Boosting digital skills and competences for librarians in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Boosting digital skills and competences for librarians in Europe

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Sector Skills Alliances in vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project BIBLIO addresses the skills gap in the library sector due to the digital transformation that is changing the role of libraries and library professionals. The project will facilitate the acquisition of digital and transversal skills for library professionals, in order to respond to the digital transformation by setting up a system for skill assessment, learning offer and validation and recognition.The project will start by analyzing the training needs and offers on the library sector, in order to identify a set of emerging job role profiles: for each of them, a modular VET curriculum addressing EQF level 5 will be designed, applying a specific VET methodology based on learning outcomes and on the blended learning principles, in order to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, competences and skills based on the exploitation of various learning settings.The delivery of the VET curricula will be based on a set of digital OERs that will be developed to support the acquisition of more than 40 digital and transversal competences. Based on the training contents previously identified, project partners will develop:1) A MOOC addressed to European library professionals for acquiring the identified competences of new job role profiles2) A Specialization Training Course including face-to-face, virtual learning, project-based learning and a work-based learning phase. Training will be delivered via an online platform that stimulates sharing and exchange of knowledge, experiences and best practices. WBL phase will be based on the principle of inter-generational learning. European instruments (EQF, ECVET and EQAVET) will be applied, facilitating the recognition and validation of qualifications. Job role profiles will be mapped to ESCO and e-CF. BIBLIO will have a significant impact mostly on library professionals, unemployed people in the library sector and libraries, by enabling them to offer innovative services for users.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 944258 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI ALDO MORO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• EUROPEAN GRANTS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY SRL
• PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2030
• SIA DMG
• KULTURAS INFORMACIJAS SISTEMU CENTRS
• HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY
• ALL DIGITAL AISBL
• ISTITUTO CENTRALE PER IL CATALOGO UNICO DELLE BIBLIOTECHE ITALIANE E PER LE INFORMAZIONI BIBLIOGRAFICHE