Comunidades ligadas a repositórios e bibliotecas se unem para
identificar novas competências para bibliotecários acadêmicos
Agosto 13, 2013
A Associação de Bibliotecas de
Pesquisas (ARL), a Associação Canadense de Bibliotecas de Pesquisa (CARL), a
Confederação de Repositórios de Acesso Aberto (COAR), e a Associação de
Bibliotecas de Investigação Europeias (LIBER) têm o prazer de anunciar o
lançamento de uma Força-Tarefa Conjunta sobre as competências dos
bibliotecários em Apoio a e-pesquisa (e-research) e comunicação científica.
As rápidas mudanças na tecnologia
associadas às alterações nas pesquisa e comunicações acadêmicas estão modificando
profundamente o papel das bibliotecas no século 21. O surgimento da e-pesquisa,
por exemplo, está trazendo novas formas de fazer ciência em todo o mundo, compelindo
as bibliotecas a adotar novos serviços, tais como auxiliar no desenvolvimento
de planos de gestão de dados de pesquisa, hospedar ambientes virtuais
colaborativos de pesquisa, gerenciar repositórios institucionais e divulgar
resultados de pesquisa por meio de mecanismos de acesso aberto. Estes serviços
inovadores exigem uma gama de novas habilidades e conhecimentos dentro da
comunidade bibliotecária, bem como uma mudança nos modelos organizacionais para
as bibliotecas.
O objetivo da força-tarefa é
descrever as competências necessárias aos bibliotecários neste ambiente em
evolução. O primeiro passo será identificar as diferentes possibilidades de
serviço para as bibliotecas no contexto da e-pesquisa, gerenciamento de
repositório e de comunicação científica. Esses serviços e funções, então, serão
mapeados para as competências requeridas pelos bibliotecários e profissionais de
biblioteca. A força-tarefa também vai delinear dos novos modelos
organizacionais em evolução que suportam esses novos serviços.
A força-tarefa vai produzir um
kit de ferramentas que ajudarão a construir a capacidade das bibliotecas para
suportar as novas funções na área da comunicação científica e e-pesquisa. O kit
de ferramentas permitirá que os gestores das bibliotecas identifiquem lacunas
de competências em sua instituição, formem a base de descrições de trabalho,
capacitem os profissionais para a realização de auto-avaliações, e estabeleçam
uma base para o desenvolvimento de programas de formação para bibliotecários e
profissionais de biblioteca. Além disso, o conjunto de ferramentas vai
proporcionar um esboço de novos modelos de organização que se desenvolvem neste
ambiente dinâmico.
Um relatório preliminar estará
disponível na Primavera de 2014.
Membros da Força Tarefa
Pascal
Calarco (CARL and University of
Waterloo)
Rob Grim
(LIBER and Tilburg University)
Iryna Kuchma
(chair, COAR and EIFL)
Alicia López
Medina (COAR and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
Susan Reilly
(LIBER)
Judy
Ruttenberg (ARL)
Birgit Schmidt
(LIBER and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Kathleen
Shearer (COAR and CARL)
Dominic Tate (COAR and University
of Edinburgh)
Von: Kathleen Shearer <m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com>
Datum: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:36:51 -0400
An: "coar-member@sub.uni-
Betreff: [coar-member] Joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication
Datum: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:36:51 -0400
An: "coar-member@sub.uni-
Betreff: [coar-member] Joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication
Dear COAR members,
Here is an announcement of a new task force in which COAR was instrumental in bringing together and in which we will be heavily participating.
All the best, Kathleen
Library and repository communities join together to identify new competencies for academic librarians
August 13, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) are pleased to announce the launch of a Joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication.
Rapid changes in technology and associated shifts in research and scholarly communications are profoundly changing the role of libraries in the 21st century. The emergence of e-research, for example, is bringing about new ways of doing science across the globe, compelling libraries to adopt new services, such as assisting with the development of research data management plans, hosting collaborative virtual research environments, managing institutional repositories, and disseminating research outputs through open access mechanisms. These novel services require a range of new skills and expertise within the library community as well as ashift in organizational models for libraries.
The aim of the task force is to outline the competencies needed by librarians in this evolving environment. The first step will be to identify the various avenues of service for libraries within the context of e-research, repository management, and scholarly communication. These services and roles will then be mapped to the competencies required by librarians and library professionals. The task force will also make note of the array of organizational models evolving to support new services.
The task force will produce a toolkit that will help to build capacity in libraries for supporting new roles in the area of scholarly communication and e-research. The toolkit will allow 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 forlibrarians and library professionals. In addition, the toolkit will provide an outline of new organizational models that are evolving in this dynamic environment.
A preliminary report will be available in spring 2014.
Task Force Members
Pascal Calarco (CARL and University of Waterloo)
Rob Grim (LIBER and Tilburg University)
Iryna Kuchma (chair, COAR and EIFL)
Alicia López Medina (COAR and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
Susan Reilly (LIBER)
Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)
Birgit Schmidt (LIBER and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Kathleen Shearer (COAR and CARL)
Dominic Tate (COAR and University of Edinburgh)
For more information about the task force, please contact Iryna Kuchma (task force chair): iryna.kuchma@eifl.net
About ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve.
About CARL
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) provides leadership on behalf of Canada’s research libraries and enhances their capacity to advance research and higher education. It promotes effective and sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information. CARL’s members include the 29 larger Canadian university research libraries.
About COAR
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is a young, fast growing association of repository initiatives. Launched in October 2009, COAR now has a membership of over 100 institutions worldwide from 35 countries and 4 continents. Its mission is to enhance the visibility and application of research outputs through a globalnetwork of open access digital repositories.
About LIBER
LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche - Association of EuropeanResearch Libraries) is the main network for research libraries in Europe. Its current membership includes over 400 national and research libraries from more than forty countries- mainly, but not only, in Europe. LIBERsupports the academic mission of its members by building on existing strengths and balancing resources tomaintain and improve a quality of service that befits the European researcher.