Journal article
A review of digital curation professional competencies: theory and current practices
Records management journal (London, England), v 28(1)
01 Jan 2018
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Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of professional competency in current digital curation literature through the lens of competency theories in management science and organizational studies. This paper also aims to provide recommendations to articulate and expand professional competencies in future digital curation research and professional education.
Design/methodology/approach The outcomes presented in this paper are based on a multi-disciplinary literature review and a qualitative content analysis. The literature review explores theoretical foundations of professional competency in management science and organizational studies and how the concept of professional competency is used in digital curation literature. The content analysis scrutinizes 16 digital curation publications that have discussed professional competency, with an in-depth examination of seven empirical studies in these publications.
Findings The findings include: the concept of professional competency is inconsistently used in digital curation literature, the digital curation literature exhibits disparate coverage of different types of professional competencies, and the digital curation empirical studies often narrowly operationalize the concept of professional competency but the empirical studies using multiple or in-depth qualitative methods yield more comprehensive findings reflecting a broader scope of the concept.
Originality/value Although past research focused on the competencies required for digital curation, there is no research scrutinizing the conceptual construct of professional competency in the digital curation literature. This paper will be of value to digital curation researchers and educators to better determine the competencies needed for digital curators as an emerging profession.
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- Title
- A review of digital curation professional competencies: theory and current practices
- Creators
- Yuanyuan Feng - Drexel Univ, Coll Comp & Informat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USALorraine Richards - Drexel Univ, Coll Comp & Informat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Publication Details
- Records management journal (London, England), v 28(1)
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000426532500004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85042485707
- Other Identifier
- 991019185112604721
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