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An Ethnographic Study of Factors Contributing to the Occupational Socialization of Librarians

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2009, 43(4), pp.381~430
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2009.43.4.381
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : December 1, 2009
  • Accepted : December 14, 2009

Kapseon Kim 1

1대진대학교

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ABSTRACT

Using Spradley's ethnographic method, the study was designed to describe and understand the factors contributing to the occupational socialization of librarians. Three in-depth interviews and one observation were conducted with each of the sixteen participants who have practiced for longer than 5 years in libraries and were selected by theoretical sampling. Eight factors emerged from the data: education in universities, social changes, work, human relationships, users, the library organizational climate, social perception, and striving to enhance the professional. 'Overcoming a lack of understanding about the profession’ was the cultural theme for describing and integrating the factors contributing to the occupational socialization of librarians.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.