[Purpose/significance] It's important to construct a public librarians' competency model for recruitment, training, assessment and professional development of public librarians.[Method/process] With the methods of literature analysis, open questionnaire and expert interview, this paper collects the competency characteristics, prepares a list of the frequency and behavior, and designs a structured questionnaire. Then it takes SPSS13 as the data analysis tool, with the empirical research and statistical analysis method, analyzes the public librarians competency attributes and builds a competency model. Finally, it analyzes the influencing factors of various dimensions of competency attributes. [Result/conclusion] This study shows that: the public librarians' competency model consists of six dimensions which are basic knowledge and professional capacity, relevant subject knowledge, computer skill, vocational attitude and spirit of service, emotional adaptability and communication skills. Among these dimensions, vocational attitude and spirit of service have significant impact on working performance of public librarians.
Geng Qian
,
Mao Nina
,
Wang Fengxuan
,
Yu Haibo
,
He Can
. Study on Construction of Competency Model for Public Librarians[J]. Library and Information Service, 2016
, 60(7)
: 25
-33
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DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2016.07.004
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