Presentation
Why am I here? Librarians, Critical Reflection, and Library Values
Idaho Library Association Conference
(2015)
Abstract
Professional and pre-professional reflection connects everyday librarianship to the philosophy, values, and ethics that shape our discipline. As such, ongoing reflection is an essential librarian competency to bridge thought and action; uncover personal values of librarianship; and ground librarian practice with library theory. This session reports on research using reflection methodology with a cohort of practicing librarians to uncover librarian motivations, values, and experiences that have shaped their own forms of librarianship. The intended outcome from this research is to suggest a process for librarian self-examination that illuminates connections to library philosophy and motivations for librarian practice
Keywords
- critical reflection,
- currere
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 1, 2015
Citation Information
Rick A Stoddart. "Why am I here? Librarians, Critical Reflection, and Library Values" Idaho Library Association Conference (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard_stoddart/57/
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