Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano

The interorganizational networking communities have spontaneously emerged among young Japanese librarians in recent years. This study explores the role of the communities from the perspectives of professional knowledge management, social networks and social capital, and the possibilities to reconstr...

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Main Author:	Amano, Eriko
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Library Science. Information Science
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3966/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3966/1/K_ERIKO%20AMANO%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf

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spelling	uitm-39662019-06-25T02:25:27Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3966/ Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano Amano, Eriko Library Science. Information Science The interorganizational networking communities have spontaneously emerged among young Japanese librarians in recent years. This study explores the role of the communities from the perspectives of professional knowledge management, social networks and social capital, and the possibilities to reconstruct the Japanese librarianship. The research questions consist of; What outcomes did young librarians who hadparticipated in the interorganizational social networking communities get especially in terms of knowledge acquisition and affections?What possibilities do the young librarians communities have to transform Japanese librarianship? Method –Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 5 librarians to gain insight into how they engage in and feel about outside social networking activities and training opportunities. Findings –The results showed that the young librarians‘ voluntary communities helped build social networks, provided opportunities for the transfer of tacit knowledge, and was felt to be a source of motivation for the participants. They also suggested that they had possibilities to give a significant impact on the transition of the Japanese librarianship. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3966/1/K_ERIKO%20AMANO%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf Amano, Eriko (2011) Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano. In: Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference On Library & Information Education & Practice 2011 (A-LIEP2011), 22-24 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
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description	The interorganizational networking communities have spontaneously emerged among young Japanese librarians in recent years. This study explores the role of the communities from the perspectives of professional knowledge management, social networks and social capital, and the possibilities to reconstruct the Japanese librarianship. The research questions consist of; What outcomes did young librarians who hadparticipated in the interorganizational social networking communities get especially in terms of knowledge acquisition and affections?What possibilities do the young librarians communities have to transform Japanese librarianship? Method –Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 5 librarians to gain insight into how they engage in and feel about outside social networking activities and training opportunities. Findings –The results showed that the young librarians‘ voluntary communities helped build social networks, provided opportunities for the transfer of tacit knowledge, and was felt to be a source of motivation for the participants. They also suggested that they had possibilities to give a significant impact on the transition of the Japanese librarianship.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Amano, Eriko
author_facet	Amano, Eriko
author_sort	Amano, Eriko
title	Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano
title_short	Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano
title_full	Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano
title_fullStr	Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano
title_full_unstemmed	Young Librarians Unite: Possibilities for Professional Transformation in Japanese Librarianship / Eriko Amano
title_sort	young librarians unite: possibilities for professional transformation in japanese librarianship / eriko amano
publishDate	2011
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