Core competencies for academic reference librarians in Croatia

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Ivana Hebrang Grgić
• Author: Daniela Živković
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of information and Communication sciences)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences

Abstract (english)

The paper presents results of a survey of reference librarians in Croatian academic libraries. The survey is a part of an international study. Survey findings provide valuable data regarding skills and competencies needed in the reference departments today and in the future. Three groups of skills and competencies are analysed – general skills, technology skills and personal skills. Conclusions are made about the present competencies of Croatian reference librarians in academic libraries as well as about the importance of lifelong learning for improving their competencies in future.

• Keywords (english): academic library; reference librarian; sompetencies; skills
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries
• Numbering: vol. 3, pp. 247-256
• e-ISSN: 2241-1925
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:983536
• Publication: 2012
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-07-26 15:01:12