A Study on Improving a Continuing Education for Public Librarians: Focusing on Privatized Public Libraries
This study aims to make suggestions on how to effectively provide continuing education for librarians in privatized public libraries. For this end, the study examined concepts and importance of continuing education. It then investigated a current status of education/training procedures provided by Librarian Training Division of the National Library of Korea, and continuing education programs for public librarians implemented by primary regional libraries. It also analyzed continuing education programs of library associations in the U.S. and the U.K. Based on these analyses, the study conducted a survey for a sample of librarians in privatized public libraries, identified problems of continuing education for them, and made recommendations for its improvement. 키워드: 위탁공공도서관, 사서, 계속교육, 재교육, 공공도서관 privatized public library, librarian, continuing education, reeducation, public library * ** 이화여자대학교 문헌정보학과 대학원(feelingpj@ewha.ac.kr) (제1저자) 이화여자대학교 문헌정보학과 교수(syly@ewha.ac.kr) (교신저자) 논문접수일자 : 2014년 3월 3일 논문심사일자 : 2014년 3월 3일 게재확정일자 : 2014년 3월 17일 한국비블리아학회지, 25(1): 363-395, 2014. [http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2014.25.1.363] 364 한국비블리아학회지 제25권 제1호 2014
Trends in the Online Continuing Professional Development for Librarians and Applications of Professional Competencies
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the current development of continuing professional education for librarians with particular foci on online learnin g and professional competencies. It analyzed the current online training programs at the National L ibrary of Korea along with on-site programs in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses. I t also examined best practices of online continuing education abroad where more diverse and inter active delivery methods, such as webinars and webcasts, are used to inform latest and practical topics in the field. It found online training programs are not complementing but playing major roles in continuing professional education. The study also examined the current trends that library continu ing educational institutions are applying core competencies schemes to continuing education prog rams in order to systemize their programs and to strengthen individual librarians’ professional competencies.키워드: 사서 계속교육, 온라인 계속교육, 역량기준, 국립중앙도서관Continuing Education, Continuing Professional Development, E-le arning, Online Education, Online Learning, Professional Competencies, C ore Competencies, National Library of Korea
도서관 경영패러다임과 기법의 변화
도서관은 지식기반의 경제시대에도 지식정보의 유통과 확장을 선도해야 한다. 그것은 최적의 도서관경영이 중요하고 전제조건이 되어야 한다는 것을 함축하므로, 수직적 및 수평적 스펙트럼을 통찰할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 새로운 경영 및 행정패러다임의 부상에 따른 신공공경영론의 등장과 선진국의 행정개혁에 주목하여 도서관 경영환경의 복잡화, 경영패러다임의 다양화, 경영기법의 다원화를 분석하고 최근 동향을 논급하였다.