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SUMMARY
For a practice-based profession, librarianship has been slow to adopt competencies and standards for our practitioners in a majority of settings. Notable exceptions such as medical librarianship can provide some models, but science and technology libraries must go further if we expect the people in our operations to meet the needs of our users in this digital century. Recruitment and retention both should be based upon measurable performance standards and goals. This article discusses some sources upon which we can draw and from which we can adapt competencies and standards, as well as presenting some examples.
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Sara R. Tompson
Sara R. Tompson is Team Leader, Science & Engineering Library, University of Southern California. Tompson was previously a physical sciences and/or engineering librarian for 19 years. She is past Chair of the Engineering Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and current Secretary of the SLA Physics/Astronomy/Math Division. She is also a licensed private pilot and has recently improved her flying competency by acquiring an instrument rating.