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Inna K(o)uper: CLIR blog has recently posted a piece on re-skilling for librarians by Christa Williford, focusing on digital humanities librarianship. What kind of skills do librarians need in order to be relevant in contemporary research environments? The list can be pretty long, moreover, there might be multiple lists. Another list was proposed in a report that Christa mentioned, “Re-skilling for research” by Research Libraries UK (RLUK). The report contains results of a series of studies that aimed to map the needs of researchers onto tasks to be undertaken by subject librarians. The report is long, but the message is the same over and over: librarians’ roles and skills are quite limited and traditional; they do not match the needs. Subject librarians are not involved at the early stages of research that involve conceptualization and planning. Most of the services are still offered in the areas of literature search and information management (how to store and organize everything). Services that are related to data collection, management, analysis and preservation are in their infancy at best.
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Thoughts on the re-skilling of librarians! Interesting! 
NELLCO's curator insight,
January 18, 9:41 AM
A new (to me) verb: re-skilling. Need to mull this one over. Not sure if it's perfect or ridiculous. Delete the scoop?
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IFLA Conference Paper:
Gillian M McCombs:
"The digital age may well be considered a golden age for Special Collections. Treasures that have long been locked in vaults and available only to researchers onsite are now accessible at the click of a mouse from anywhere in the world. However, for every stunning rare book, photograph or art work that is available electronically, thousands more are still inaccessible. Some libraries have been slow to realize the potential for digital access and have not built the infrastructure needed to put these collections out into the public eye. This paper addresses questions such as: are we hiring the right people for Special Collections; are we retooling current curators so that they are technically adept; are we providing our Special Collections Libraries with necessary resources such as marketing and graphics design staff to develop websites for digital exhibits; have they developed a strategic plan that outlines their long-term goals for incorporating technology; what are the consortial opportunities that will help our Special Collections Libraries; are we working closely enough with library schools and rare book programs to ensure that graduates have the skills, aptitude and attitude that we need?" source: INFODocket
http://conference.ifla.org/sites/default/files/files/papers/wlic2012/87-mccombs-en.pdf
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Kate T: "New trend?Librarians, archivists & museum professionals ruling the world | ArchivesNext http://t.co/eAGshlcC..."
"I’m referring to this almost ebullient post by the Library of Congress’ Butch Lazorchak on the Signal blog, “#sxswLAM: Libraries, Archives and Museums in an Interactive World.” It’s a beautiful vision, and it’s great to hear that participating in the South By Southwest Interactive Conference has given him this kind of warm rosy optimistic glow. Butch’s post bolsters my claim that “blurring of organizational roles” is a significant trend for archives. In an earlier draft of my trends post I had a list of trends I wanted to see, and although I didn’t phrase it in quite the same way, “librarians, archivists & museum professionals ruling the world” is pretty close. It’s my hope (and Butch’s vision) that LAM professionals can emerge as leaders in the evolving digital world. But this will only happen if more of them engage in wider discussions, as some LAM representatives are doing."
Kate T's version of Trendswatch 2012 - The Archive's edition: http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=2608
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RT @USNatArchives: What skills/characteristics are needed to be an #archivist? #AOTUS @dferriero offers his thoughts.
David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States:
" The next generation of Information Professionals
- People with a broader background than was the case when I was a graduate student. In addition to history, archives and library science, other subject matter areas are important. Above all, we want people who can connect archival work with real life experiences.
Full-text keynote address here: http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ALISE-keynote-address-as-delivered1.pdf Delete the scoop?
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Great source for Information Professionals about curation as a key information skill for 2012:
This great piece was written by Tim Kastelle - it is one of the best articles on curation, the observations and insights take this to a whole new level. So much to digest, lots to ponder about the possibilities that await us in 2012 and beyond.
Here are some of the highlights:
**"We create economic value out of information when we figure out an effective strategy that includes aggregating, filtering and connecting."
**"Filtering is what helps us deal with the vast amount of information available to us."
"...the real question is, how do we design filters that let us find our way through this particular abundance of information?
****And, you know, my answer to that question has been: the only group that can catalog everything is everybody." (Clay Shirky)
**We try to filter information so that we end up with something that is relevant to us – it helps us learn something, it helps us solve a problem, it helps us develop a new hypothesis about the world around us.
**These are all connections – and this is what really drives value creation.
**However, we can’t connect without some filtering going on. So filtering is important, and it’s a term that includes several different sub-types. I can think of at least five forms of filtering.
