Workforce competencies: Focus on urban public libraries

Library Trends

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 269-287

  Gonzalez, Maria E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651357471     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: 15590682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. American Library Association. (2009a). ALA's core competencies of librarianship. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.ala.org/ala/ educationcareers/careers/corecomp/corecompetences/finalcorecompstat09.pdf
2. American Library Association. (2009b). Condition of U.S. libraries: Public library trends, 2002-2009. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.ala.org/ala/research/librarystats/public/Condition-of-Libraries-1999. 20.pdf
3. American Library Association. (2009c). Planning for 2015: The recent history and future supply of librarians. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.ala.org/ala/research/librarystaffstats/recruitment/ Librarians-supply-demog-analys.pdf
4. Arns, J. W., & Price, C. (2007). To market, to market: The supervisory skills and managerial competencies most valued by new library supervisors. Library Administration & Management, 21(1), 13-19.
5. Benton Foundation. (1996). Buildings, books, and bytes: Libraries and communities in the digital age. Washington, D.C.: Benton Foundation.
6. Bertot, J. C., McClure, C. R., & Jaeger, P. T. (2008). The impacts of free public internet access on public library patrons and communities. Library Quarterly, 78(3), 285-301.
7. Bonnette, A. E. (2004). Mentoring minority librarians up the career ladder. Library Administration & Management, 18(3), 134-139.
8. Buschman, J. (2006). Libraries and the decline of public purposes. Public Library Quarterly, 24(1), 1-12.
9. Chaudhry, A. S., & Yeen, L. S. (2002). Identification of competencies for professional staff of public libraries. Public Library Quarterly, 20(1), 17-43.
10. Congress on Professional Education. (2000). Focus on education for the first professional degree. Library Personnel News, 13(1/2), 11-12.
11. Connecticut State Library. (2006). Results of the 2006 survey of public library personnel in Connecticut. Retrieved February 15, 2010, from http://ct.webjunction.org/c/document-library/get-file?folderId=3425672&name= DLFE-23910006.pdf
12. DCTV for Queens Borough Library. (2007, September 18). Work at Queens Library: Enrich your life [Video file]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=E48IJQkYLvc
13. Gomez, M. (2008, September 5). Keynote speech. Presented at the Educating Urban Librarians Summit, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Retrieved August 21, 2010, http://mediasite.slis.wayne.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Front.aspx?cid= d632bbca-3f5a-4b8a-86ab-c354b73b8450
14. Haycock, K. (2005). Librarianship: Intersecting perspective from the academy and from the field. In N. Horrocks (Ed.), Perspectives, insights & priorities: Seventeen leaders speak freely of librarianship (pp. 63-71). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
15. Holt, G. E. (1996). On becoming essential: An agenda for quality in twenty-first century public libraries. Library Trends, 44(3), 545-571.
16. Horrocks, N. (2005). Looking outside our borders. In V. Whitmell (Ed.), Staff planning in a time of demographic change (pp. 81-84). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
17. Institute of Museum and Library Services. (n.d.). Grant Search [database]. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.imls.gov/search.asp
18. Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2009). Survey of public libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://harvester.census.gov/imls/data/pls/index.asp
19. Johnston, D. C. (2007, March 29). Income gap is widening, data shows. New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/ 29/business/29tax.html
20. Kent, S. G. (1996). American public libraries: A long transformative moment. Daedalus, 125(4), 207-220.
21. Library Research Service. (2004, September). Retirement, retention, and recruitment: The future of librarianship in Colorado. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.lrs.org/documents/closer-look/RRR-web.pdf
22. Molz, R. K., & Dain, P. (1999). Civic space/cyberspace: The American public library in the information age. Cambridge: MIT Press.
23. Meyerson, B. (2009, September 5). Chicago branch libraries find budget cuts stacked against them. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 19, 2010, from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-library-disarray-05-sep05,0, 6814854.story
24. National Commission on Adult Literacy. (2008). Reach higher America: Overcoming crisis in the U.S. workforce. New York: National Commission on Adult Literacy. Retrieved August 25, 2010, from http://www. nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/ReachHigherAmerica/ReachHigher.pdf
25. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. (1994). Public libraries and the Internet: Study results, policy issues, and recommendations. Washington, DC: National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
26. National League of Cities. (2009, December). City budget shortfalls and responses: Projections for 2010-2012. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/0149CE492F8C49D095160195306B6E08/BuddgetShortFalls- FINAL.pdf
27. New Jersey Library Association. (2002, May 3). New Jersey urban libraries: Challenges and strategies for change. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.njla.org/statements/urbanlib.html
28. OCLC Online Computer Library Center. (2008). From awareness to funding: A study of library support in America. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.oclc.org/reports/funding/default.htm
29. Pew Charitable Trusts. (2009, May 18). Tough decisions and limited options: How Philadelphia and other cities are balancing budgets in a time of recession. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.pewtrusts.org/our-work- report-detail.aspx?id=52092
30. Promis, P. (2008). Are employers asking for the right competencies? A case for emotional intelligence. Library Administration & Management, 22(1), 24-30.
31. Rengert, L. (2009, April 25). LSTA 2008 grant evaluation. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/libdev/LSTA/08grants/ 08salemeval.pdf
32. Rippel, C. (2003). What libraries can learn from bookstores: Applying bookstore design to public libraries. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/marketing/bookstore.html
33. Rothstein, E. (2008, March 17). With expanding library's promise, concern about its purpose. New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/arts/design/17conn.html?-r=1
34. Sannwald, W. (1998). Espresso and ambiance: What public libraries can learn from bookstores. Library Administration & Management, 12(4), 200-211.
35. Sheldon, B. E. (2009). Key factors in developing as a leader: The library school, self-awareness, emotional intelligence. In J. Varlejs & G. Walton (Eds.), Strategies for regenerating the library and information professions (pp. 215-221). Munich: K. G. Saur.
36. Shera, J. H. (1949). Foundations of the public library: The origins of the library movement in New England, 1629-1855. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
37. Toronto Public Library. (2009). Digital design studio. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spe-lea-digital-design.jsp
38. Urban Institute and Urban Libraries Council. (2007). Making cities stronger: Public library contributions to local economic development. Chicago: Urban Libraries Council.
39. Urban Libraries Council. (2005). The engaged library: Chicago stories of community building. Chicago: Urban Libraries Council.
40. Urban Libraries Council. (2009). Librarians for America's neighborhood program: Evaluation. Chicago: Urban Libraries Council.
41. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2009a). Labor force statistics from the current population survey. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://data.bls.gov/ PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet
42. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2009b). Occupational outlook handbook, 2010-11: Librarians. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.bls.gov/oco/ ocos068.htm
43. U.S. Census Bureau. (2009). The foreign-born labor force in the United States, 2007: American community survey reports. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acs-10.pdf
44. U.S. Census Bureau. (2010). 2006-2008 American Community Survey. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ ACSSAFFFacts
45. U.S. Census Bureau News. (2005). Texas becomes nation's newest "majority-minority" state. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/005514.html
46. Wagner, M. M., & Willms, D. (2008). The urban library program: Integrating theory and work. Education for Information, 26, 3-11.
47. Watson, R. E. (1994). Competency = creating a curriculum for each public library function. Public Libraries, 33, 87-90.
48. Wayne State University, Library and Information Science Program. (2008). Educating urban libraries summit: Final report. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://slis.wayne.edu/about/urban-libraries-final-report.pdf
49. Wayne State University, School of Library and Information Science. (2009, October). Program presentation conducted at the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association. Detroit, MI.
50. WebJunction. (2010). Workforce resources. Retrieved August 21, 2010, from http://www.webjunction.org/workforce-resources
51. Winston, M, & Li, H. (2007). Leadership diversity: A study of urban public libraries. Library Quarterly, 77, 61-82.