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A Study on the Job Duties and Competencies of Data Librarians: Using Job Advertisement Analysis in the United States

  • Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2021, 32(3), pp.145-162
  • DOI : 10.14699/kbiblia.2021.32.3.145
  • Publisher : Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : August 16, 2021
  • Accepted : August 28, 2021
  • Published : September 30, 2021

Jiin Park 1 Ji-Hong Park 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

To identify key job duties and core competencies of data librarians, this study conducted content analyses of 75 U.S. job advertisements of data librarians and statistical analyses of 105 responses from incumbent data librarians. As a result, the key job duties identified are jobs related to collaboration, workshops, trainings, conferences, data service, research consultation, and research support. Core competencies identified are communication skills, teaching, diversity, inclusion, and equality, data management, and data tool. This study is significant in that it analyzed the key duties and core competencies of the data librarians using the most up-to-date data and opinions collected from incumbent people. It can be a basis for future study such as on job satisfaction, user satisfaction, and perception surveys for data librarians.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.