Open AccessTime to play, access to attention: Addressing one academic library’s internal culture around computing tools and skills
Author(s) -
Jamene BrooksKieffer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.82.3.121
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , computer science , order (exchange) , work (physics) , knowledge management , world wide web , engineering , business , mechanical engineering , finance , operating system
Library employees who try developing their skills with computing tools need to practice in order to use their learning in their work. However, time and space for practice may be elusive. Employees will meet frustration when applying emerging knowledge to problems on the fringes of their learning. Libraries can cultivate employees’ budding computing and data skills by sponsoring time to practice, holding space for peers to support each other, and normalizing the struggle inherent in learning and applying digital tools and methods.