Keywords
Skills, Competencies, Diversity, Leadership
Description
CARL has invested significant energy over the last 20 years in building workforce capacity across Canadian academic libraries. The Association has consistently focused its attention on areas where demand felt greatest and where collective, national action made sense. The “CARL approach” has been strategic, focused on community building and reflective of a peer-to-peer model.
Much progress has been made in recent years to help the nation’s academic library workforce develop their professional expertise and, in doing so, better meet the expectations of 21st Century learners. Most notably, Canadian research libraries are drafting a contemporary slate of competencies for librarians; enhancing their focus on diversity, equity & inclusion; and shaping new leadership development opportunities for the most senior staff.
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Preparing the Academic Library Workforce to Support 21st Century Learners: New Approaches from Canada
CARL has invested significant energy over the last 20 years in building workforce capacity across Canadian academic libraries. The Association has consistently focused its attention on areas where demand felt greatest and where collective, national action made sense. The “CARL approach” has been strategic, focused on community building and reflective of a peer-to-peer model.
Much progress has been made in recent years to help the nation’s academic library workforce develop their professional expertise and, in doing so, better meet the expectations of 21st Century learners. Most notably, Canadian research libraries are drafting a contemporary slate of competencies for librarians; enhancing their focus on diversity, equity & inclusion; and shaping new leadership development opportunities for the most senior staff.