Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library

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dc.contributor.authorRaju, Jayaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:10:19Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTechnology has altered the traditional academic library beyond recognition. These dramatic changes have impacted significantly on the knowledge and skills requirements for LIS professionals practising in this environment. While there have been studies in other parts of the world which have investigated the knowledge and skills requirements for the digital era academic library environment, to date no comprehensive study has 'drilled' down into this area in the South African context. This paper reports on a preliminary study which is part of a wider study aimed at developing a comprehensive skills statement which would provide an objective framework against which professional LIS practitioners in the modern academic library environment in South Africa may both measure their existing competencies and also identify the need for further skills acquisition. The research question guiding this preliminary investigation was: What key knowledge and skills are required for LIS professionals to effectively and efficiently practise in a digital era academic library in South Africa? The triangulated findings (using content analysis of job advertisements and semi-structured interviews) from this preliminary investigation are used to ascertain an initial picture of key knowledge and skills sets required for LIS professionals in this environment. These preliminary findings also proved useful in teasing out some of the parameters for the wider study targeting the development of a comprehensive skills statement for higher education libraries in South Africa. The study reported here has relevance for the academic library context in other parts of the world as well.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRaju, J. (2014). Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library. <i>Journal of Academic Librarianship </i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8877en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRaju, Jaya "Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library." <i>Journal of Academic Librarianship </i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8877en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRaju, J. 2014. Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship .en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0099-1333en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Raju, Jaya AB - Technology has altered the traditional academic library beyond recognition. These dramatic changes have impacted significantly on the knowledge and skills requirements for LIS professionals practising in this environment. While there have been studies in other parts of the world which have investigated the knowledge and skills requirements for the digital era academic library environment, to date no comprehensive study has 'drilled' down into this area in the South African context. This paper reports on a preliminary study which is part of a wider study aimed at developing a comprehensive skills statement which would provide an objective framework against which professional LIS practitioners in the modern academic library environment in South Africa may both measure their existing competencies and also identify the need for further skills acquisition. The research question guiding this preliminary investigation was: What key knowledge and skills are required for LIS professionals to effectively and efficiently practise in a digital era academic library in South Africa? The triangulated findings (using content analysis of job advertisements and semi-structured interviews) from this preliminary investigation are used to ascertain an initial picture of key knowledge and skills sets required for LIS professionals in this environment. These preliminary findings also proved useful in teasing out some of the parameters for the wider study targeting the development of a comprehensive skills statement for higher education libraries in South Africa. The study reported here has relevance for the academic library context in other parts of the world as well. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Academic Librarianship  KW - academic libraries KW - digital era KW - disciplinary knowledge KW - generic skills KW - job advertisements KW - personal competencies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 0099-1333 T1 - Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library TI - Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8877 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8877
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRaju J. Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship . 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8877.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDKIS (formerly Library and Information Studies Centre)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unporteden_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceJournal of Academic Librarianship en_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2014.02.007en_ZA
dc.subjectacademic librariesen_ZA
dc.subjectdigital eraen_ZA
dc.subjectdisciplinary knowledgeen_ZA
dc.subjectgeneric skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectjob advertisementsen_ZA
dc.subjectpersonal competenciesen_ZA
dc.titleKnowledge and skills for the digital era academic libraryen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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