“O brave new world”1: A case study of a social worker in the public library

IF 2.4 3区 管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101313
Melissa Gross, Don Latham
{"title":"“O brave new world”1: A case study of a social worker in the public library","authors":"Melissa Gross,&nbsp;Don Latham","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101313","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Public libraries are adding social workers to staff as a way of improving their response to the social services needs of library users. This case study of how one public library system undertook to hire a social worker and integrate the position into the life of the library follows the results of this undertaking for roughly 18 months, utilizing semi-structured interviews and corroborating findings with official documentation on the library's website and other documents provided directly by participants. Abbott's system of professions provides the theoretical framework for this case study, which also asks about the potential impact of social work on the profession of librarianship. Overall, participants are very satisfied with the social worker position, even though her defined duties are narrow. This study adds to the knowledge of how social workers are being embedded in libraries and provides needed insights into implications for librarianship as a profession.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 3","pages":"Article 101313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Library & Information Science Research","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740818824000343","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Public libraries are adding social workers to staff as a way of improving their response to the social services needs of library users. This case study of how one public library system undertook to hire a social worker and integrate the position into the life of the library follows the results of this undertaking for roughly 18 months, utilizing semi-structured interviews and corroborating findings with official documentation on the library's website and other documents provided directly by participants. Abbott's system of professions provides the theoretical framework for this case study, which also asks about the potential impact of social work on the profession of librarianship. Overall, participants are very satisfied with the social worker position, even though her defined duties are narrow. This study adds to the knowledge of how social workers are being embedded in libraries and provides needed insights into implications for librarianship as a profession.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
"勇敢的新世界 "1:公共图书馆社工案例研究
公共图书馆正在增聘社会工作者,以更好地满足图书馆用户的社会服务需求。本案例研究介绍了一个公共图书馆系统是如何聘用社工并将其融入图书馆生活的,通过半结构式访谈,并与图书馆网站上的官方文件和参与者直接提供的其他文件相互印证,对这一聘用工作的结果进行了大约 18 个月的跟踪研究。阿博特的职业体系为本案例研究提供了理论框架,同时也提出了社会工作对图书馆员职业的潜在影响。总体而言,参与者对社工职位非常满意,尽管她的职责范围很窄。这项研究增加了人们对社会工作者如何融入图书馆的了解,并为图书馆员这一职业的影响提供了所需的见解。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Library & Information Science Research
Library & Information Science Research INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
4.60
自引率
6.90%
发文量
51
期刊介绍: Library & Information Science Research, a cross-disciplinary and refereed journal, focuses on the research process in library and information science as well as research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance. All papers are subject to a double-blind reviewing process.
期刊最新文献
Editorial Board Virtual reality training for crisis communication: Fostering empathy, confidence, and de-escalation skills in library and information science graduate students Beyond surface: Chinese youth's digital reading motivation explored via laddering and the interpretative structural modeling method (ISM) “O brave new world”1: A case study of a social worker in the public library Privacy protection framework for open data: Constructing and assessing an effective approach
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1