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February 19, 2006
Looking for Sample Library Competencies for a New Book
I am beginning research for a book about technology training for library staff, specifically about creating, implementing, and maintaining a set of technology core competencies for library staff in all positions.
I am looking for libraries (public, academic, school, law, special, local/state/national associations) who would be willing to share their lists of competencies and possibly the process by which these were created. I have found several on the open web, but I suspect that many of these competencies live on intranets or other passworded sites.
If you can point me to any competencies that you know of, either on the open web (in case I missed some) or on your intranet (perhaps simply giving me a text-only version of the competencies) I would much appreciate it. Either leave a comment here, or contact me via e-mail or IM (contact info at top of page).
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Thanks Tricia. I actually lead the group that created the CLA Core Competencies :)
Posted by: Sarah Houghton (LiB) | July21, 2006
I have a set of core competencies for library staff from Miami-Dade Public library (pdf document -- see files). It covers far more than technical copetencies but does break it up by level of employee from Library Assistant I to Librarian III and by library divisions (circulation & reference -- no cataloging or acquisitions. They use Horizon ILS and most of the technical competencies have to do with using the ILS.
I also have Core technology competencies for California Library Association.
http://www.cla-net.org/included/docs/tech_core_competencies.pdf
See also:
http://litablog.org/2006/07/13/core-competencies-in-library-technology-what-it-is-and-where-its-going/
And:
Turner, L. (2005). 20 technology skills every educator should have. THE Journal. Available: http://www.thejournal.com/the/printarticle/?id=17325. Applicable to libraries as well.
Western Council of State Libraries. (2004). Library practitioner core competencies. Available: http://www.westernco.org/continuum/LCPPfinal.pdf. This includes a wide range of competencies mainly for public librarians. The list of technology competencies is at the bottom of the document.
University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences. (2000). School of Library and Information Sciences Entry Level Information Technology Knowledge and Skills. Available: http://www.unt.edu/slis/apppacket/ITKS/EntryLevelITKSSummary.pdf. This is what UNT SLIS expects students to know when they begin their master's degree program. Their self-diagnostic tool is available at http://www.unt.edu/slis/apppacket/ITKS/ITKSassess.htm.
Posted by: Tricia Brauer | July21, 2006
Thanks Edwin! Sure--anything you can pass along will help. We'll see what Babelfish can make out of it :)
Posted by: Sarah Houghton (LiB) | April18, 2006
Hi Sarah,
A while ago we chatted about IM and reference work (with Rob Coers). For my 'grade'information management, last year, I wrote a paper about 'digital competencies' in our Library in Zeeland, the Netherlands. Unfortunately it is on Dutch but perhaps the literature I used could help you. I found out that there was no such thing about competencies and digital collections in the Netherlands yet (only library work in broadest sense).
Just let me know when u are interested. The translation tools get better too. U might understand big parts of my paper :-)
Kind Regards,
Edwin
Posted by: Edwin | April17, 2006
