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This paper presents the main findings of research conducted with the aim of proposing and exploring a professional framework for library and information professionals in Croatia. Two online surveys were conducted among key library and information stakeholders in Croatia, and part of the Tuning methodology was applied for the purpose of identifying subject-related and generic competences in the library sector in Croatia. The results revealed that all respondents agreed on one distinctive core of subject-related competences which consists of user-centered and information-based competences, and which were identified as information literacy competences. Information literacy competences are valued equally highly by labor market stakeholders as in academia, while subject-related competences within the competence periphery point to differences in opinions among all respondents. Generic competences were highly rated by all respondents.
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Machala, D., Horvat, A. (2013). Defining Information Literacy Competences in a Professional Framework of Library and Information Professionals in Croatia. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Catts, R., Špiranec, S. (eds) Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice. ECIL 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 397. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_86
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