¿Qué impresiones tiene la gente sobre la bibliotecología como carrera profesional?

Newbutt, Sarah , Sen, Barbara and Espinal Cañaveral, Estibens ¿Qué impresiones tiene la gente sobre la bibliotecología como carrera profesional? Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología, 2012, vol. 35, n. 3. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

This study aims to reveal the impressions that youth have of librarianship as a career, what barriers are presented to those who enter the profession and what attracts them the same. Two questionnaires were used: the first was applied to a sample of young people aged between 18 and 24 years, who were planning to make a decision about your future career, and the second was applied to students of the mastery in librarianship from the University of Sheffield, who theirs had already chosen that program as career. The questionnaires inquired by the impressions of people about librarianship as a career and realized that presented barriers when entering the profession. The study found that both the lack of knowledge about the implications of the role of the librarian, as the lack of knowledge of the choice of librarianship as a career, influence the negative perception of young people to become librarians. Students in the mastery in librarianship identified a number of obstacles that interfered with access to the profession and suggested possible solutions to address this situation. The librarianship does not appeal to young people because of the impressions they have about it. Therefore, in order to eradicate the misconceptions held about this race, librarians should promote their work as more knowledge of librarianship, lead to this becoming a more attractive option for young people.

Spanish abstract

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo revelar las impresiones que tienen los jóvenes sobre la bibliotecología como carrera profesional, qué barreras se les presentan a aquellas personas que entran a la profesión y qué les atrae de la misma. Se utilizaron dos cuestionarios: el primero se aplicó a una muestra de jóvenes cuyas edades oscilaban entre los 18 y los 24 años, quienes planeaban tomar una decisión sobre su futuro profesional; el segundo se aplicó a estudiantes de la maestría en bibliotecología de la Universidad de Sheffield, quienes ya habían escogido dicho programa como su carrera profesional. Los cuestionarios indagaron por las impresiones de la gente acerca de la bibliotecología como carrera y dieron cuenta de las barreras que se presentaban al momento de entrar a la profesión. En el estudio se encontró que tanto la falta de conocimiento sobre lo que implica el rol del bibliotecólogo, como la falta de conocimiento de la opción de la bibliotecología como carrera profesional, influyen en la percepción negativa de los jóvenes para convertirse en bibliotecólogos. Los estudiantes de la maestría en bibliotecología identificaron un número de obstáculos que interferían en el acceso a dicha profesión y sugirieron posibles soluciones para abordar esa situación. La bibliotecología no atrae a los jóvenes debido a las impresiones que tienen sobre ella. Por lo tanto, con el fin de erradicar las ideas equivocadas que se tienen sobre esta carrera, los bibliotecólogos deben promover su quehacer ya que un mayor conocimiento de la bibliotecología conducirá a que esta se convierta en una opción más atractiva para los jóvenes.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: It haven't keywords
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
Depositing user: Unnamed user with email cdavidm01467@gmail.com
Date deposited: 03 Sep 2013 12:16
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:27
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20077

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