Timeslip Services

Author: Timeslipper Cat

  • Competency M

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    Competency Statement: Demonstrate professional leadership and communication skills. Introduction As librarians and information professionals, our objectives are based on the information-seeking success of our users. Communication skills are necessary to teach users information literacy and information retrieval, which can then be facilitated toward the synthesization of information into new ideas. Once people become self-sufficient providing…

  • Competency L

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    Competency Statement: Demonstrate understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the ability to design a research project, and the ability to evaluate and synthesize research literature. Introduction In research, empirical studies have significant value for its evidence-based conclusions over theory and assumptions and provision of observed data. Information environments can benefit from research to reinforce…

  • Competency K

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    Competency Statement: Design collaborative/individual learning experiences based on learning principles and theories. Introduction As librarians and information professionals, part of the job is to teach information literacy, information retrieval systems, and other skills to navigate the information environment we share with users and work in. Applying learning principles and theories to design learning experiences is…

  • Competency J

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    Competency Statement: Describe the fundamental concepts of information-seeking behaviors and how they should be considered when connecting individuals or groups with accurate, relevant and appropriate information. Introduction People need information for many reasons, including to learn, to be entertained, and to solve problems, which prompts information seeking. Understanding the behavior, motivations, and constraints during information…

  • Competency H

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    Competency Statement: Demonstrate proficiency in identifying, using, and evaluating currentand emerging information and communication technologies. Introduction Technology evolves with the help of past knowledge held in libraries, and yet libraries are perceived at being slow at adapting to new technologies. Many library institutions cannot afford to adopt and advocate every technological trend and must be…

  • Introduction

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    This e-portfolio documents my culminating experience of the Masters of Library and Information Science program at San Jose State University. It includes this introduction, fourteen areas of competencies, a conclusion and affirmation. In each of the fourteen areas, I state the competency, explicate, and contextualize its importance to the field. Then I present three pieces…

  • Competency O

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    Competency Statement: Understand global perspectives on effective information practices that are supportive of cultural, economic, educational, or social well-being. Introduction Global perspectives are not only important to design diverse, equitable, and inclusive programs and services in our information environments. Information and solutions developed in other parts of the world can enrich information communities that are…

  • Competency G

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    Competency Statement: Demonstrate understanding of basic principles and standards involved in organizing information such as classification and controlled vocabulary systems, cataloging systems, metadata schemas or other systems for making information accessible to a particular clientele. Introduction An unorganized creative genius may be able to find a book hidden under stacks of other books cluttered on…

  • Competency F

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    Competency Statement: Use the basic concepts and principles related to the selection, evaluation, organization, and preservation of physical and digital information items. Introduction Without proper curation and maintenance, it is easy to overlook the value and discontinue the support of a collection and the organization that houses it. This competency describes the responsibilities necessary to…

  • Competency E

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    Competency Statement: Design, query, and evaluate information retrieval systems. Introduction As mediators between users and a treasure trove of information, it is necessary for information professionals to understand how information retrieval systems are designed, how to operate them, and how their interdependency informs one another. It is also important to understand what makes a good…