| Abstract |
Information organization is one of the core professional works in library, and its functions have continuously changed as time goes by. In the era of Internet, professional catalogers encounter more challenges. Therefore, on-the-job training and educating catalogers seems to be more important than ever. Three research questions are proposed in this study. First, what training curriculums are needed for educating catalogers? Second, what is the development of the on-the-job training curriculums for catalogers in Taiwan? Third, what additional training curriculums are needed for educating catalogers? Based on the results of literature review and content analysis, this study proposes two
dimensions to design and plan the training curriculum. One is the core knowledge and skill on the topic of information organization; the other is the emerging concept and technology on the topic of information organization. In addition, this study presents three principles of designing the on-the-job training curriculums for catalogers: (1) from the local to the global, (2) combining theory with practice, and (3) grasping emerging knowledge and the trends of technology.
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