Reskilling, Upgrading And Upskilling The Skills Of The Library Workforce For Sustainable Development In The Digital Era:- Chidi Kanu
ABSTRACT
This paper discusses re-skilling, upgrading
and up-skilling the skills ofthe library workforce in an era ojdigital
transformationforsustainable development. The changing world ofwork is creating
new challengesfor employers and employees as new knowledge, skills and
behaviours are required owing tofrequent organizational changes. Thepaper
observes that todays' labour market isfastchanging mainly due to digitization.
Workingmethods andknowledge change rapidly, andtherefore skills and
qualifications obtained a couple ofdecades ago might not be up-to-date to meet
the needs on the modern labour market. This paper examines the ongoing digital
transformation that continues to generate a steady demandfor workers with
increasingly sophisticated digitalskills. Il provides an understanding ofskills
generally andhighlightsthe type ofskills andskilling requiredto be able to work
effectively in this digital age. In addition to these variety ofskills and
skilling, the paper notes that library workforce need also to get to grips with
some competencies. The paper concludes that as the types ofskills needed in the
labour market change rapidly, individual library workforce will have to engage
in life-long learning ifthey are to remain notjust employable but are to
achieve fulfilling and rewarding careers that allow them to maximize their
employment opportunities
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CHIDI, K (2024). Reskilling, Upgrading And Upskilling The Skills Of The Library Workforce For Sustainable Development In The Digital Era:- Chidi Kanu. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/reskilling-upgrading-and-upskilling-the-skills-of-the-library-workforce-for-sustainable-development-in-the-digital-era-chidi-kanu-7-2
KANU, CHIDI. "Reskilling, Upgrading And Upskilling The Skills Of The Library Workforce For Sustainable Development In The Digital Era:- Chidi Kanu" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 24 Jun. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/reskilling-upgrading-and-upskilling-the-skills-of-the-library-workforce-for-sustainable-development-in-the-digital-era-chidi-kanu-7-2. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
KANU, CHIDI. "Reskilling, Upgrading And Upskilling The Skills Of The Library Workforce For Sustainable Development In The Digital Era:- Chidi Kanu". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 24 Jun. 2024. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/reskilling-upgrading-and-upskilling-the-skills-of-the-library-workforce-for-sustainable-development-in-the-digital-era-chidi-kanu-7-2 >.
KANU, CHIDI. "Reskilling, Upgrading And Upskilling The Skills Of The Library Workforce For Sustainable Development In The Digital Era:- Chidi Kanu" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 22 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/reskilling-upgrading-and-upskilling-the-skills-of-the-library-workforce-for-sustainable-development-in-the-digital-era-chidi-kanu-7-2