A reflection for the topic Trends in Technology for Information Services
This is a reflection paper about the topic Trends in Technology for Information Services in the file (Topic 6 Notes -Trends in Technology for Information Services).
use the following headings for writing the reflection paper :
1. Contextualisation in the profession
2. Recent scholarly journal article
3. New Learning
4. Final thoughts

– Note: please see the uploaded files:
1- The topic files (Topic 6 Notes -Trends in Technology for Information Services) that has the reflection topic and the reading and the videos links .
2- the instructions – Topic 6 file .
3- The ESSENTIAL READING files.
4- The journal article for ( 2. Recent scholarly journal article )

Here is what to write under each heading:
1.Contextualisation in the profession
Use the resources under the “Information Services job information” heading below (or similar resources) to find a currently existing or advertised job in an information service that requires knowledge covered in the Topic. It must be performed by somebody who needs to be qualified as a professional librarian, archivist or records manager. The position must require knowledge of a specific concept or tool covered in this Topic. Please specify briefly using dot points ONLY:
• the job title (e.g. Records manager; Young peoples services librarian )
• the name and type of information service (e.g. Attorney General’s Department records section; Yarra Plenty Library Service public library)
• the relevant specific concept or tool used in this position (e.g. setting parameters for large application-layer software; using social media software such as blogs and wikis). Do not give a huge list of random skills from the “desirable criteria”, unrelated to the topic discussed.
• what activity performed in the position you think would use the knowledge from that topic (e.g. to set up an EDRMs to suit the organisation; to create a “teen reads” blog)
• a correct APA6 citation for the source in the reference list at the end of the reflection.

Information Services job information
If you do not know what type of jobs are available and/or are unfamiliar with different types of information services, please do
some research. Try looking at :
• staff directories on websites for large libraries
• state and federal public service job vacancies online.
• Australian Library and Information Job Vacancy listing ( http://www.alia.org.au/jobs )
• Records and Information Management Professionals Association Careers ( http://careers.rimpa.com.au/careers/ )
• Library and Information Technology Association job listing of the American Library Association ( http://www.ala.org/lita/professional/jobs/looking )

2. Recent scholarly journal article
( you will find the article with the uploaded files : “The journal article for 2 – Recent scholarly journal article” ) please see it . You have to do :
1- Write a one sentence summary of the article (e.g. “Jayne Carlyle, reference librarian at Harvard Law School, compares the perceived merits of blogs and wikis by sampling 25 librarians in North American university libraries that have used both tools for more than four years” ) .
2- Write another sentence that indicates how the article relates to both information services and an aspect of the topic being discussed (e.g. The use of blogs and wikis in information services, such as libraries examined in Carlyle’s study, was discussed in the section about social media in Topic 5″).
3- Provide both a correct APA6 reference for the article and name the specific library and information science subject-specific database that you used to locate the work.

3. New Learning
(two paragraphs plus references in the reference list at the end of the entry.)
In this topic what did you learn about the way that you or others or information professionals or information services
approach or use technological tools or new ideas about technologies? If you did not learn anything new, then please re-visit the topic readings and read outside topics with which you are familiar.
Do not just list points covered in the topics and lectures here. You are expected to synthesize several points covered across the Topic, back up your own ideas and express your own opinion in a scholarly way, not to submit a list that looks like study notes.

4. Final thoughts
(one paragraph plus references in the reference list at the end of the reflection.)
Please add any other reflections about the material/readings/activities/subject matter for the unit. You may comment on other assessed material such as the tasks in this paragraph if you like. This is your chance to further demonstrate growth of subject knowledge, critical thinking and insight.