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Children and Youth Librarians: Competencies Required in Technology-Based Environment

Children and Youth Librarians: Competencies Required in Technology-Based Environment

Sylvia Vincent Stavridi, Dalia Ragaa Hamada
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466695429|ISBN10: 1466695420|EISBN13: 9781466695436
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch002
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Stavridi, Sylvia Vincent, and Dalia Ragaa Hamada. "Children and Youth Librarians: Competencies Required in Technology-Based Environment." Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration, edited by Joseph M. Yap, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 25-50. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch002

APA

Stavridi, S. V. & Hamada, D. R. (2016). Children and Youth Librarians: Competencies Required in Technology-Based Environment. In J. Yap, M. Perez, M. Ayson, & G. Entico (Eds.), Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration (pp. 25-50). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch002

Chicago

Stavridi, Sylvia Vincent, and Dalia Ragaa Hamada. "Children and Youth Librarians: Competencies Required in Technology-Based Environment." In Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration, edited by Joseph M. Yap, et al., 25-50. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch002

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Abstract

In a high-tech environment where knowledge and information are delivered in a fast paced mode, the role of librarians serving children and young adults is being re-directed from being solely responsible for information and knowledge transfer to teaching and research. The children and young adult libraries at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina have been trying to extend their ways to deliver the services and understand the challenges in integrating various technologies. The chapter locates a series of technology competencies and skills that are currently expected of librarians working with children and young adults. In addition to their non-technical skills, librarians have to be technologically empowered and learn a variety of technical behaviors and acquire the digital skills needed to embrace the constantly changing complexities and advances in digital technology. This chapter upgrades the digital literacy skills in discipline-specific knowledge to support the integration of digital proficiencies as relevant skills for librarians to serve in their new role as teacher librarian.

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