Pustakawan agen perubahan sosial bukan sekadar penjaga rak buku

Pustakawan agen perubahan sosial bukan sekadar penjaga rak buku

BH 4 Jun 2025, ms. 13

"Pustakawan tidak hanya memberi maklumat, tetapi membina hubungan, memahami keperluan pengguna dan menyokong kesejahteraan emosi dalam pembelajaran"

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Apa peranan Pustakawan di era kecerdasan buatan?

Apa peranan Pustakawan di era kecerdasan buatan?

UM 6 Jun 2025, ms. 26

"Pustakawan masa kini memainkan peranan strategik dalam analitik bibliometrik, penyelenggaraan repositori institusi dan pengurusan kitaran hayat data penyelidikan, pendigitalan koleksi warisan, malah pembangunan sistem pintar yang menyokong pembelajaran seoanjang hayat"

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I'm Not Just A Librarian

The LIBRARIAN's DIARY | QUESTIONING THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN DRIVING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Sun, 13 April 2025 – One of the biggest challenges librarians face is changing the perception of senior leadership in educational institutions, where the profession is often labeled as "second-class." This undermines the critical contributions librarians make to their institutions.

✅ I’ve come across this issue abroad, but a recent conversation with a fellow librarian confirmed it’s happening in our own backyard.

✅ Regardless, we must maintain goodwill toward leadership. Yet, it’s our duty to uphold our responsibilities while asking, "How can our profession, services, and delivery become more visible and impactful—especially to local communities and senior management, particularly in private academic institutions?"

✅ This is the question we, as librarians, must answer. Simply put, "What value do we bring to our community and society?"

✅ In the public sector, this perception may be less pronounced, but in private institutions, it persists—whether overtly or subtly—through their actions toward libraries.

✅ Whatever the case, we must communicate our contributions and ROI (Return on Investment). Avoid siloing the library, instead, integrate it into institutional goals.

✅ I often advise peers to leverage all available resources, think creatively, work together and ensure every initiative has measurable community impact. Collaborate directly with stakeholders—students, faculty, leadership—and involve them in our planning.

💐 Every effort must be shared and amplified. Use every accessible platform to highlight your/ unit or departmental work.

💐 With persistence, our role will be seen and valued. InshaAllah...

*Illustration gimmick generated by ChatGPT—no real persons depicted!

Source: LinkedIn Zairul Nizam Zainol, Senior Manager, Library, Herriot-Watt University Malaysia

Anatomy of a Skilled Library Worker

 

Sumber: https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/novelist/top-traits-skilled-library-worker

Librarian and Outcome

 

Foto ihsan Amazon.com 

The Librarian

Foto ihsan FB Goodwill Librarian

Pustakawan tetap 'kompas' walau pada era kecerdasan buatan

 

Sumber: Utusan Malaysia 

Children and Librarian

 

Foto: fridaystuff.com 

Are librarians non-playable characters?

Are librarians non-playable characters?

By IFLA

Photo: Internet 

In IFLA’s advocacy work, two recurring phenomena point to a key challenge that we need to overcome. The first is the surprise people at various conferences and events when they hear that you are representing libraries. The second is the feeling among libraries themselves that they are powerless to make change happen, and must rather do the best they can with the resources and conditions they have.

The root cause of these is, however, the same – a sense that librarians do not have any agency – i.e. the ability to make change happen. In effect, there is a risk that librarians and libraries are all too often seen (including by themselves) as ‘non-playable characters’ – entities that are pre-programmed to do what they do. The concept comes from gaming, referring to entities that likely aren’t bad, but rather just cannot be taken on as a personality, and are often simply just victims or playthings for the main characters.

Minneapolis schools and Librarians

Minneapolis schools added more librarians. Now books are flying off the shelves

This year, the district fulfilled its promise to staff at least a half-time library media specialist at each school. 

By Mara Klecker Star Tribune

 

JANUARY 27, 2024 — 10:00AM

LEILA NAVIDI, STAR TRIBUNE

Library media specialist Ted Anderson helped eighth-grader Milton Norcross find a book in the school library at Franklin STEAM Middle School in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

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One of the posted rules for middle schoolers using the library at Franklin STEAM school in Minneapolis this year is an encouraging directive: "There is a book for you — find it."

And the students have. More than 1,500 titles have been checked out so far this school year, representing a four-fold jump over the number of books that left the shelf by this time last school year.

"As much as I want to say I managed to shoot book checkout up 400%, it's not because of anything incredible that I personally did," said Ted Anderson, the school's librarian. "It's because I'm here and the library is actually open."

Like a handful of other Minneapolis schools, Franklin had no library staff last year, meaning it was often closed to students.

WRITING FOR LIBRARIANS: Why We Need To Write

 Tulisan asal oleh Dr Edzan Che Nasir. Slila klik gambar untuk baca tulisan tersebut

Bersama Penulis Buku Catatan Perjalanan "Visiting Librarian" di Universiti Deakin Melbourne

 

Librarians vs Knowledge Managers

 

Klik sini untuk baca artikel asal tulisan Munmon

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Selamat Hari Pustakawan 2020

Pustakawan dan buku

Pustakawan mesti kreatif, inovatif seiring Revolusi Industri 4.0

Berita Harian – 11 Jun 2018

Hari Pustakawan disambut pada 6 Jun setiap tahun dan 2018 adalah tahun keempat ia diraikan untuk mengenang jasa dan sumbangan pustakawan di dalam membina dunia maklumat dan perpustakaan. Hari perlu diingati oleh mereka yang berada dalam dunia kepustakawanan kerana ini hari untuk mengenang jasa dan sumbangan kita semua kepada negara.

Di Malaysia, kalangan pustakawan adalah graduan dari Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) dan Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL). Mereka yang lahir daripada institusi berkenaan sudah terdidik untuk memperkasakan dunia ilmu dan maklumat serta menyebarkan kepada pengguna yang memerlukannya.

Beyond books: what it takes to be a 21st century librarian

From connecting with people to keeping up with the latest technologies, there is a whole lot more to the job than stamping due dates

The Guardian - 31 January 2011

By Emma Cragg and Katie Birkwood

Librarians provide training to show people how to search for information and evaluate what they find.

Photograph: Science photo library

If we stopped the next person walking by on the street and asked them what our jobs as librarians involve, we'd be willing to bet that their first answer would be stamping books. This is because many people's experience of librarians is of the frontline, customer service staff. Have you ever considered how the books get on to the shelves and ready for you to borrow? Behind the scenes there are teams of librarians working to make this happen.

There are librarians who select the books for purchase, librarians who process the orders and librarians who create the bibliographic records that make it possible for you to find the book in the library catalogue and then on the shelves.

More than just love for books

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Profesi Pustakawan bakal lenyap?

UM