Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians
A survey of Australian academic reference librarians was conducted as part of an international collaboration seeking to identify the most important knowledge, skills and attributes now and for the next ten years. Librarians working in or managing reference-related services at university and vocation...
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Australian Library and Information Association
2012
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| description | A survey of Australian academic reference librarians was conducted as part of an international collaboration seeking to identify the most important knowledge, skills and attributes now and for the next ten years. Librarians working in or managing reference-related services at university and vocational education and training institutions participated in the online survey. Their responses indicate that a core professional skill, searching, is the most important skill for reference librarians, followed by other generic skills, such as verbal communication and customer service skills. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-67142017-01-30T10:54:51Z Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians Haddow, Gaby skills Academic librarians knowledge reference services A survey of Australian academic reference librarians was conducted as part of an international collaboration seeking to identify the most important knowledge, skills and attributes now and for the next ten years. Librarians working in or managing reference-related services at university and vocational education and training institutions participated in the online survey. Their responses indicate that a core professional skill, searching, is the most important skill for reference librarians, followed by other generic skills, such as verbal communication and customer service skills. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6714 Australian Library and Information Association fulltext |
| spellingShingle | skills Academic librarians knowledge reference services Haddow, Gaby Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title | Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title_full | Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title_short | Knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| title_sort | knowledge, skills and attributes for academic reference librarians |
| topic | skills Academic librarians knowledge reference services |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6714 |