Predstava javnosti o delu knjižničarja : magistrsko delo

Enci, Tina (author), Južnič, Primož (mentor)

Podoba, status in predstava o delu knjižničarja so pogosto obravnavane teme v strokovni literaturi. Tako naj bi bila podoba knjižničarja slaba, slaba podoba naj bi med drugim vplivala na nizek status knjižničarjev, obojemu pa naj bi botrovale tudi napačne predstave o samem delu, ki jih ima javnost. V okviru raziskave smo ugotavljali, na kakšen način slovenska javnost dojema poklic knjižničarja, kakšna je knjižničarjeva podoba, kakšen status pripisujejo poklicu, kakšno mnenje imajo o izobrazbi in delu ter spretnostih knjižničarja. Uporabljeni sta bili dve raziskovalni metodi, anketna metoda, ki je s pomočjo spletnega vprašalnika zajela vzorec 200 anketirancev, in fokusne skupine s študenti, zaposlenimi in upokojenci. Rezultati so pokazali, da se podoba knjižničarjev sklada zgolj s pozitivnimi stereotipi o poklicu, javnost knjižničarjem pripisuje nizek ugled in s tem nizek status. Poklic knjižničarja pozna srednje dobro, kot naloge, ki jih opravlja, pa navaja več kot le klasična knjižničarska opravila. Po mnenju javnosti sta za opravljanje poklica knjižničarja potrebna visokošolska izobrazba in strokovna bibliotekarska izobrazba. Slika, pridobljena s pomočjo raziskave, je tako boljša od pričakovane, še vedno pa obstaja kar nekaj nejasnosti glede narave poklica, saj se delo dojema kot administrativno, knjižničarjem pa naj bi primanjkovalo komunikativnosti, vodstvenih sposobnosti, zmožnosti prilagajanja in uporabe nove tehnologije ter znanja psihologije in pedagogike. Raziskava je pokazala, da je status knjižničarjev pri nas nizek. Za izboljšanje poznavanja poklica in dvig njegovega statusa bi knjižnice morale povečati svojo izpostavljenost v javnosti in organizirati različne predstavitve poklica ter različne dneve odprtih vrat. Uspešnost takšnih akcij pa bilo treba sistematično preverjati z različnimi raziskavami o statusu in podobi knjižničarja.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: knjižničarji, knjižničarstvo, podoba, stereotipi, naloge, javnost, bolonjske magistrske naloge
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [T. Enci]
• Year: 2014
• Number of pages: 81 f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-72202
• UDC: 02
• COBISS.SI-ID: 55935330
• Publication date in RUL: 08.09.2015

Secondary language

• Language: English

Abstract

The image, status and perception of librarians are topics that are often discussed in professional literature. The image of the librarian is supposedly bad, the bad image is perceived as one of the causes for the low status of librarians and the wrong perception about the work is supposed to be responsible for both, the bad image and low status. The purpose of this study was to establish how the Slovene public perceives the profession of the librarian, the image and the status of librarians and the opinion about the required education and skills that librarians are supposed to posses. As a part of the study we used two different research methods, the survey, which captured a sample of 200 participants with the help of online questioners and the focus groups with students, employed people and retired people. The results of the study showed that the image of librarians is only consistent with the positive stereotypes about the profession. The public perceives the professions reputation, and with that also the status, as low. They also stated that they know the work of the librarian somewhere in the middle and that they perform more then just classic library tasks. The public is also of the opinion that librarians need to have a higher and professional library education. The image we got with the help of the study is better than expected; still there is a little haziness around the nature of the profession. The public perceives it as administrative work and the librarians supposedly lack communication skills, the skills of leadership, the capability of accommodation and use of new technology and the knowledge about psychology and pedagogics. The study also showed the low status of the profession in Slovenia. To improve the knowledge about the profession and to raise its status the libraries should increase their exposure in the public and organise different kinds of presentations of the profession. To ensure the success of those activities there should be systematic studies about the status and the image of the librarians.