...we can use these ideas about filtering to help with business model innovation by changing where it takes place in the value network.
**One of Shirky’s points is that since Gutenberg, the economic logic of publishing required publishers (of books, music, movies) to act as filters in order to maximise their investment.
**As publishing and filtering has shifted out to human networks, publishers no longer need to fill this role.
**Someone (or some network) needs to, and since that creates value, it’s something that can perhaps be monetised.
This piece was curated by Robin Good brief commentary by Jan Gordon
Check this video: http://vimeo.com/8748509
Read the full article by Tim Kastelle: http://timkastelle.org/blog/2010/04/five-forms-of-filtering Via Robin Good, janlgordon 
Beth Kanter's comment,
December 30, 2011 1:47 PM
Thanks for picking this up out of Robin's stream. I personally love Harold Jarche model of Seek, Sense, Share - and have adapted as a framework to help those are just starting with curation ....
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"Today, only 35% of the world’s population are connected to the internet. Millions more don’t have the skills to use the information available online. Despite improved access to technology in many developing communities, access and guidance for all must be a government priority. Regular, stable and reliable access to the internet and help in using it generates opportunities to create, share and benefit from new knowledge. In the 2st century, governments must ensure this service exists so that people can improve their lives and communities.
PDF document: http://issuu.com/irex-dc/docs/librariespublicaccessv2/1
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Eliza Anyangwe: "What is the role of the academic librarian in the modern institution?"
[....]ideas and resources shared by our live chat panel:
- Simon Bains, deputy librarian, University of Manchester - Jo Webb, head of Learning and Research Services, De Montfort University - Andy Priestner, information and library services manager, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge - Ned Potter, academic liaison librarian, University of York Library - Ann Rossiter, executive director, Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Delete the scoop?
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The new guest post is "So You Want to Be a Medical Librarian" by @aldricham http://t.co/nV9H5QZX #librarians #medlibs...
"Health information literacy is the set of skills and abilities we all need in order to find, understand, and appropriately act on information having to do with our health. As a medical librarian, some of the most challenging reference questions you ever answer will come from patients and their families. Become familiar with reliable sources of consumer health information. MedlinePlus is a great place to start. Recognize, too, that sometimes the best thing you have to offer a worried patient or family member is a sympathetic ear. Delete the scoop?
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Future Work Skills 202o, via Michelle at Libraries Interact:
"The skills that IFTF sees as being required in such a work landscape are each related to at least one of the key drivers of change (as represented using colour in the summary map above). The skills are: Sense-making – being able to discover deeper meaning in what is being expressed
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Extremely valuable skills for Infrmation Professionals of the future:
Robin Good: The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix have teamed up to produce, this past spring, an interesting report entitled Future Work Skills 2020.
By looking at the set of emerging skills that this research identifies as vital for future workers, I can't avoid but recognize the very skillset needed by any professional curator or newsmaster.
It should only come as a limited surprise to realize that in an information economy, the most valuable skills are those that can harness that primary resource, "information", in new, and immediately useful ways.
And being the nature of information like water, which can adapt and flow depending on context, the task of the curator is one of seeing beyond the water, to the unique rare fish swimming through it.
The curator's key talent being the one of recognizing that depending on who you are fishing for, the kind of fish you and other curators could see within the same water pool, may be very different.
Here the skills that information-fishermen of the future will need the most:
1) Sense-making: ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed
2) Social intelligence: ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions
3) Novel and adaptive thinking: proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based
4) Cross-cultural competency: ability to operate in different cultural settings
5) Computational thinking: ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning
6) New media literacy: ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication
7) Transdisciplinarity: literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
8) Design mindset: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes
9) Cognitive load management: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques
10) Virtual collaboration: ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team
Critical to understand the future ahead. 9/10
Curated by Robin Good
Executive Summary of the Report: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapolloresearchinstitute.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffuture-work-skills-executive-summary.pdf 
Download a PDF copy of Future Work Skills 2020: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapolloresearchinstitute.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffuture-skills-2020-research-report.pdf   Via Robin Good, janlgordon
Beth Kanter's comment,
December 20, 2011 7:34 PM
Thanks for sharing this from Robin's stream. These skills sets could form the basis of a self-assessment for would-be curators, although they're more conceptual - than practical/tactical. Thanks for sharing and must go rescoop it with a credit you and Robin of course
janlgordon's comment,
December 20, 2011 7:56 PM
Beth Kanter
Agreed. It's also one of the articles I told you about....good info to build on:-) Delete the scoop?
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