Cultivating Digitization Competencies

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-21-2020

Publication Title

Information Technology and Libraries

Volume

39

Issue

4

First page number:

1

Last page number:

31

Abstract

This article is a case study of how six digitization competencies were developed and disseminated via grant-funded digitization projects at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries Special Collections and Archives. The six competencies are project planning, grant writing, project management, metadata, digital capture, and digital asset management. The authors will introduce each competency, discuss why it is important, and describe how it was developed during the course of the grant project, as well as how it was taught in a workshop environment. The differences in competency development for three different stakeholder groups will be examined: early career grant staff gaining on-the-job experience; experienced digital collections librarians experimenting and innovating; and a statewide audience of cultural heritage professionals attending grant-sponsored workshops.

Disciplines

Cataloging and Metadata | Collection Development and Management | Library and Information Science

Language

English

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