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Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies

Research-support librarians have to play an effective role in supporting learning, providing services and anticipating the requirements of academic researchers. However, previous studies revealed that these librarians lacked the competencies to keep abreast of new resources, services and technologie...

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Main Authors:	A. Samah, Nazrinda, Mohd. Tahir, Lokman, Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff, Talib, Rohaya, Abdul Latif, Adibah
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Published:	Sage Publications Ltd 2021
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94412/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961000620967072
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spelling	my.utm.944122022-03-31T15:35:29Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94412/ Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies A. Samah, Nazrinda Mohd. Tahir, Lokman Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff Talib, Rohaya Abdul Latif, Adibah L Education (General) Research-support librarians have to play an effective role in supporting learning, providing services and anticipating the requirements of academic researchers. However, previous studies revealed that these librarians lacked the competencies to keep abreast of new resources, services and technologies. Although there is a large body of literature discussing the comprehensive competencies required of research-support librarians, very few have attempted to investigate this issue in the Malaysian context. Based on this situation, this study attempts to investigate the self-directed learning traits and competencies of research-support librarians in Malaysian public universities. This study also aims to identify the influence of self-directed learning on competencies. A total of 215 research-support librarians from Malaysian public universities were selected. The findings revealed that the competencies of these librarians are still at medium level. The most noticeable and lowest competency was in information technology skills, followed by research and contributions to the profession and library management. The most prevalent competencies were interpersonal skills, followed by information literacy, entrepreneurialism, foundational knowledge and collections development. Sage Publications Ltd 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed A. Samah, Nazrinda and Mohd. Tahir, Lokman and Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff and Talib, Rohaya and Abdul Latif, Adibah (2021) Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 53 (4). pp. 630-644. ISSN 0961-0006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961000620967072 DOI:10.1177/0961000620967072
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic	L Education (General)
spellingShingle	L Education (General) A. Samah, Nazrinda Mohd. Tahir, Lokman Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff Talib, Rohaya Abdul Latif, Adibah Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
description	Research-support librarians have to play an effective role in supporting learning, providing services and anticipating the requirements of academic researchers. However, previous studies revealed that these librarians lacked the competencies to keep abreast of new resources, services and technologies. Although there is a large body of literature discussing the comprehensive competencies required of research-support librarians, very few have attempted to investigate this issue in the Malaysian context. Based on this situation, this study attempts to investigate the self-directed learning traits and competencies of research-support librarians in Malaysian public universities. This study also aims to identify the influence of self-directed learning on competencies. A total of 215 research-support librarians from Malaysian public universities were selected. The findings revealed that the competencies of these librarians are still at medium level. The most noticeable and lowest competency was in information technology skills, followed by research and contributions to the profession and library management. The most prevalent competencies were interpersonal skills, followed by information literacy, entrepreneurialism, foundational knowledge and collections development.
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author	A. Samah, Nazrinda Mohd. Tahir, Lokman Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff Talib, Rohaya Abdul Latif, Adibah
author_facet	A. Samah, Nazrinda Mohd. Tahir, Lokman Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff Talib, Rohaya Abdul Latif, Adibah
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title	Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
title_short	Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
title_full	Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
title_fullStr	Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
title_full_unstemmed	Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
title_sort	malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies
publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
publishDate	2021
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94412/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961000620967072
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Malaysian research-support librarians’ self-directed learning traits: examining demographic differences and their relationship with competencies

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