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"ABSTRAKLibrarians build their librarianship concept based on self understanding of interpretation of the reality from their professional activities in the workplace. This research is very important as the study of a concept of librarian profession from CPTA is limited in Indonesia. Data Collection Method. The research method used is qualitative with phenomenology approach. Five librarians participated in the IPDN Library. Results and Discussions. The results show the three meanings of librarian were as a valuable profession, as a promising profession and as an information service provider. The self-concept found in this study has been seen from three aspects: psychological aspects include a sense of confusion, a sense of comfort, a sense of pride and professional. Further, the social aspects involve being underestimated, harmonious relationships, respecting each other, creating intense competition and having good relationship. Physical aspects include being clean and neat, smart, versatile, attractive as a modern librarian. The motivation to become a librarian is salary and other incomes, competition, and opportunity to improve. Conclusions. The paper shows that librarians interpret themselves as a profession that has a value from the material perspective because it has benefits and allowances related to their work performance. Further research is needed to study a comparison between librarians formal education and librarians from CPTA related to their motivation."

"Perkembangan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi serta pembatasan sosial akibat pandemi COVID-19 mendorong masyarakat menggunakan media sosial untuk melakukan pencarian informasi mengenai hobi. Mengingat salah satu media sosial yang sekarang sedang naik daun adalah TikTok, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perilaku pencarian informasi remaja akhir mengenai hobi pada aplikasi TikTok serta hambatan yang dihadapi selama proses pencarian informasi. Penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini merupakan sebuah studi kasus yang diteliti melalui metode wawancara semi-terstruktur dan observasi. Data tersebut lalu dianalisis menggunakan Model Perilaku Informasi Niedźwiedzka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perilaku pencarian informasi remaja akhir mengenai hobi secara keseluruhan sudah sesuai dengan Model Perilaku Informasi Niedźwiedzka, tetapi ada tahap pencarian informasi yang dilakukan secara bersamaan. Hambatan yang paling banyak dihadapi berasal dari lingkungan serta paling sering terjadi pada tahap information seeking. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, muncul dua rekomendasi utama yang dapat dimanfaatkan oleh pengguna, baik sebagai individu maupun lembaga. Pengguna individu diharapkan untuk memanfaatkan TikTok secara cermat untuk mengatasi hambatan yang dihadapi dan bagi pengguna berupa lembaga, seperti perpustakaan, diharapkan dapat mempertimbangkan media sosial yang sedang populer seperti TikTok sebagai peluang untuk memperluas jangkauan promosi.

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The current rapid technological development and the various social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraging people to seek out information about their interests on the World Wide Web, specifically on social media. Taking into account the virality of TikTok as a social media platform amongst young people, this research aims to explore the information seeking behavior of young adults on said application, as well as what sort of hindrance they might come across whilst using TikTok. This descriptive qualitative research is a case study that is done by semi-structured interviews and observations. The data gathered through those methods are then analyzed using Niedźwiedzka’s Information Behavior Model. The results of this research shows that the information seeking behavior of young adults on TikTok are in accordance with Niedźwiedzka’s Information Behavior Model. Although, there still appear to be some seemingly interchangeable phases within those activities. Most of the intervening variables they encountered are environmental variables, also most occurred in information seeking phase. This research recommends that both individual users as well as institutional ones, like libraries, to be wiser with the usage of apps such as TikTok and the potential it has to be used as an outreach and promotional tool."