librarian
Let an agent explain what librarians do and the kinds of librarian, describe training and professional values, support finding library services, and describe the history and future of the profession.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what librarians do and the kinds of librarian, describe training and professional values, support finding library services, and describe the history and future of the profession.
An information professional who manages collections, organises information and helps people find and use it, in public, school, academic, national, special and polytechnic libraries and in roles such as cataloguers, subject librarians, systems librarians, archivists in some contexts and library directors; librarians are trained in library and information science, uphold intellectual freedom and privacy, and adapt to digital resources.
What it is for: Information professionals in libraries.
It can be explain roles and kinds; describe training and values; support finding services; describe history and future.
Distinguishing features
Information organisation
User service
Professional values
Institutional variety
What it looks like
Not physical; a profession.
How it is recognised
Manages collections and helps users
Public, school, academic, national, special
An archivist manages records; a bookseller sells books
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - library classification
is related to - library collections
In practice
Families and kinds
public librarians
school librarians
academic and polytechnic librarians
national and research library staff and directors
special and systems librarians
Standards and regulation
Professional qualifications and accreditation
Codes of ethics on intellectual freedom and privacy
Library legislation
Failure modes and hazards
Censorship pressures
Underfunding and closures
Confusing librarians with clerical staff
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.librarian
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What librarians do.
Profession.
Roles
Roles and kinds.
Roles
Roles.
- What do librarians do in public, school, academic, national and special libraries, and what roles exist within libraries? definition
- Which entry fits a specific role? action
Values
Professional values.
Values
Values.
- What values such as intellectual freedom, privacy and equitable access guide librarians, according to professional codes? provenance
- Which entry fits library ethics? action
Use Using library services.
Practice.
Services
Services.
Services
Services.
- How can someone get help from a librarian with research, digital resources and literacy? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific library? action
Research
Research support.
Research
Research.
- How do academic and subject librarians support research, data management and open access? provenance
- Which entry fits scholarly communication? action
Career Becoming a librarian.
Practice.
Training
Training and qualifications.
Training
Training.
- How are librarians trained and qualified here, and which professional bodies exist? provenance
- Which entry fits library science education? action
Challenges
Challenges.
Challenges
Challenges.
- What challenges such as censorship, funding and digital change face librarians, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and culture.
Education.
History
History of the profession.
History
History.
- How did the librarian profession develop, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
Librarians in culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How are librarians represented in culture, and how do these images compare with practice? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each library type be a separate entry?
- How should professional bodies be linked?
- How should library directories be linked?