Empowering Library Professionals: A Microlearning Platform for Digital Skill Development

Abstract

Rapid digitisation of library services requires librarians to continuously develop their digital competencies, yet training provision in Czechia remains fragmented, non-personalised, and lacks a shared competency reference framework. No validated, role-specific digital competency model exists for Czech library staff, nor a platform that systematically adapts learning to individual needs and entry level.

Digitorium addresses this gap through a mixed-methods design. Multi-phase content analysis of DigComp 3.0, DigCompEdu and DigCompOrg, cross-referenced with Czech national qualification standards (NSK), underpins a competency model for three job profiles: frontline librarian, senior librarian–methodologist, and library director. The model is validated by expert panel and operationalised in an adaptive microlearning platform: entry-level self-assessment and format preference generate a personalised learning pathway of short, role-specific modules, followed by post-assessment, learning analytics and semi-structured interviews.

Outputs are a validated role-specific competency model with behavioural indicators, a diagnostic self-assessment instrument, and a functional adaptive learning environment designed for scalability across the Czech public library network. The poster presents the framework's construction and the platform architecture, inviting comparison with parallel initiatives internationally.

Keywords: digital competencies, continuing professional development, microlearning, adaptive learning, DigComp, public libraries