Professional standardization: requirements for the competences of a library and information specialist

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to outline the information-digital and socio-educational competencies of a library and information specialist taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of library and information activities in the use of digital technologies and in accordance with current regulatory documents, as well as the practice of library activities. The research methodology is based on such methods as information analysis of the current Digital Competence Framework and Professional Standards of Specialists, content analysis of the subject field of the research subject – semantic and logical analysis of the document collection (academic papers, information content of Internet resources); the hypothetical method enabled us to formulate the relevant competencies of a library and information specialist based on the analysis of information resources. The scientific novelty of the research is to substantiate the current competences of a library and information specialist as a basis for the development of the Professional Standard Project. Conclusions. The need to develop the Professional Standard of a library and information specialist requires an outline of the information-digital and socio-educational competencies of a library and information specialist taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of library and information activities in the application of digital technologies. The analysis of a wide array of library information resources (websites, Facebook pages, blogs, Telegram channels, and others), which present the current state of job functions and actions performed by librarians, the Framework of Digital Competences of scientific and academic and teaching personnel and the Professional Standard of teaching personnel, extrapolation of the presented data on the competence field of a library and information specialist made it possible to formulate the information-digital, social-educational and psychological-pedagogical competences of a specialist. The personal competences of a specialist are formulated within the scope of the tasks of their professional development in the digital environment, reflection, and assessment of the level of their own digital competence. The obtained results regarding the types of activities and the necessary competencies of a modern library specialist might be the basis for completing the structure of the Professional Standard of the Library and Information Specialist Project.

Keywords: specialist in library and information activities, professional standard, competences, job functions.