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Youth to youth: Paraprofessionals in NTU Libraries Presented by V. Somasundram & Nurashikin Jasni NTU Library 15 th September 2011
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Youth to youth:Paraprofessionals in NTU Libraries
Presented by V. Somasundram & Nurashikin Jasni
NTU Library
15th
September 2011
About Nanyang Technological University
• Established in 1981 as Nanyang Technological Institute
• One of the four autonomous universities in Singapore
• A research-intensive university• Aims to provide a broad-based
education
Business
Engineering
Humanities, Arts &
Social SciencesScience
Colleges in NTU
Library Divisions
Acquisitions Serials & E-Resources Bibliographic Services
Instructional Services Library Technology &
SystemsProject Development
Scholarly Communications Access Services Library Promotion
NTU Library Staff
CURRENT
Professionals 45
Support Staff (including
paraprofessionals)
58
TOTAL 103
Professional StaffSupport Staff
LibraryParaprofessionalsin Singapore
ParaprofessionalLibrary Technical Assistant
Library Officer
Library Executive Officer
Library Specialist
Cert. for Library
Assistants (1983)
Cert. in Library & Info.
Studies (1994)
Diploma in Info.
Studies (1996)
Workforce Skills
Qualification (WSQ)
WDA Higher
Certificate in Library
& Information
Services
Local Training
Discontinued
Library Paraprofessionals
in NTU Libraries
Poster session at
Library Association of Singapore seminar in 2009
library paraprofessionals7
Roles&Responsibilities
SubjectLibraries
Socialwebapps
LibraryPromotion
Equipment&Software
StudentAssistants
InstitutionalRepositories
Subject Libraries
Managing Student Assistants
Library Promotion
Experience in graphic design work
Imparts expertise and works alongside with student
assistants
Assist to coordinate annual library promotional events
Library Promotion
Info Characters
Desktop wallpapers
Posters
Institutional Repositories
DR-NTU Submissions
Social web applications
Social web applications
Subject Library Blogs
Social web applications
Library Toolbar
Equipment and software
Multiple-screen Work Desks Discussion pods with LCD screens
Digital Newspaper Common PCs
Youth to YouthSimilar demographics
Bridge between users and libraryGeneration “Y”
‘Connectors’ individuals
Facebook demographics
Tim
e
Source: UDP Consulting Skill Level
Paraprofessionals in the future
Positive learning attitude and flexibility
Relieve the professional librarians
Upgrade ourselves with more training and practice
Much of what librarians have done will be done by library technicians in the future, while librarians will move on to a role that demand greater efficiency in the merging knowledge of information and human understanding
- Marshall, J. (1987)
Shikin
Library Technology & Systems
Division
Soma
Art, Design & Media Library
