The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER), and the Coalition of Open Access Repositories (COAR) launched the joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication during the Summer of 2013.

The aim of the task force is to outline the competencies needed by librarians in this evolving environment. The first step will be to identify the various avenues of service for libraries within the context of e-research, repository management, and scholarly communication. These services and roles will then be mapped to the competencies required by librarians and library professionals. The task force will also make note of the array of organizational models evolving to support new services.

The task force is working on a preliminary report which is due to be published in spring 2014 and we believe that this report will be of relevant to many of the delegates attending Open Repositories in Helsinki. We would like to propose a short presentation on the work of the task force, and to introduce the toolkit, followed by time for a Q&A session.

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

General Track Papers and Panels