Presentation on the 23rd of November of 2010 in Newcastle at the New Professionals Information Days organized by CILIP Career Development Group. This presentation contains effects, it is recommended to download it in order to view it properly

1. Find The Passion – the career that lets you work
with the things you love
CILIP New Professionals Information Day
Tuesday, 23rd November, Newcastle
Nicolás Robinson-García
EC3 Research Group
University of Granada

2. • Who am I?
• Why Library Studies?
• Why become involved?
• What is going on out there?
• Do research and profession go hand
in hand?
• Putting the pieces together

3. Who am I?

4. Why Library Studies?
• Three-year Diploma in Librarianship
• Two-year Degree in Library and Information
Studies
• One-year Professional/Research Master
• PhD Thesis (3 years)
Assistant Librarian
Librarian
Subject-based Librarian
or Research Assistant
Researcher/Lecturer

5. Who am I?
• Degree in Library and Information Studies
• Master in Scientific Information

6. Who am I?
• Researcher
• Journalist
• Translator
• Events organiser
• Interpreter
• Teacher
• Techno-geek
• Bibliometrician
• Research-adviser
• Librarian

7. Who am I?

8. Why Library Studies?
• Never thought about it before
• Didn’t want to work in a library or archive
• Wanted to be a journalist
• Keen on information technology
Did I get to do what I wanted?

9. Why Library Studies?
• First professional experience
• Did my share of journalism!
• Started to love the profession
• Wrote first article for a scientific journal!

10. Why become involved?
National
level
FESABID
Regional
level
Andalucía
Madrid
Cantabria…
Professional
types
Librarians
Subject-based
librarians
Archivists…
Andalucía
AAPID
Information
Professionals
AAB
Librarians
AAA
Archivists

11. Why become involved?

12. Why become involved?
Learning about…
• … “the real world”
• … job profiles
• ... new ideas
Networking…
• … and collaborating
• … finding job
opportunities
• … making friends!
Learning how to…
• … organise events
• … public speaking
• … interact with other
professionals
And overall…
• … becoming part of a community
• … making a difference!

13. What is going on out there?
International Federation of Library Associations
• Founded in 1927
• 1600 members from 150
countries
• 5 Divisions
• 6 Core Activities
• 48 Sections
• 12 Special Interest Groups
• 5 Joint Activities

14. What is going on out there?
International Federation of Library Associations
Aims
1. Promote high standards of
library and infomation
services
2. Encourage understanding of the value of
libraries
3. Represent the interests of members
throughout the world

15. What is going on out there?
International Federation of Library Associations
Some of the things they do
• Database of success stories
• Guidelines
• Internet Manifesto,
IFLA/Unesco Manifesto for Multicultural
Libraries

16. What is going on out there?
International Federation of Library Associations
How to get involved
• Papers
• Grants -> Adopt a student!
• Volunteering
• Membership
• Standing Committee members

17. What is going on out there?

18. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Linguistic treatment of questions in Spanish for question
classification in question answering systems

19. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?

20. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Bibliometrics is a set of methods used to study or
measure texts and information…

21. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Bibliometrics is a set of methods used to study or
measure texts and information…
… Citation analysis and content analysis are commonly
used bibliometric methods…

22. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Bibliometrics is a set of methods used to study or
measure texts and information…
… Citation analysis and content analysis are commonly
used bibliometric methods…
… While bibliometric methods are most often used in
the field of library and information science,
bibliometrics have wide applications in other areas.

23. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Bibliometrics is a set of methods used to study or
measure texts and information…
… Citation analysis and content analysis are commonly
used bibliometric methods…
… While bibliometric methods are most often used in
the field of library and information science,
bibliometrics have wide applications in other areas.

24. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
• Methodology research
– Development of indicators to measure scientific
impact
• Scientific disciplines
– Researchers’ information behaviour within
scientific areas
• Science policy
– Tools developed to assess policy makers related
with research funding and resources distribution

25. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Production Impact

26. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Moya Anegón, F.; Jiménez Contreras, E.; Moneda Corrochano, M. (1998). Research fronts
in Library and Information Science in Spain (1985-1994). Scientometrics. 42 (2):229-
246
Same topic
Bibliometrics

27. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
They don’t interact anymore!!

28. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
• Science and Scientific Communication
Evaluation
• Professionaly-oriented research group via …
… bibliographic tools, dissemination and
professional training on Bibliometrics

29. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand?
Scientific Evaluation Agencies
Evaluation of scientific
journals
Training courses
for lecturers
Training courses
for academic
librarians
Embedded Librarian
Science 2.0
Bibliometrics

30. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand ?

31. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand ?
• Works for a customer’s group (research
group)
• Responds to group’s information needs
• Works hand in hand with the research leader
• Creates virtual workspaces for its users
• Works outside the library within the user’s
environment

32. Do research and the profession go
hand in hand ?
Assignments
 Strategies for promotion and dissemination of its activities
 Data curation and information retrieval
 Pre-prints management: Journal’s instruction for authors
 Journal selection and submission process
 Dissemination of pre-print once the paper has been
accepted
 Monitorisation of impact of the paper through
bibliometric indicators
 Criteria from evaluation agencies in order to develop
publication policies
 Up to date information regarding research funding
proposals

33. Putting the pieces together

34. Putting the pieces together
Professional
activism
Research
Profession
Publications

35. Putting the pieces together

36. Never underestimate de
importance of a Librarian
(Idea kindly donated by Elsevier)

37. Find The Passion – the career that lets you work
with the things you love
CILIP New Professionals Information Day
Tuesday, 23rd November, Newcastle
Nicolás Robinson-García
EC3 Research Group
University of Granada

38. Chart of the World on Mercator’s projection:
Daniel Lizars (1831) | Librarians – The thin
blue line between you and the FBI | Map of
Spain 1790 – Uhanu | Premio de investigación
de la AAD al GrupoEC3 – Daniel Torres Salinas
| Nieves – Dídac Margaix | shiny star leaf
fringed weirdly in tarry moongate – Karl-
Ludwig Poggemann | Puzzle – Ryan Amos |
Cena – Dídac Margaix | Buena cosecha -
Sergio
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