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Are There Any Digital Curators in Czech Libraries?

Publication at Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
2016

Abstract

The development of digital repositories reveals the need for new Czech terminologies for library positions. One such job title or specialization is "digital curator," a term which refers to a specialist responsible for digital collections.

Competencies for digital curators include technical, organizational, communication, and marketing skills as well as some level of expertise in computer science as well as in information and library science. A survey of several administrators of Czech digital libraries asks how to best professionally label this group of library staff with respect to the actual activities they perform in their jobs - digital curators, administrators of digital libraries, or digital librarians? Job titles have a strong impact on higher education curricula, on the management of libraries, and also on the coordinated system of remuneration of employees at libraries, academic, and research institutions.