The Core Competencies in Job Postings, 2019-2021
In 2023, just 14% of survey respondents reported referring to the original Core Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professionals (CCC&MP) when constructing job descriptions. Suspecting that the CCC&MP might be implicitly confirmed more widely than that by actual job descriptions, Mike Monaco collected 109 job ads for cataloging and/or metadata positions posted from 2019-2021 to determine whether and how often the 2017 CCC&MP appeared among the requirements and qualifications. He also noted some other qualifications that were the subject of previous job studies, such as fluency in a second language or a second advanced degree. Monaco will present hisfindings and how they vary among types of libraries (public, academic, and special/other), types of positions (administrative vs. non-administrative), and whether the position title contained "catalog," "metadata," both, or neither.
Mike Monaco is Head of Technical Services at the University of Akron. He has been a cataloger in public and academic libraries for 25 years.