Digital competence of Czech library personnel - survey result

SUMMARY: A sufficient level of digital competence is becoming a key requirement for library personnel skills. Libraries are more frequently offering their services in a digital environment, and work tasks of librarians in all job positions place increasing demands on their digital competence. Adequate provision of training in this area is a key prerequisite for the development of digital competence. A survey conducted in the autumn of 2023 tried to map the real state of digital competence of library personnel and to identify specific skills that would need to be strengthened by a sufficient range of training activities. This paper presents the results of the survey and focuses primarily on areas where survey participants showed a lack of knowledge.

KEYWORDS: digital competence, digital services, surveys, librarians, library personnel, education, strategy

Mgr. Vladana Pillerová / Expert projektu (Project expert) / Knihovnický institut, Národní knihovna ČR (The National Library of the Czech Republic), Mariánské náměstí 190/5, 110 00 Praha 1)