Guidelines for Developing Professional Standards for Librarians: From “The Possibility of Developing Professional Standards for Thai Librarians”: Thai Academic Librarian Group Seminar, 19 December 2019

Abstract

Summarizing the preconference on "The Possibility of Developing Professional Standards for Thai Librarians," opinions were exchanged about guidelines for developing professional standards for librarians from library administrators, librarians, and information science lecturers, who emphasized four points: 1) Librarians and information professionals must develop basic professional skills and operations skills, including data analysis and data security; 2) libraries and organizations providing information services require efficiently operating organizational personnel and should be expected to employ certified library professionals; 3) educational institutions should develop curricula focused upon technological knowledge, and may be expected by professional associations to serve as centers for professional standards; 4) professional associations must specify librarian core competencies as bases for establishing professional standards and defining library standard levels to motivate professional certification of librarians as well as coordinating and creating a network from related associations and professional organizations, including archivists and curators.