Developing and training repository teams
Abstract:
This chapter focusses on both current skill levels and projected training needs to support the emerging landscape for repositories, which encompasses new types of content. The specific combination of job skills and knowledge sets required to work on a digital repository has implications for staff recruitment, development, training and retention strategies.
Key words
repository staff
institutional repositories
repository management
professional roles in librarianship
repository training
Introduction
Because the management of digital repositories is an evolving and dynamic area in which to work, repository work requires a specific set of skills and knowledge. As a result, staff who are ...
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