Suiting Library Instruction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Holland Vocational Personality Types of Engineering Students
The Myers-Briggs personality typology and the Holland Vocational typology of work environments and individuals offer insights about engineering students and faculty that librarians may apply to instruction. This article provides a literature review of the two theories as applicable to library instr...
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2003-05-01
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The Myers-Briggs personality typology and the Holland Vocational typology of work environments and individuals offer insights about engineering students and faculty that librarians may apply to instruction. This article provides a literature review of the two theories as applicable to library instruction; discusses the personality make-ups of engineering students, Engineering faculty, and librarians; discusses selected literature relating the two theories to learning; and provides possible applications of the Myers-Briggs system and the Holland Vocational system to information literacy or library instruction for engineering students.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1459e3bc77df4414abda86497e6517ce2025-08-20T03:18:06ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship1092-12062003-05-013710.29173/istl1928Suiting Library Instruction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Holland Vocational Personality Types of Engineering StudentsJeanine Williamson The Myers-Briggs personality typology and the Holland Vocational typology of work environments and individuals offer insights about engineering students and faculty that librarians may apply to instruction. This article provides a literature review of the two theories as applicable to library instruction; discusses the personality make-ups of engineering students, Engineering faculty, and librarians; discusses selected literature relating the two theories to learning; and provides possible applications of the Myers-Briggs system and the Holland Vocational system to information literacy or library instruction for engineering students. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1928 |
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| title_full | Suiting Library Instruction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Holland Vocational Personality Types of Engineering Students |
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| title_short | Suiting Library Instruction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Holland Vocational Personality Types of Engineering Students |
| title_sort | suiting library instruction to the myers briggs personality types and holland vocational personality types of engineering students |
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