Domain

Organizing, processing, preserving and creating access points for digital knowledge in different formats.

Capability descriptor

  • Show a firm grasp of the different levels of digital literacy skills and how to facilitate the acquisition of such skills for library users.
  • Understand how to create comprehensive (structural, descriptive, and content) metadata for digital resources and objects.
  • Acquire curation and sharing techniques for digital resources and objects.
  • Display basic repository management skills.
  • Display a basic understanding of the implications and applications of AI authoring, knowledge assistance, and learning.
  • Review features, accessibility, and usability of applications that provide digital access to books, journals, and reference sources e.g. R Discovery, Scribd, Headway, Researcher, Zotero, Blinkist, etc.
  • Explore integration of knowledge and e-books apps into regular library service e.g. Leganto (ProQuest), ePlatform Digital libraries, Libby, Ex Libris, Bookshelf, etc.
  • Provide resources and basic technical skills to users who create digital content, whether as standalone resources or integrated into other formats e.g. podcasts, videos, blogs, ebooks, memes, GIFs, presentations, newsletters, and infographics.
  • Secure migration and transfer strategies for digital resources.
  • Show familiarity with technologies and skills for digital preservation including web crawling and archiving tools, and digital content management systems.