Connecting Talent Management to LIS Course Descriptions [Poster]

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Nora J. Bird, Associate Professor (Creator)
Michael Crumpton, Dean (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: Poster presented at the 2022 ALISE conference which took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from October 24-26, 2022. The abstract appears in the proceedings.

Today's libraries are faced with many of the employment and labor issues prevalent in the country today related to economic changes within the workforce, personal preferences, and workplace freedoms in the "what about me" economy. Employment needs of libraries are also undergoing tremendous change and the need for specific skills, or the management of the talent being hired becomes critical.Each individual curriculum element in LIS course offerings can be critical to the future employment of LIS graduates. Program offerings should reflect expected success in applying an earned degree to the job market and individual courses can produce the learning and experience needed by new graduates seeking positions in a wide variety of situations and circumstances.This poster will offer a schematic or infographic of employment talent needs and skills desired in libraries and connect these needs to course content. Skill requirements were derived from a qualitative study of ALA JoblistData from 2006 through 2018 (used by permission of the ALA). We will encourage interactivity with viewers by encouraging them to help us make the connections between curricular development and the identified skills.The learning outcome is to expand the awareness of course design to talent needs for successful employment of graduating students in a changing and dynamic employment market.

Additional Information

Publication
Language: English
Date: 2022
Keywords
Skills, Knowledge, Talent Management, Employable, Curriculum

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