Professional competencies of Canadian LIS graduates

Hill, Heather; Mills, Melanie

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Title

Professional competencies of Canadian LIS graduates

Author(s)

• Hill, Heather
• Mills, Melanie

Issue Date

2023-09

Keyword(s)

• Abilities
• Canada
• Competencies
• Curriculum
• Education
• Education for Librarianship
• Knowledge
• KSAs (knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
• LIS Curriculum
• LIS Education
• Professional Competencies
• Skills
• Standards
• Workers
• Workforce

Abstract

This study aims to determine current competencies necessary for graduates of Canadian library and information science (LIS) programs. Perspectives from different communities of interest, including current students and graduates from LIS programs, staff and employers of LIS graduates, and library school faculty (full-time and contingent) from across Canada were gathered via a nationally disseminated survey in 2023. Competency areas include general skills as well as communication, user services, management, and technology. Early findings suggest the importance of established areas of practice, such as selecting and evaluating resources, while emergent areas of priority were also identified, including the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion, and understanding the responsibilities of libraries in decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation efforts.

Series/Report Name or Number

Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2023

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/123116

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1385

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• Copyright 2023 Heather Hill, Melanie Mills
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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