Analysis on Competency Variance of Different Groups of Librarians in Vocational Colleges

  • Wu Nan ,
  • Chen Xiaoling ,
  • Zhou Xiuhui
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  • 1. Tianjin Polytechnic University Library, Tianjin 300387;
    2. Guizhou Kaili University Library, Kaili 556011

Received date: 2013-10-08

  Revised date: 2013-11-03

  Online published: 2013-11-20

Abstract

This paper takes demographic variable as independent variable and competency of librarians in vocational colleges as dependent variable, and analyzes the influence factors on competency of different groups of librarians in vocational colleges. It finds that librarians who are 46 to 55 years old lack of professional skills, but have strong ability of executing and solving problems; librarians less than 25 years old lack of the ability of handling disputes; highly-educated librarians have rich experience of knowledge and skills required in the job; librarians who have high technical title lack of openness; middle-managers do not perform very well in different kinds of ability; the whole librarians in vocational colleges lack of the ability of continuing learning.

Cite this article

Wu Nan , Chen Xiaoling , Zhou Xiuhui . Analysis on Competency Variance of Different Groups of Librarians in Vocational Colleges[J]. Library and Information Service, 2013 , 57(22) : 66 -71 . DOI: 10.7536/j.issn.0252-3116.2013.22.010

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