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Dissertation Information for Josefa Aljaro-Martinez

NAME:
- Josefa Aljaro-Martinez

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1982)

ADVISORS:
- Allen Kent

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- E. Blanche Woolls
- Thomas J. Galvin
- Donald Shirey
- William Nasri
- Anthony Debons

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: A MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING HUMAN RESOURCES IN INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS/DOCUMENTALISTS IN SPAIN

Abstract: The need to formulate a national information policy is widely recognized at present in Spain. Manpower planning is a key element in national information policy, but an understanding of the labor force working in information related activities, needed to develop such planning, does not exist. This investigation approaches this need by providing an instrument and methodology to conduct an exhaustive manpower survey to identify current and future needs for information professionals in Spain. The study also provides a limited view of Spanish information/documentation personnel in Spain.

The research method follows the methodology of the prior study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh concerning the identification and classification of information professionals by the functions they perform in the United States. The Pittsburgh study was adapted to the Spanish socioeconomic environment. The present study also concerns the educational background of information professionals. This investigation is developed in six steps. Steps one to five focus on the pilot survey carried out in Spain among information/documentation centers. The last step elaborates a planning model to carry out the final survey. This includes a rationale for the final survey and delineation of the further research needed.

After analyzing the data from the preliminary survey, differences are observed between the distribution of the population surveyed by sectors in the Pittsburgh study and the Spanish sample. This is mainly because the concept of information personnel was broader in the Pittsburgh study; the Spanish sample only surveyed information/documentation centers. Those differences have been considered in the redesign of the questionnaire which will be used in later research. The preliminary survey developed in Spain shows a low usage of information/documentation services and a low average number of employees by center. Sixty-one and eight tenths per cent of employees surveyed have higher education.

It is suggested that the expected national information policy should consider increasing the use of services as its first objective; while also considering the best way to educate and train information professionals for the country.

MPACT Scores for Josefa Aljaro-Martinez

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:22:22

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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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