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10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs

10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs

Daisuke Okada
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799822738|ISBN10: 1799822737|EISBN13: 9781799822752
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2273-8.ch004
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Okada, Daisuke. "10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs." Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Reysa Alenzuela, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 78-101. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2273-8.ch004

APA

Okada, D. (2020). 10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs. In R. Alenzuela, H. Kim, & D. Baylen (Eds.), Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region (pp. 78-101). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2273-8.ch004

Chicago

Okada, Daisuke. "10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs." In Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Reysa Alenzuela, Heesop Kim, and Danilo M. Baylen, 78-101. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2273-8.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the status, challenges, and issues encountered in librarianship in Japan, especially school librarianship. Specifically, it focuses on the certifications for school library staff, the curriculum model, and the employability of certified librarians. Topics related to Library and Information Studies schools, training programs for certified librarians, summer and distance education, qualifications and accreditation of teacher librarians are discussed as well. Currently, librarianship and school librarianship are not close to implementing internationalization; however, this discussion cannot be avoided. Hence, this chapter argues that it is necessary to incorporate the specific trends in Japan along with global trends.

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