New Skills for the Academic Library Workforce: The Canadian Experience
The following paper will document the progress made by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) over the last 15 years to help the nation’s academic library workforce meet the new expectations. The paper will begin with some high level observations of what could arguably be described as the CARL approach to workforce development over the time period. The remainder of the paper will document important national milestones and accomplishments including the 8Rs Study (2005 and 2015), the Core Competencies (2010), the Librarians’ 1 Richards, Pamela Spence et al. A History of Modern Librarianship : Constructing the Heritage of Western Cultures, by F William Summers Professor Emeritus School of Library and Information Studies Wayne A Wiegand, and Marija Dalbello. Pearson Education, 2015, xv. Research Institute and the Canadian Library Assessment Workshop. Read More
