Essential Skills for Corporate and Special Librarians. Issue 7 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davis, Rebecca; Saunders, Laura
• Is Part Of: Journal of library administration. Volume 60:Issue 7(2020)
• Page Start: 762
• Page End: 783
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Special libraries -- corporate libraries -- skills and qualifications -- LIS careers -- LIS education; Library administration -- Periodicals; 025.1
• DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2020.1786984
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-0826

Abstract

Abstract: Library science programs must be responsive to the wide variety of workplace needs to ensure that graduating students are prepared with appropriate knowledge and skills regardless of where their career path brings them, and to do so they must understand the various needs and expectations of the field. Through a nationwide study of over 2, 000 current professionals and LIS faculty, this study examines the knowledge, skills, and abilities identified as core for special and corporate librarians. The results help establish a baseline of skills for corporate and special librarians, which will be of interest to current and emerging professionals interested in a career in these settings and could have implications for LIS education.