A Study on Perception of Librarian's Job Prospects

Authors

  • Younghee Noh Konkuk University
  • Yeong-ae Kwon Researcher, Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL), Konkuk University, Korea
  • Youngji Shin Researcher, Research Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology, Korea

Keywords:

Librarian's Job Prospects, Library Information Science, Manpower issue in libraries, Job Market, Employment Conditions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate awareness of librarian’s job prospects, and to do this a survey was conducted with 502 college students in 14 Departments of Library and Information Science around Korea and 753 librarians in libraries and related agencies. The study results are as follows. First, satisfaction with educational curriculum was higher in students than librarians. Second, both students and librarians regarded workplace based practical training as employment requirements and also evaluated certifications and academic performance as important requirements. Third, both groups asked that information on employment rates be available in a timely manner, and perceived that the librarian’s job prospects were not bright. Therefore, in order to improve employment of librarians, it will be necessary to establish a job information system, reorganize the current educational curriculum into a practice-oriented curriculum, and introduce the national curriculum statements (NCS)-based curriculum.

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Author Biography

Younghee Noh, Konkuk University

Biographical Details

[Author 1 bio] Younghee Noh

 

Younghee Noh has an MA and a PhD in Library & Information Science from Yonsei University, Seoul. She has published more than 50 books, including 3 books awarded as Outstanding Academic Books by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(Government)and more than 150 papers, including one selected as a Featured Article by the Informed Librarian Online in February 2012 and one awarded as a Best Article by Korean Library and Information Science Society.

She was listed in the Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2012-2016 and Who's Who in Science and Engineering in 2016-2017. She received research excellence awards from both Konkuk University (2009) and Konkuk University Alumni (2013) as well as recognition by “the award for Teaching Excellence” from Konkuk University in 2014. She received research excellence awards from ‘Korean Library and Information Science Society’ in 2014. One of the books she published in 2014, was selected as ‘Outstanding Academic Book’ by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2015. She received the Awards for Professional Excellence as Asia Library Leaders from Satija Research Foundation in Library and Information Science (India) in 2014. She has been a Chief Editor of World Research Journal of Library and Information Science in 2013~2016, an Associate Editor in Chief of International Journal of Knowledge Contents Development & Technology in 2011~2017.

Since 2004, she has been a Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science at Konkuk University, where she teaches courses in Metadata, Digital Libraries, Processing of Internet Information Resources, and Digital Contents. Before that, she taught courses in Using Information in a Knowledge-Based Society, Information Resources in Social Science, and Information Resources in Humanities in the Department of Library & Information Science, Yonsei University. From 1997 to 2004 she was Head of the International Information Center, Ewha Women’s University.

 

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Published

2017-03-31

How to Cite

Noh, Y., Kwon, Y.- ae, & Shin, Y. (2017). A Study on Perception of Librarian’s Job Prospects. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 7(1). Retrieved from https://ijkcdt.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijkcdt/article/view/111

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

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