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The Global Profession: the overseas perspective Find The Passion – the career that lets you work with the things you love CILIP New Professionals Information Day Friday 1 st October, London Nicolás Robinson- García EC3 Research Group University of
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The Global Profession: the overseas perspective
Find The Passion – the career that lets you work with the things you
loveCILIP New Professionals Information
DayFriday 1st October, London
Nicolás Robinson-García
EC3 Research Group
University of Granada
• Who am I?• Why Library Studies?• Why become involved?• What is going on out there?• Do research and profession
go hand in hand?• Putting the pieces together
Who am I?
Who am I?
• Degree in Library and Information Studies
• Master in Scientific Information
Who am I?
• Researcher
• Journalist
• Translator
• Events organizer
• Interpreter
• Teacher
• Techno-geek
• Bibliometrician
• Research-adviser
• Librarian
Who am I?
Why Library Studies?
• Never thought about it before• Didn’t want to work in a library or
archive
• Wanted to be a journalist• Keen on information technology
Did I get to do what I wanted?Yes, and I learned to love
libraries as well!
Why Library Studies?
• Three-year Diploma in Librarianship
• Two-year Degree in Library and Information Studies
• One-year Professional/Research Master
• PhD Thesis (3 years)
Library Studies in Spain
Assistant Librarian
Librarian
Subject-based Librarian or Research Assistant
Researcher/Lecturer
Why Library Studies?
• First professional experience
• Did my share of journalism!
• Started to love the profession
• Wrote first article for a scientific journal!
Work placementJuly 2005 Working at the local
newspaper
Why become involved?
Learning about…
• … “the real world”• … job profiles• ... new ideas
Networking…
• … and collaborating• … finding job
opportunities• … making friends!
Learning how to…
• … organise events• … public speaking• … interact with other
professionals
And overall…
• … becoming part of a community
• … making a difference!
Member of the executive board
December 2005
Why become involved?
National level
FESABID
Regional level
Andalucía
Madrid
Cantabria…
Professional types
Librarians
Subject-based librarians
Archivists…
Library associations in Spain
Andalucía
AAPID
Information Professionals
AAB
Librarians
AAA
Archivists
Why become involved?
What do we do?
Training courses
Professional prizes
Annual forum
What is going on out there?
Translating IFLAAugust 2008 August 2009 August 2010
What is going on out there?
What is IFLA about?
International Federation of Library Associations
• Founded in 1927• 1600 members from 150
countries• 5 Divisions• 6 Core Activities• 48 Sections• 12 Special Interest Groups• 5 Joint Activities
What is going on out there?
What is IFLA about?
International Federation of Library Associations
Aims1. Promote high standards of
library and infomation services
2. Encourage understanding of the value of libraries
3. Represent the interests of members throughout the world
What is going on out there?
What is IFLA about?
International Federation of Library Associations
Some of the things they do• Database of success stories• Guidelines• Internet Manifesto,
IFLA/Unesco Manifesto for Multicultural Libraries
What is going on out there?
What is IFLA about?
International Federation of Library Associations
How to get involved• Papers• Grants -> Adopt a student!• Volunteering• Membership• Standing Committee members
Do research and the profession go hand in hand?
Doing researchMay 2007 Working on Information
Retrieval
Linguistic treatment of questions in Spanish for question classification in question answering systems
Nov 2008 Doing Bibliometrics
Do research and the profession go hand in hand?
Moya Anegón, F.; Jiménez Contreras, E.; Moneda Corrochano, M. (1998). Research fronts in Library and Information Science in Spain (1985-1994). Scientometrics. 42 (2):229-246
Same topic
And now?
Bibliometrics
Do research and the profession go hand in hand?
They don’t interact anymore!!
Do research and the profession go hand in hand?
What do we do at
• Science and Scientific Communication Evaluation
• Professionaly-oriented research group via …
… bibliographic tools, dissemination and professional training on Bibliometrics
Bibliometrics
Science 2.0
Do research and the profession go hand in hand?
Scientific Evaluation Agencies
Evaluation of scientific journals
Training courses for lecturers
Training courses for academic
librarians
Embedded Librarian
Science 2.0
Bibliometrics
What do we do at
Do research and the profession go hand in hand ?
The Embedded librarian
Do research and the profession go hand in hand ?
• Works for a customer’s group (research group)
• Responds to group’s information needs• Works hand in hand with the research leader• Creates virtual workspaces for its users• Works outside the library within the user’s
environment
The Embedded librarian
Do research and the profession go hand in hand ?
Assignments
The Embedded librarian
Strategies for promotion and dissemination of its activities
Data curation and information retrieval
Pre-prints management: Journal’s instruction for authors
Journal selection and submission process
Dissemination of pre-print once the paper has been accepted
Monitorisation of impact of the paper through bibliometric indicators
Criteria from evaluation agencies in order to develop publication policies
Up to date information regarding research funding proposals
Putting the pieces together
Putting the pieces together
Professional activism
Research
Profession
Publications
Putting the pieces together
You reap what you sow
Never underestimate de importance of a Librarian
(Idea kindly donated by Elsevier)
And remember…
Thank you!
Find The Passion – the career that lets you work with the things you
loveCILIP New Professionals Information
DayFriday 1st October, London
Nicolás Robinson-García
EC3 Research Group
University of Granada
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