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http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2019.30.3.267

A Study on Current Status of Continuing Education for Enhancing School Librarians' Expertise: Focusing on the Goyang-si in Gyeonggi-do  

Lee, Seung Min (행신중학교)
Park, Ok Nam (상명대학교 인문콘텐츠학부 문헌정보학전공)
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Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science / v.30, no.3, 2019 , pp. 267-290 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status and condition of continuing education to improve professionalism of school library and to suggest ways to improve continuing education. The survey was conducted for 69 librarians and school librarians teachers in elementary, middle and high school libraries in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, and frequency analysis and cross analysis were conducted. The research results are as follows. First, the study found that librarians have a high interest in and participation in continuing education. Second, the type of continuing education with the highest percentage of participation was short-term training and training courses, and the link between educational content and practice was low. Third, managers' awareness needs to be improved, and regional constraints and the lack of suitable continuing education programs are the obstacles to continuing education. Fourth, preference for continuing education during working hours and vacation was emphasized. Through this, it was suggested that continuous and long-term continuing education, policy support for encouraging continuing education, development of continuing education courses for professionalism, manager's awareness call.
Keywords
School Library; School Librarian; Librarian Teachers; Continuing Education; Survey; Current Status;
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