... and a replicable methodology for other institutions. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors will examine two case studies at large research universities that evaluate curriculum mapping against the BRASS Business Research Competencies at the undergraduate and the graduate business levels...

...Taryn Resnick; Ana Ugaz; Nancy Burford Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine core competencies, for use as a foundation for staffing and training, and necessary to provide effective electronic resource (ER) access support. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyzed 580 ER...

...Lili Luo Purpose The paper seeks to present the identification of chat reference competencies, with the goal of providing behavioral objectives for professional chat reference performance. Design/methodology/approach The competency identification effort presented in this paper consists of two...

... of additional resources in the provision of information literacy instruction. Government Information literacy Instructions Librarians Academic staff Competences © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 A second barrier is the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system...

...James Cory Tucker Develops a model for a library staff training program for business reference. The program identifies core business reference competencies for library staff and uses performance measure standards to meet Reference and User Services Association guidelines. Provides a training...

...Frank Vuotto This article details the process behind utilizing business models and concepts to create one of the most comprehensive subject‐specific information competence Web sites in the USA. The idea of an information competence Web site as a product – created to meet a specific need...

... with an assessment of competencies designed to reveal gaps in training that would be the starting point for a revised training program. The objectives of the first assessment were to isolate librarian‐error from user‐error, software‐error and network‐error. This assessment is the first piece of wide‐ranging...

...Ann M. Fiegen; Bennett Cherry; Kathleen Watson Develops a model whereby information literacy competencies are formally adopted as learning outcomes for an undergraduate business curriculum. The information competencies are some of the mission driven competencies developed by a College of Business...