Dissertation Information for Doris Bowers Herring NAME: - Doris Bowers Herring
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- Florida State University (USA) (1994)
ADVISORS: - Mary Alice Hunt
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Thomas L. Hart - William R. Jones - Ronald D. Blazek
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: The role of the community college reference librarian in promoting and teaching information literacy
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which reference librarians of the 28 Florida community colleges are educationally prepared to teach and promote information literacy.
A survey instrument (questionnaire) was designed and distributed to 110 reference librarians in the 28 Florida community colleges; a total of 74 (76.2%) were returned and 69 (62.7%) were usable. Using the Likert-type scale, respondents indicated strength and weakness of abilities and preparedness to teach and promote information literacy. The data were tabulated using SPSS.
Forty-nine (71.0%) of the respondents were females, 18 (26.1%) were males (two, 3%, did not indicate gender), and 83% of the librarians were 41 years or older. Sixty-one percent (61%) of the male librarians had 15 years or less experience, while 73% of females had 16 or more years of experience. Eighty-seven percent of the librarians had a master's degree in Library Science, 3% had an advanced master's/specialist degree, and 3% had their doctorate. Four percent (4%) had a subject master's degree only. Three percent (3%) had a subject master's degree and certification in Library Science or either a subject master's degree and a master's degree in Library Science. While 96% of the librarians use the new technology on their job, only 31% of the libraries have a computing lab within the library for student use.
The findings of this study included the following: (1) Ninety percent (90%) of the librarians indicated that they were well-prepared for the skills of locating sources, using periodicals, indexes, reference sources, and performing reference queries. (2) Eighty percent (80%) of the librarians indicated that they were well-prepared to use manual and online catalogs, CD-ROM databases, knew search strategy skills, selected appropriate access points, and worked effectively with diverse patrons. (3) Seventy percent (70%) of the librarians indicated that they were well-prepared for communication, thinking and cognitive skills, and met the needs of target user groups. (4) They were least prepared to work with Internet, Interactive Video, Hypercard/Hypertext, and tape-loaded databases. (5) They perceived themselves as lacking in the skills of measurement and evaluation, teaching methodologies, budgeting and planning, management, instructional design, and the use of online databases.
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MPACT Scores for Doris Bowers Herring A = 0
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