The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman

This study was undertaken with the aim to explore the competency profile of an academic librarian in Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) era in Malaysian academic university. Problem statements, identified from review, include: (a) Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0), (b) Information & Communicatio...

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Main Author:	Othman, Nor Hidayah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	University and college Academic libraries
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60132/2/60132.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.601322023-04-03T03:34:37Z The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman 2021 Othman, Nor Hidayah University and college. Academic libraries Personnel. Librarians This study was undertaken with the aim to explore the competency profile of an academic librarian in Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) era in Malaysian academic university. Problem statements, identified from review, include: (a) Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0), (b) Information & Communication Technology (ICT) & library application, (c) Issues on marketing library materials and services and (d) Issues relating education, syllabus and faculty. Knowledge, skills and attitudes have been used as a parameter and variables to define competence. The first phase of data collection involves unstructured interview with three head of librarians from Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) of UiTM Kedah, Penang and Perlis. All interview’s transcriptions were categorized to identify themes and pattern. The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 38 sub-themes which focused on knowledge, skills, attitudes, challenges, courses and type of ICT. 5 sub-themes were found to be most frequently and dominant during the interview such as Internet of Things (IoT), Web Based Integrated Library System, big data analytic, live chat with librarian and Massive Open Online Courses. In the second phase, a survey questionnaire has been applied which drew the response of 93 academic librarians from 35 PTAR’s branches of all UiTM campuses. The mean ranking and descriptive statistics were used to Analyz quantitative data. A total of 63 items which covering the elements of knowledge, skills and attitudes were tested for seeking the (i) level of knowledgeable, skillful and attitudes of competency and (ii) requirement level of knowledge, skills and attitudes of competency. Findings from a survey questionnaire indicated that knowledge (enterprises system, instructional technology and mobile technology), skills (labor, administrative, collaboration) and attitudes (community engagement, leadership, integrity) were the most knowledgeable and skillful when they performed their daily routines responsibilities. While the most required competencies that should be acquired by academic librarians of Precompiled knowledge (web technology, intellectual property, digital technologies), skills(media, communication, marketing) and attitudes (creativity, innovative, self-confidence). 2021 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60132/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60132/2/60132.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Information Management Mohammed Ghazali, Asmadi
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Mohammed Ghazali, Asmadi
topic	University and college Academic libraries University and college Academic libraries
spellingShingle	University and college Academic libraries University and college Academic libraries Othman, Nor Hidayah The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
description	This study was undertaken with the aim to explore the competency profile of an academic librarian in Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) era in Malaysian academic university. Problem statements, identified from review, include: (a) Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0), (b) Information & Communication Technology (ICT) & library application, (c) Issues on marketing library materials and services and (d) Issues relating education, syllabus and faculty. Knowledge, skills and attitudes have been used as a parameter and variables to define competence. The first phase of data collection involves unstructured interview with three head of librarians from Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) of UiTM Kedah, Penang and Perlis. All interview’s transcriptions were categorized to identify themes and pattern. The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 38 sub-themes which focused on knowledge, skills, attitudes, challenges, courses and type of ICT. 5 sub-themes were found to be most frequently and dominant during the interview such as Internet of Things (IoT), Web Based Integrated Library System, big data analytic, live chat with librarian and Massive Open Online Courses. In the second phase, a survey questionnaire has been applied which drew the response of 93 academic librarians from 35 PTAR’s branches of all UiTM campuses. The mean ranking and descriptive statistics were used to Analyz quantitative data. A total of 63 items which covering the elements of knowledge, skills and attitudes were tested for seeking the (i) level of knowledgeable, skillful and attitudes of competency and (ii) requirement level of knowledge, skills and attitudes of competency. Findings from a survey questionnaire indicated that knowledge (enterprises system, instructional technology and mobile technology), skills (labor, administrative, collaboration) and attitudes (community engagement, leadership, integrity) were the most knowledgeable and skillful when they performed their daily routines responsibilities. While the most required competencies that should be acquired by academic librarians of Precompiled knowledge (web technology, intellectual property, digital technologies), skills(media, communication, marketing) and attitudes (creativity, innovative, self-confidence).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Othman, Nor Hidayah
author_facet	Othman, Nor Hidayah
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title	The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
title_short	The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
title_full	The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
title_fullStr	The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
title_full_unstemmed	The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman
title_sort	competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (ir 4.0) era: perpustakaan tun abdul razak (ptar) / nor hidayah othman
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department	Faculty of Information Management
publishDate	2021
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60132/2/60132.pdf
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The competencies of academic librarian in industrial revolution (IR 4.0) era: Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) / Nor Hidayah Othman

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