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November 21, 2007
Skills Evolution
What skills do you think you will need over the next ten years? How do you plan to get them?
As the competencies for the profession evolve over the next five to ten years, will the type of people attracted to the profession change?
Are the competencies/skills needed for public, digital, technical, scholarly resource services the same or different? How are they the same or different?
For those librarians with ten years experience, think about what your duties and skills were when you first started. Tell us how you think that relates to what you do now in terms of skills.
What do you think your responsibilities will be in ten years and how does that compare to your current position?
Posted by dlhodge at November 21, 2007 02:50 PM
Comments
The Digital Library Federation (DLP), whose members include the University of Michigan, expressed their disappointment over trends in outcomes assessment. They stated in part:
“Outcomes assessments are hampered because they rely on input and output measures that are difficult to interpret and on institutional performance objectives that frequently are only vaguely defined and perhaps even contested on campus. If university and college administrators and faculty have not clearly articulated the learning and research outcomes they expect from the library, how do libraries know what outcomes to assess in order to demonstrate their contribution to the institutional mission?” (Retrieved November 26, 2007, from http://www.diglib.org/use/whitepaper.htm)
In response, I think that one of the skills I will need in the next ten years is the capacity to work with administrators and faculty to define the Library’s role in learning and teaching.
Posted by: lmbabu at November 26, 2007 02:23 PM
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