and How Practitioners amp Educators Can Collaborate to Provide Them From One Adjunct Instructors Perspective Bobby Bothmann Metadata amp Emerging Technologies Librarian Minnesota State University Mankato ID: 1033906
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1. Skills LIS Students Need and How Practitioners & Educators Can Collaborate to Provide ThemFrom One Adjunct Instructor’s Perspective Bobby BothmannMetadata & Emerging Technologies LibrarianMinnesota State University, MankatoAdjunct Instructor Graduate School of Library & Information ScienceUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2. OverviewDesired CompetenciesCompetencies LIS TeachesCompetencies LIS Practitioners OfferThe Intersection of the CompetenciesCollaboration OpportunitiesAll images used are
3. DefinitionsCompetence (Competences)Oxford English Dictionary4.a. Sufficiency of qualification; capacity to deal adequately with a subject.Competency (Competencies)Merriam-Webster OnlineIndustry jargonAn ability or skill
4. ALA Core CompetenciesFoundations of the Profession Information Resources Organization of Recorded Knowledge and Information Technological Knowledge and Skills Reference and User Services Research Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Administration and Managementhttp://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/corecomp/corecompetences
5. Instructor Wish ListCritical thinkingCuriosityHolistic visioningOpen-minded listeningPatienceTime managementSource: Facebook Poll
6. Competencies We TeachTypically TaughtAuthority controlDescriptive catalogingClassification schemesStandardsSubject analysisPossibly Included by SomeOriginal vs. Copy CatalogingResearch & PublicationTechnological applicationsSource: Hall-Ellis, 2008
7. Skills LIS Practitioners Offer Administrative awarenessAuthority controlDescriptive catalogingClassification schemesCollaborative initiativesCommunicationHolistic visioningOrganizational managementOriginal vs. Copy CatalogingResearch & PublicationStandardsSubject analysisTechnological applicationsSource: ALA 2009; Bello and Mansor, 2013; Hall-Ellis, 2008; MAGERT, 2008
8. Necessary CompetenciesAdministrative awarenessAdvocacy & OutreachAuthority controlClassification schemesCollaborative initiativesCommunication skillsCritical thinkingDescriptive catalogingHolistic visioning Interpersonal skills Multilingual proficiencies Open-minded listeningOrganizational managementOriginal vs. Copy CatalogingPatienceProject ManagementStandardsSubject analysisTechnological applicationsSource: ALA 2009; Bello and Mansor, 2013; Halll-Ellis, 2008; MAGERT, 2008
9. The IntersectionShared LIS CompetenciesAdministrative awarenessAuthority controlClassification schemesCollaborative initiativesDescriptive catalogingHolistic visioningOrganizational managementSubject analysisUnclaimed CompetenciesAdvocacy & OutreachCommunication skillsCritical thinkingCuriosityInterpersonal skillsMultilingual proficienciesOpen-minded listeningProject management
10. What is Left Over?Advocacy & OutreachCommunication skillsCritical thinkingCuriosityInterpersonal skillsMultilingual proficienciesOpen-minded listeningProject managementOriginal vs. Copy CatalogingTechnological applicationsCollaborative initiativesHolistic visioning
11. The Lego EffectProject Management SkillsAttention to detailCommunicationLeadershipNegotiationOrganizationRecognizing and solving problemsLIS EquivalentsDescriptive catalogingPapers, presentations, etc.Group projectsGroup projects; degree designClassification/Subject analysisReference interview; Case studies
12. Holistic VisioningHolism: tendency in nature to produce wholes from the ordered grouping of unit structuresWhat skills do you have that can be re-purposed for this competence?
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14. Collaboration OptionsMentoringPracticumsProfessional organizationsSource: Bothmann, 2007
15. Perspective
16. SourcesAmerican Library Association. 2009. “Core Competencies of Librarianship” http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/corecomp (Accessed 9 January 2014)Bello, M. A. and Y. Mansor. 2013. Strengthening Professional Expertise: Mentoring in Knowledge Transfer, the Cataloguers’ Perspective. The International Information & Library Review 45, (3-4): 139-148.Bothmann, Robert L. 2007. Meeting the Needs of Special Format Catalogers: Ideas for Professional Organizations, Library Schools, and Professional Catalogers, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 44 (3-4): 221-232. FaceBook poll, 14 January 2014.Hall-Ellis, Sylvia D. 2008. Cataloger competencies ... what do employers require? Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 46, (3): 305-330.MAGERT Education Committee. 2008. “Map, GIS and Cataloging / Metadata Librarian Core Competencies.” http://www.ala.org/magirt/sites/ala.org.magirt/files/content/publicationsab/MAGERTCoreComp2008_rev2012.pdf