Essential Skills for Corporate and Special Librarians

Abstract

Library science programs must be responsive to the wide variety of workplace needs to ensure that graduating students are prepared with appropriate knowledge and skills regardless of where their career path brings them, and to do so they must understand the various needs and expectations of the field. Through a nationwide study of over 2,000 current professionals and LIS faculty, this study examines the knowledge, skills, and abilities identified as core for special and corporate librarians. The results help establish a baseline of skills for corporate and special librarians, which will be of interest to current and emerging professionals interested in a career in these settings and could have implications for LIS education.     

Tailoring an information skills programme for Trainee Nursing Associates

This feature describes the tailored information skills programme which was delivered for the second cohort of Trainee Nursing Associates (TNAs) at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and presents the results of the evaluation which was undertaken. Literature searching and critical appraisal were offered to the first cohort. Feedback was collated, and sessions were refined and tailored to better meet the information needs of the second cohort of TNAs. A comparison of confidence ratings before and after the programme ascertained whether the information skills programme had a positive benefit in confidence levels of attendees. D.I.     

Librarians collaborate successfully with nursing faculty and a writing centre to support nursing students doing professional doctorates

This study explores how a three‐way collaboration between a University library, writing centre and faculty created avenues of training and support for students within a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in an American University. The role of each partner involved in the collaboration is discussed alongside the profile of the DNP students. Lesson planning and classroom techniques for DNP information literacy classes are described and feedback from the partners and the students are discussed. The study confirms that collaboration is effective in improving research and writing skills. D.I.     

"单片机技术"实践教学改革的思考

在深入分析了就业市场和有关的职业岗位技能的需求以及单片机技术教学特点的基础上,结合本课程的特点,特别是实践教学的经验及不足,对职业院校单片机实践教学进行了探讨,提出了单片机实践教学改革的主要思路和具体措施,并对课程的发展前景进行了分析.     

英国GCSE化学考试探究性技能评价方法及启示

科学探究性技能的评价是英国GCSE化学课程考试评价目标中重要的一项.它对探究性技能进行分领域评价,制定详细的、便于操作的评价目标和评定细则,突出课程作业在评价中的地位,重视学生的探究过程和关注学生发展,其做法值得我国借鉴.     

论求职面试中的口才艺术

良好的口才是大学生求职面试成功的关键因素之一。当今大学生求职面试存在着五大误区。大学生求职面试只有走出误区,潜心培养各方面口才能力——知己知彼、模拟训练、培养良好习惯、增加知识储备、总结经验教训,同时,努力掌握面试口才技巧——避重就轻转移话题、化被动为主动、创新思维、模糊回答两难问题、幽默化解尴尬,方能在激烈的职场竞争中脱颖而出。     

Developing ‘active citizens’: Arts Award,creativity and impact

Creativity has become the new watchword in UK academic and policy circles. Within this context, policy discussions about the arts and their impact emphasise economic benefits over educational value, drawing clear distinctions between quantifiable or ‘hard’ measures of impact and those described as ‘soft’, less tangible and lacking a strong evidence base. Departing from the binary logics often underpinning notions of arts impacts, this article is novel in exploring the entwined relationship between impacts seen as ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. We draw on research examining the links between arts education and young people's future trajectories and use the concept of ‘active citizenship’ to show how informal, softer skills fostered through creative learning are an important part of citizenship-making for some young people. Participants’ accounts show how improvements in soft skills can give young people opportunities for agency, which shape progression pathways leading to measurable change. This finding is directly relevant in the context of evaluations of arts impacts in the UK and abroad, and should encourage further examination of the impact of creative learning on transfer of skills as well as policy developments in this area.     

以技能比赛促进技能教学的模式研究

技能教学是高等职业院校教学的根本。当前一些高等职业院校在技能比赛上取得了一定成绩,但是技能比赛在提高技能教学质量方面还有待探讨。以目前重庆市内职业技术学院技能比赛与技能教学相结合的现状为例,就如何更好的以技能比赛来促进高等职业院校技能教学的发展,实现技能比赛与技能教学的良好结合进行了一定的探讨。     

大学语文教材的教学理念和课程内涵——以“桂版语文”为例

长期以来,《大学语文》为人诟病,就是因为课程没有充分注意教学对象的性质和特点,把大学生与中学生等量齐观,把不同地域、不同专业的大学生等量齐观。因此,大学语文教材编写者首先要思考的问题就是这门课程的学习对象的性质与特点。“桂版语文”在教材中植入了大学教育、中国文化、广西元素、通识理念、语文技能五个元素,力图使大学语文名副其实,以满足高等教育大众化时代大学语文教育教学的需要。     

高师院校中文专业师范生实践技能培养模式研究

加强高师院校中文专业师范生实践技能培养,具有重要的价值意义。然而,就目前而言,不管是在观念意识方面,还是在培养模式方面,都还存有诸多缺陷和不足。地方高师院校中文专业师范生实践技能的培养,从大一到大四应该一以贯之、覆盖全程;另一方面,必须通盘考虑、科学规划,宏观把握与微观操作相结合,整体性和阶段性相匹配,体系完整而又细节明晰,以求做到循序渐进、步步为营、有条不紊。