[Purpose/significance] The purpose of this study is to assess the current state of required and desirable qualifications and knowledge described in the job advertisements related to digital humanities professionals and related positions.[Method/process] 72 core job advertisements and 232 related job advertisements between 2006 and 2018 were collected from ALA JobLIST. Position title, educational background, experience, knowledge and skills, and duties were examined and analyzed.[Result/conclusion] The results of the analysis show that the demand for library science information science graduates in the field of digital humanities is increasing year by year. Library and information science can participate in digital humanities from digital projects, management, regional research/subject experts, information literacy/training, reference consultation and other aspects. The skills required mainly include:digital scholarship and digital humanities research tools and techniques; knowledge of programming, scripting languages, software and platforms; publishing, teaching and communication skills.
Su Fangli
,
Chang Renjie
. Job Requirement and Function Analysis of Digital Humanities in Foreign Library and Information Field[J]. Library and Information Service, 2020
, 64(16)
: 132
-143
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DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2020.16.014
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