Focusing on the human resources in academic librarianship:an outlook from Serbia

Abstract

Purpose

This article aims to overcome the attitude that information is most important for social development. It also aims to stress the ways of human resources development in the academic librarianship of Serbia.

Design/methodology/approach

An empirical method is implemented in this paper.

Findings

This article shows how librarians in Serbia follow world positive practice and adjust themselves in order to achieve higher levels of professional competence.

Research limitations/implications

The bibliography of researchers is pointed out as an achievement in the Serbian academic environment which is very important for the development of collaboration between readers in a professional field and researchers.

Practical implications

Human resources managers in academic libraries may rely on the experience of Serbian librarians and implement those solutions they would estimate the most useful for their academic practice.

Social implications

Some results of librarians' work are to be found in free access. These are the results of cataloguing and subject indexing through which librarians also contribute to global knowledge. Generally speaking librarians instruct users in the information society; therefore, the professional environment should create conditions for permanent improvement of human resources quality in academic libraries.

Originality/value

This article provides librarians with an alternative method to achieving stronger professional skills from information literacy tutorials and to produce reporting without the need for conventional learning management systems (LMS).

Citation

Župan, V. (2012), "Focusing on the human resources in academic librarianship:an outlook from Serbia", Library Management, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435121211217171