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THE VALUES OF THE LIBRARIAN: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE STUDENTS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND NIGERIA.

机译：图书馆员的价值：对美国和尼日利亚图书馆与信息科学专业学生的跨文化研究。

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The Problem. The overall objective of the study was to identify, compare, and contrast the fundamental personal values and their variations among students in the field of library and information science in Nigeria and the United States.It is of importance that both library educators and administrators understand the value patterns of students and staff respectively. Knowledge of these will prove useful to the educator in the professional socialization of the entrant and aid the administrator in achieving the role compatibility for the employee.The substantive problems of this study were: (1) What are the value patterns of United States library science students? (2) What are the value patterns of Nigerian library science students? (3) How similar or different are these values? (4) Are the differences significant? (5) What are the implications of these values for various occupational roles in the profession?Method. The study was conducted in eight universities, four each from the United States and Nigeria. The total number of students involved was two hundred and eighty.The central thesis of the study is that individuals are imbued with values from their cultures and that these values and their effect on those who possess them have implications for organizational behavior.The Allport-Vernon-Lindsay Study of Values and a Survey Questionnaire were administered to the students in the study.Results. The American library science student emphasizes theoretical, aesthetic, and social values and de-emphasizes economic, political, and religious values. The Nigerian male library science student, on the one hand, emphasizes economic, theoretical and social values while de-emphasizing aesthetic, political, and religious values. On the other hand, the Nigerian female library science student emphasizes economic, social, and religious values while de-emphasizing theoretical, aesthetic, and political values. U.S. female library science students scored high on the aesthetic and low on the religious value while Nigerian female library science students scored high on the religious and low on the aesthetic value.Conclusions and Possible Implications. In general, librarians in the United States are a more homogenous group. The value profiles of both men and women are identical and differed from those of their Nigerian counterparts. The Nigerian librarians are a less homogenous group, with essentially different value profiles for the men and women. Library science students as seen in this study have strong theoretical value orientation, a cast of mind that may be needed to move the occupation forward in a time of change and innovation. Findings from this study suggest a weak political orientation of the library science student. Because of the political nature of the environment in which the library is imbedded, an environment of interest groups competing over scarce resources, the non-political value profile of the members of this occupational group might be an element of concern to library educators. The social value orientation of the library science student as brought out in the study might be indicative of the service nature of the profession.The profession of librarianship may not be one that requires a particular profile of value orientation, as some vocations seem to do. The best course from a national planning standpoint might be a laissez-faire approach. However, library educators would do well to know the value patterns of their students and contrive their lessons so that the students' existing values are aroused but at the same time new points of view and possible values are transmitted.
机译：问题。这项研究的总体目标是识别，比较和对比尼日利亚和美国图书馆与信息科学领域学生的基本个人价值观及其变化。图书馆教育者和管理者都必须了解图书馆的基本价值观和重要性。学生和教职员工的价值观模式。对这些知识的了解将对教育者在进入者的职业社会化中有用，并有助于管理员实现员工的角色兼容性。本研究的实质性问题是：（1）美国图书馆学的价值模式是什么？学生们？ （2）尼日利亚图书馆学专业学生的价值模式是什么？ （3）这些值有多相似或不同？ （4）差异是否显着？ （5）这些价值观对专业中各种职业角色有何影响？方法。这项研究是在八所大学中进行的，其中四所分别来自美国和尼日利亚。参与研究的学生总数为280名。研究的中心论点是个人被其文化所感染，这些价值观及其对拥有者的影响对组织行为具有影响。在研究中对学生进行了Lindsay价值研究和问卷调查。结果。美国图书馆科学系的学生强调理论，美学和社会价值，而不再强调经济，政治和宗教价值。一方面，尼日利亚男图书馆学专业的学生在强调经济，理论和社会价值的同时，不强调美学，政治和宗教价值。另一方面，尼日利亚女图书馆学专业的学生则强调经济，社会和宗教价值观，同时不强调理论，美学和政治价值观。美国女图书馆科学系学生在美学上得分高，宗教价值低，而尼日利亚女图书馆学系学生在宗教上得分高，美学值低。结论和可能的含义。一般而言，美国的图书馆员是一个更加同质的群体。男性和女性的价值特征是相同的，与尼日利亚的价值特征不同。尼日利亚图书馆员的同质性较低，其男性和女性的价值特征存在本质上的差异。如本研究所示，图书馆学专业的学生具有很强的理论价值取向，这可能是在变革和创新时期推动这一职业向前发展的一种思路。这项研究的结果表明，图书馆学专业学生的政治取向较弱。由于图书馆所处环境的政治性质，利益集团争夺稀缺资源的环境，该职业群体成员的非政治价值特征可能是图书馆教育工作者关注的一个因素。研究中提出的图书馆学专业学生的社会价值取向可能表明该职业的服务性质。图书馆学的职业可能并不需要像某些职业那样需要特殊的价值取向。从国家计划的角度来看，最好的方法可能是放任自流的方法。但是，图书馆教育者应该很好地了解学生的价值模式并精心设计课程，以激发学生的现有价值，同时又传递新的观点和可能的价值。

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    IGWE, BENEDICT ONYECHINYERE.;

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    University of Maryland, College Park.;

  • 授予单位 University of Maryland, College Park.;
  • 学科 Library Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 1981
  • 页码 243 p.
  • 总页数 243
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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