Competency building in a busy working day for librarians and for libraries

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Regina Küfner Lein
Irene Hunskår
Therese Skarås Skagen

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Medical librarians know very well that they must build new competencies to offer relevant services and develop new library services. In a workshop at the EAHIL conference 2023, suggestions for competency building, and how libraries can build competency, were discussed. Positive and enthusiastic participants came up with many ideas: different types of clubs, webinars and courses, knowledge sharing with colleagues, regularly block out time, or just solve your tasks in a new way. The experiences showed that competency building in a busy work schedule is possible. The initiatives have in common that they portray an attitude to learn more, but also the willingness to organise activities and share competency with colleagues.

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Lein RK, Hunskår I, Skagen TS. Competency building in a busy working day for librarians and for libraries. J Eur Assoc Health Info Libr [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 12 [cited 2024 Oct. 13];19(3):17-20. Available from: https://ojs.eahil.eu/JEAHIL/article/view/580
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