Today’s complex information environment invites a radical rethinking of academic library careers and competencies. What aspects of librarianship will be essential in an age of ubiquitous data, rapidly evolving faculty and student needs, and ongoing social, political, and technological change? While the term librarian has been tightly linked to collections and buildings in the past, librarians possess broad, deep, multifaceted expertise. Information professionals are in a great position to collectively redefine their careers, curate their unique collection of skills, and demonstrate value to the knowledge enterprise.
This presentation will highlight critical competencies for academic libraries from the Skilltype platform and the recent Librarian Futures III Report as well as strategies for librarians to adapt and thrive in their careers. Insights and examples will be shared from the University of Notre Dame that illustrate dynamic and diverse roles advancing digital scholarship, special collections and more in the Hesburgh Libraries.
