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Supported by the ALIA Dunn and Wilson Scholarship, this research examined job descriptions through an organisational perspective, focusing on Library Technicians as a sample group. Objectives included mapping current Australian library practice, analysing contained information, identifying design and usage best practice, and delivering recommendations to help develop job descriptions that remain current, accurate, relevant, and useful.","JOB DESCRIPTIONS: IMPROVING THEIR CURRENCY, ACCURACY AND USEFULNESS  \nLorraine Denny  \nFunded by the 1997 Dunn and Wilson Scholarship, with sponsorship from LJ Cullen Bookbinders NSW, and Apollo-Moon Bookbinders Victoria.  \nAcknowledgements  \nTo the sponsors (L.J Cullen and Apollo-Moon Bookbinders) of the ALIA Dunn and Wilson Scholarship for providing me with the financial support to perform this research project and the recognition that Library Technicians have the ability to make a worthwhile contribution to the library profession. To ALIA for the administration of the scholarship. To every respondent who completed and returned the job description survey, without your support this research project would have been difficult to complete. To the many people who wished me well, this encouragement motivated me to complete the project. To the University of Wollongong, and especially the University Librarian, Felicity McGregor, for their support and encouragement in the application for this scholarship. To my daughter Larisssa who spent many hours folding surveysand putting them into envelopes. To Margie Jantti and Bernadette Stephens who provided valuable constructive feedback on this research project. To my family, friends and colleagues for their interest and encouragement and to my husband for his support, interest and extra work he took on to allow me to finish this project.  \nAbstract  \nMany libraries devote a great deal of time and resources to developing job descriptions, but are they relevant, current and useful? The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Dunn and Wilson Scholarship allowed this question to be researched. This research project focused on examining job descriptions from an organisational perspective. The objectives of the project were to:  \n• determine the current practice of the role of job descriptions in Australian libraries, using Library Technicians as a sample group;  \n• collate examples of Library Technician job descriptions to determine the type of information contained in them;  \n• identify best practice in the design, content and uses of job descriptions; and  \n• present recommendations to the library profession which would aid them in developing effective job descriptions that are current, relevant, accurate and useful.  \nThe project consisted of three stages. Stage one involved a literature review covering the period 1988-1998. This review identified why job descriptions are important, what they are used for, what is included in job descriptions and trends in the literature.  \nStage two surveyed a sample group of library technicians in Australian libraries in order to determine the usefulness, currency and accuracy of job descriptions within the Australian library industry. As the survey response rate was 66 percent a number of findings are generalised to the library industry.  \nStage three gained a wider perspective on the uses of job descriptions and the type of information contained in them, by surveying a sample group of organisations who were considered best practice in human resource management. The findings from the Library Technician survey and organisational survey are compared. Based on information obtained through this research project a number of recommendations to improve the usefulness of job descriptions is provided, including a sample job description which incorporates the of recommendations.  \n1. introduction  \n1.1 Scope of the research  \nThe Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Dunn and Wilson scholarship made this research project possible. The following question prompted me to conduct this research:  \nA great deal of time and resources are devoted to developing job descriptions in libraries, but are they relevant, current, accurate and useful?  \nThis research project focused on examining job descriptions from an organisational library perspective in order to answer these questions.  \nThe objectives of this research project were to:  \n• determin","cbCaiheVGI4c1vLN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiheVGI4c1vLN","pdf",301447,3,22,"English","en",105,"# Abstract\n## Research objectives\n## Research stages\n# Introduction\n## Scope of the research","[{\"question\":\"What research questions guided the project on job descriptions?\",\"answer\":\"The project examined whether job descriptions in libraries are relevant, current, accurate, and useful, focusing on an organisational perspective in Australian libraries.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the research conducted across three stages?\",\"answer\":\"Stage one used a literature review (1988–1998). 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