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Khan, Asad; Masrek, Mohamad Noorman; Nadzar, Fuziah Mohamad – Education for Information, 2015
Like other disciplines, organizational and technological innovations have influenced the standard philosophies of librarianship. These innovations have changed the basics of information retrieval and delivery in libraries. As a result, library authorities are demanding competency-based job performance. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of research…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, Work Ethic, Competency Based Education
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by information professionals working as records and information managers. The activities of information professionals are listed by function: records and information program management; systems analysis; records center administration; general administration; planning; financial…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists, Job Performance
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a public library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which public librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Job Performance, Job Skills
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a special library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which special librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and user services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Job Performance, Job Skills
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a database distributor/service organization. The activities of professionals working in database distributor/service organizations are listed by function: Database Processing; Customer Support; System Administration; and Planning. The competencies are…
Descriptors: Competence, Databases, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in an academic library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which academic librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by information professionals working in a library system supplier organization. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which information professionals working in such organizations perform: research and development; marketing; customer support;…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists, Job Performance
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a school library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which school librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Job Performance
McNeil, Beth, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to investigate the status of core competencies (i.e., the skills, knowledge, abilities, and attributes that employees across an organization are expected to have to contribute successfully…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Woodsworth, Anne; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Seven articles discuss the competencies needed by library and information science school graduates. Surveys of needed competencies are compared, a model of the information activities of a research library of the future is proposed, staffing and educational requirements are discussed, and a need for new philosophies of user services is suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Curriculum Development