INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS COMPETENCIES
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DISEMBER 2012 : BAYVIEW BEACH RESORT PULAU PINANG
ANJURAN
: Perpustakaan Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra, UniMAP & Malaysian Online
e-Resources Consortium ( MOLEC )
PERKONGSIAN ILMU :
oleh En. Jamaluddin Sulaiman. Timb. Ketua Pustakawan Kanan. Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak,UiTM, Shah Alam.
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONALS COMPETENCIES
by
Paula T. Kauffman, Dean of
Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
7
NEW ROLES FOR LIBRARIANS
1.
Acquisitions and
rights advisors
2.
Instructional
partners in learning spaces
3.
Observers /
anthropologists of Information users and producers
4.
Systems builders
5.
Content producers
and disseminators
6.
Organizational
designers
7.
Collaborative
network creators and participants
Walters
and Skinner: New Roles for New Times: Digital Curation for Preservation, ARL,
March 2011
COMPETENCIES
FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIANS
•
Specifics of
concepts and issues of lifecycle of recorded knowledge
•
Providing and
maintaining access to electronic resources
•
Research skills
•
Uses data to inform
decision-making
•
Understands data
generated by and related to e-resources
•
Understands
bibliometrics, systems analysis and other established research methods
COMPETENCIES:
TECHNICAL SKILLS
•
Technical
proficiency (examples):
•
Specific
technologies (XML, RDF, et al) and equipment
•
Discovery, search,
retrieval systems
•
ERMs
•
Link resolvers and
Open URL
•
Mobile apps
•
Social media
•
Digitizing
TECHNICAL
SKILLS (CONTINUED)
•
Knowledge of
(examples):
•
Standards and best
practices
•
Licensing and
contracts
•
Metadata schema
•
Selection practices
•
Copyright and
intellectual property
•
Negotiation principles
and methods
OTHER
COMPETENCIES
•
Ability to interact
with:
•
Content publishers
and vendors
•
Data producers
•
Systems providers
•
Campus/municipality
staff
•
Faculty, staff,
students, other users
•
Administrators
•
Attorneys
•
Consortial partners
and staff
•
Funders and donors
OTHER
COMPETENCIES (CONTINUED)
•
Ability to work in
team environment and independently
•
Interpersonal
skills
•
Communication
skills – verbal and written
•
Organizational
skills
•
Flexibility and
comfort with change
•
Critical thinking
•
Budgets and finances
•
Ethical; builds
trust
•
Respect for others
•
Risk taking
•
COLLABORATION
•
Fund-raising skills
SKILLS
FOR THE NEXT 10-20 YEARS
•
Critical thinking
•
Interpersonal
skills
•
Situational
adaptability
•
Cross-cultural
competency
•
Computational
thinking
•
Data management
SKILLS
FOR THE NEXT 10-20 YEARS : (CONTINUED)
•
New media literacy
•
Multidisciplinarity
•
Collaboration
•
Life-long learning
•
Career management
•
Leadership
PREPARING
LIBRARIANS FOR DIGITAL FUTURE
by
Prof Madya Dr Hj. Laili bin Hj
Hashim and Rafidah Abdul Aziz
LIBRARIANS
ROLE IN DIGITAL AGE
1.
Information
Organizer and Provider – Able to provide
services and instructions regardless of place or time
2.
Teacher
and Educator – Able to educate and guide
users instead of gathering and disseminating information to them
3.
Navigator,
Browsing and filtering Experts – aware
about new trends in technology and approaches.
4.
Library
2.0 – Communication between the
librarians and their users through social network has been to be the best way
to attract their attention towards the library
5.
Consultants
– Librarians should be prepared to answer any queries by users 24 hours a day.
6.
Initiate
the Outreach Program for Library Users
– In preparing the librarians towards the digital future, librarians should
take the initiative to approach their users instead of waiting for the users to
approach them first.
RETHINKING
LITERACIES FOR EFFECTIVE RESOURCE ACCESS
by
Sue Owen
Associate University Librarian – Client Services
Deakin University, Australia
Associate University Librarian – Client Services
Deakin University, Australia
PROFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR INSTRUCTION LIBRARIANS ( IL
) AND COORDINATORS
•
Administrative skills
•
Assessment and evaluation skills
•
Communication skills
•
Curriculum knowledge
•
Information literacy integration skills
•
Instructional design skills
•
Leadership skills
•
Planning skills
•
Presentation skills
•
Promotion skills
•
Subject expertise
•
Teaching skills
End - Thank You.
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