Purpose

This qualitative study explores the issue of library management support in providing a self-directed learning environment for research-support librarians which is an under-explored feature of librarianship in Malaysian public university libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of nine research-support librarians purposely selected from these libraries took part in in-depth interview sessions. The responses were analysed using Miles and Huberman's technique, which involves data reduction, data display, conclusion-drawing and verification.

Findings

Five emerging themes and 31 sub-themes were identified. There was a general consensus among the respondents that their library management does provide research-support librarians with a self-directed learning environment to enhance their competencies as academic librarians. Nevertheless, these librarians also highlighted some challenges, issues and barriers related to the initiative and support received. Some suggestions are advanced for improvements to support self-directed learning by research-support librarians working in public university libraries.

Originality/value

Empirically, this study attempts to fill the gap in the knowledge that needs to be addressed from the perspective of Malaysian librarians, especially the research-support librarians, who serve in public universities in Malaysia, who have received little attention from local librarianship researchers.

中文翻译：

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探索图书馆管理对加强自主学习的支持：来自研究支持图书馆员的叙述

目的

这项定性研究探讨了图书馆管理支持为研究支持图书馆员提供自主学习环境的问题，这是马来西亚公立大学图书馆图书馆工作的一个未充分探索的特征。

设计/方法/方法

从这些图书馆中特意选出的九名研究支持图书馆员参加了深度访谈。使用 Miles 和 Huberman 的技术对回答进行了分析，该技术涉及数据简化、数据显示、得出结论和验证。

发现

确定了五个新兴主题和 31 个子主题。受访者普遍认为，他们的图书馆管理确实为研究支持图书馆员提供了一个自主学习的环境，以提高他们作为学术图书馆员的能力。尽管如此，这些图书馆员也强调了与所收到的倡议和支持相关的一些挑战、问题和障碍。提出了一些改进建议，以支持在公立大学图书馆工作的研究支持图书馆员的自主学习。

原创性/价值

从经验上讲，本研究试图从马来西亚图书馆员的角度来填补需要解决的知识空白，尤其是在马来西亚公立大学服务的研究支持图书馆员，他们很少受到当地图书馆研究人员的关注。