Abstract
As academic libraries shift their focus toward supporting digital scholarship, recent MLIS graduates and early career librarians are being asked to bring new skillsets to their positions, yet opportunities to obtain these requisite skills are still lacking.
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Abstract: As academic libraries shift their focus toward supporting digital scholarship, recent MLIS graduates and early career librarians are being asked to bring new skillsets to their positions, yet opportunities to obtain these requisite skills are still lacking
As a fairly recent graduate of an MLIS program who has just over one year of professional experience in an academic library environment, I am familiar with both the course of study that students undertake in preparing for their professional careers, as well as the needs and expectations that institutions have for their incoming librarians
While some may be coming into the profession with these skillsets, I think it is safe to assume that the vast majority of MLIS students expect to receive this necessary training as part of their course of study
Summary
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Abstract: As academic libraries shift their focus toward supporting digital scholarship, recent MLIS graduates and early career librarians are being asked to bring new skillsets to their positions, yet opportunities to obtain these requisite skills are still lacking. As a fairly recent graduate of an MLIS program who has just over one year of professional experience in an academic library environment, I am familiar with both the course of study that students undertake in preparing for their professional careers, as well as the needs and expectations that institutions have for their incoming librarians. What I have noticed in making the transition from student to professional is that many of the skills required to fulfill emerging positions in the library are not being taught to students or early-career librarians.
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