Comparative Study on Ability Requirements of Domestic and Foreign Data Librarian

  • Wei Lai ,
  • Zheng Huamin
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  • School of Information Science and Technology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130000

Received date: 2017-12-18

  Revised date: 2018-02-05

  Online published: 2018-05-20

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] With the continuous development of digital scientific research, scientific research has begun to shift to data-intensive research, and data librarian has become a new focus topic of libraries at home and abroad. By analyzing and comparing the abilities of data librarians at home and abroad, this paper provides references for the personnel training of Chinese data librarians.[Method/process] This paper conducted research on recruiting information of university libraries at home and abroad, and adopted the methods of network investigation and content analysis to deeply analyze the professional ability requirements of data librarians from five aspects:the knowledge background, overall quality, job responsibilities, vocational skills and special skills of candidates.[Result/conclusion] This paper summarizes the capabilities of data librarians at home and abroad, clarifies the role of domestic data librarians, it can provide reference for the data management services and data librarians in domestic libraries.

Cite this article

Wei Lai , Zheng Huamin . Comparative Study on Ability Requirements of Domestic and Foreign Data Librarian[J]. Library and Information Service, 2018 , 62(10) : 18 -24 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2018.10.003

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