Conference proceeding
Digital librarian, cybrarian, or librarian with specialized skills: Who will staff digital libraries?
CROSSING THE DIVIDE, pp.143-149
01 Jan 2001
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Abstract
This exploratory study examined 250 online academic librarian employment ads posted during 2000 to determine current requirements for technologically oriented jobs. A content analysis software program was used to categorize the specific skills and characteristics listed in the ads. The results were analyzed using multivariate analysis (cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling). The results, displayed in a three-dimensional concept map, indicate 19 categories comprised of both computer related skills and behavioral characteristics that can be interpreted along three continua: (1) technical skills to people skills; (a) long-established technologies and behaviors to emerging trends; (3) technical service competencies to public service competencies. There was no identifiable "digital librarian" category.
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- Title
- Digital librarian, cybrarian, or librarian with specialized skills: Who will staff digital libraries?
- Creators
- L Marion
- Contributors
- H A Thompson (Editor)
- Publication Details
- CROSSING THE DIVIDE, pp.143-149
- Publisher
- Assoc Coll Research Libraries
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; [Retired Faculty]
- Identifiers
- 991019170491304721
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