs of non-formal learning or just in demonstrating professional or personal growth over time. Focus is on e-portfolio as tool for evidencing prior learning for further assessment or recognition. Different types of digital technology are in use, and diverse portfolio purpose and use are reflecting on assessment. Paper focuses on modeling a conceptual model of e-portfolio system as a tool for assessment and recognition of prior learning in continuing education of librarians in Croatia.

Since its creation in 1985, one of the priorities of the Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Spanish Railway Foundation) has been the safekeeping and dissemination of the railway’s documental and bibliographic heritage. At the end of the 1990s, its Documentation Department was restructured in order to be able to offer researchers an integrated information and research service, giving rise to a Documentation and Historical Railway Archive Department, which in turn was divided into two main areas: Documental Heritage and Railway History Programme. This structure provides the basis for devising a range of collaboration and dissemination programs in which the different sections that form part of these areas interact. The basic objectives of the Historical Railway Archive, the Railway Library and Newspaper Library, the Documentation Centre and the Translation Service are the safekeeping and dissemination of railway documentation through their different collections, while the Railway History Programme is in charge of promoting and consolidating railway history research. This confluence of professionals results in a Centre of Resources for Railway Research, whose main exponents are the “Docutren” web page, the organisation of conferences, congresses and exhibitions, the issue of publications, agreements with researchers and institutions, as well as other activities related to its objectives.

The experience of the Universitat Jaume I Library is explained as a multipurpose service, in which, different professionals of the information: documentalists, librarians and archivists work in a coordinated way. Beyond technical treatment and methodological differences of the several types of documents that exist in the university, the University Library is conceived as a centralised and unique service that manage the information and documentation of the institution, making up the services of Archive, Library and Documentation Centers (European, Recovery of the Local Historic Memory, etc). The experience us proves that it is possible to carry out functions specific to Library, General Archive and Documentation Centers, and, at the same time, developing common projects. We achieve rationalize to the maximum our resources, so much human beings, as economic and of infrastructure, and, the most important, to offer a close, efficient and quality service to the user.

The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España is a working-unit of the INAEM (Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música). It perfectly integrates the archive, library and documentation functions, creating a multiservice organization, which has challenged the staff involved to develop a wide range of professional skills, beyond what has been traditionally defined as documentation work, and mainly related to communication, advertising, publishing activities, Web-based environments and the production of artistic activities

The qualitative analysis done on interviews to 20 teacher librarians, about their perceptions on factors that might impact students’ educational success seems to reveal that collaborative work is one of the conditions for this success to exist and one of the biggest challenges to those teachers. The theme collaboration appears in the discourse of all interviewees and it was not found significant differences of opinion, in what refers to its importance, between teachers with and without specific training to perform their tasks in the school libraries belonging to schools with diverse characteristics and geographical location. Nevertheless, it was not identified any real collaboration practices between teachers but only cases of coordination and / or cooperation. Some of the conditions most referred by the interviewed teacher librarians as “against” to and “in favour” of collaborative work and educational success, where respectively, lack of time and the existence of a full time teacher librarian. Some suggestions and / or recommendations are done to the responsible for the organisation and development of school libraries as to gather efforts to get the teacher librarian post institutionalised, and to the school management boards to implement and stimulate true collaborative work between teachers and teacher librarian, aiming at the students’ educational success. specific training might have on students’ educational success, and to gather diverse opinions, TL with (WT) and with out (WOT) specific training, to perform their duties at the SL were interviewed. The interviews were taped, with the interviewee’s agreement, and their qualitative analysis was supported by the use of ATLAS.ti software.