DIGITAL SKILLS FOR LIBRARY
STAFF & RESEARCHERS
WORKING GROUP
WHO?
LIBER’s Digital Skills for Library Staff and Researchers
Working Group launched in 2018. For two years, they have
worked to identify skills gaps, review existing training
material and speak to libraries who are leading change in
thisfield.Theresultoftheirworkwillbea‘starter’sguide’for
Open Science-oriented library services, to be released later
this year.
#1 – MAPPING OPEN SCIENCE SKILLS #2 – OPEN SCIENCE TRAINING CASE STUDIES
METRICS &
REWARDS
FAIR DATA
CITIZEN
SCIENCE
RESEARCH
INTEGRITY
OPEN
SCIENCE
SKILLS
Metadata for Digital
Collections and Datasets
Knowledge of Linked Data
Storing, Saving, Archiving &
Preserving Data
Data Curation & Interoperability
Data Management Planning
Knowledge of Data Processing Software
Data Curation & Publishing
Knowledge of Data Policies
- Institutional/Funder/National
Fair Data Principles
COMMUNICATION
& COLLABORATION
Communicating Research
Output via Social Media
Bibliometrics, Altmetrics
& Research
Impact Reporting
Event management for Online
Interactions, Crowd-sourcing
Engaging the Public
in Research
Management & Use of
Institutional Repositories
New Open Publication Strategies
(Contracts, relations with publishers,
new funding models)
OA University Presses
Negotiating with Publishers for OA
- Pay to Read/Pay to Publish
Persistent Identifiers
(ORCID, ISNI, URN, ISBN)
Knowledge of Open Publication
Options (Green, Gold, Hybrid)
Knowledge of Existing Repositories
(Article, Data, Disciplinary, Generic)
Data Analysis & Visualization
Data & Text Mining
Searching Open Data Sources
Management
of Big Data Sets
Cleaning Data
Reproducibility &
Re-Use of Data
DIGITAL
CONTENT
CREATION
DIGITAL
CONTENT
CREATION
DIGITAL
CONTENT
CREATION
Copyright & Intellectual
Property in the
Digital Environment
DIGITAL
CONTENT
CREATION
Open Licences
for Citizen Science
COMMUNICATION
& COLLABORATION
Responsible Research
& Innovation (RRI)
INFORMATION
AND DATA
LITERACY
Research Integrity
& Ethics, GDPR
INFORMATION
AND DATA
LITERACY
Development
& Management
of Current Research
Information Systems
INFORMATION
AND DATA
LITERACY
INFORMATION
AND DATA
LITERACY
SAFETY
Open Science
Governance
& Policy
Licencing in
the Digital
Environment
SCHOLARLY
PUBLISHING
DIGITAL
CONTENT
CREATION
a. Produced by LIBER’s Digital Skills for Library Staff & Researchers Working Group, with input from other LIBER Working Groups (2020)
b. Reflects discipline-specific skills needed to practice Open Science (does not include generic computer skills, wider librarianship skills and personal competencies)
c. Mapped to the focus areas in LIBER’s Open Science Roadmap, to the Digcomp 2.0 framework and FOSTER learning resources
This diagram portrays discipline-specific skills needed to practice Open Science, as identified by the Working Group. We mapped
the skills to the focus areas in LIBER’s Open Science Roadmap, to the Digcomp 2.0 framework and FOSTER learning resources.
Note: this diagram doesn’t include generic computer skills, wider librarianship skills and personal competencies.
#3 – USEFUL REFERENCES
Over 30 relevant papers, reports and skills lists have been collected and categorised by the Working Group.
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2340674/liber_digital_skills_for_open_science
More info:
Open Science Training Case Studies https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3251730
LIBER Open Science Roadmap https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1303001
Digcomp 2.0 Framework https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp/digital-competence-framework
FOSTER Learning Resources https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/resources
Learn More
https://libereurope.eu/strategy/digital-skills-services/digitalskills/
WHY?
LIBER’s mission is to enable world-class research. This means
helping libraries to regularly re-assess their services and offer
new ones, so that they can meet the needs of a rapidly changing
digital world. Librarians with up-to-date digital skills can
provide invaluable support to library users, and will personally
benefit from better career prospects.
HOW?
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Romania
Spain
The Netherlands
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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Social
LIBER Case Studies
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3251730