Librarians’ Competencies for Research Data Management
A joint task force on Librarians‘ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication has released profiles of competencies that library professionals need in order to support new roles.
The aim of this task force is to produce a number of competency profiles that will help to build capacity in libraries for supporting new roles in the area of scholarly communication and e-research. The profiles will enable library managers to identify skill gaps in their institution, form the basis of job descriptions, enable professionals to carry out self-assessments, and act as a foundation for the development of training programs for librarians and library professionals. In addition, the toolkit will provide an outline of new organizational models that are evolving in this dynamic environment.
– Time to Adopt: Librarians’ New Skills and Competency Profiles
On the one hand, libraries are at the forefront of the digital transformation and digital information infrastructures, on the other, they manage and curate cultural heritage collections. This brings about new ways of engagement with information and knowledge and the need to rethink skills and competency profiles – which enable librarians to support e-research all along the research cycle. This paper presents findings of the joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication.
– Librarians’ Competencies for Research Data Management
Research data management encompasses a wide array of activities across the research data lifecycle. Generally, it requires a high level of interaction with researchers and also working with other support services including technical services and research officers.
– Librarians’ Competencies for Scholarly Communication and Open Access
Library activities in scholarly communication and open access typically fall into one of four categories: scholarly publishing services; open access repository services; for copyright and open access advice; and assessment of scholarly resources.
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The joint Task Force on Librarians‘ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication has representation from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER),and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR).
