公共图书馆的数字能力格局:研究年龄和性别在数字技能发展中的作用

IF 1.8 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Performance Measurement and Metrics Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI:10.1108/pmm-03-2022-0012
Maria Borbely, Margit Némethi-Takács
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作为EFOP-3.3.3-VEKOP-16-2016-00001“面向所有人的博物馆和图书馆发展”项目的一部分,2019年底在匈牙利的公共图书馆进行了一项具有全国代表性的数字素养调查。本研究的目的是对调查期间收集的数据进行更深入的分析,以回答性别和年龄在公共图书馆馆员数字技能发展中的作用。本研究旨在回答以下四个研究问题:DigComp 2.1定义的熟练程度是针对男性还是针对女性?在能力和能力方面,男性或女性是否有明显的优势或劣势?是否存在明显受年龄影响的能力领域,而其他领域不受年龄影响或仅受年龄适度影响?哪些能力明显与年龄有关,哪些能力不受年龄影响或仅轻微受年龄影响?设计/方法/方法研究的主要目标群体是在县图书馆工作的图书馆专业人员。该调查基于DigComp 2.1 (Gomez et al ., 2017)框架,采用自我评估形式的在线问卷进行,并探讨了数字素养的四个层次。共有1868名受访者完成了一份30个问题的调查问卷。抽样程序基本上是分层抽样。大量的回答者和抽样程序加上样本的代表性意味着调查结果可以被认为适用于整个匈牙利公共图书馆部门。在DigComp框架评估的五个能力领域中,根据拥有基本技能的比例,图书馆员在信息和数据素养方面能力最强,而在内容开发方面能力最差。在图书馆工作的人中,32%的女性和22%的男性认为自己的数字技能是基本的,除了少数例外,这两个群体在相同的技能上都很弱或不那么弱。在中级职位上,妇女占多数。在信息和沟通能力领域以及内容开发和内容创作领域整合和重新阐述数字内容方面,有很高比例的女性认为她们的数字技能是中等的。相对而言,很少有男性认为自己在这些领域的能力处于平均水平。他们最有可能拥有先进和高度专业化的技能。在DigComp2.1的高级水平意味着,除了强大的数字技能,愿意和能力帮助别人,而高度专业化的水平需要创新和创造性地使用数字技术和知识转移。这两种技能水平在男性中更为常见。34%的男性和27%的女性拥有高级技能,而13%的男性和6%的女性拥有高度专业化的水平。图书馆员的年龄在某些能力领域和某些能力方面只有很小的影响。信息和数据素养能力领域的技能对年龄不太敏感。对于需要更多技术技能的数据管理能力而言,年龄与技能水平之间的相关性更强,特别是在基本技能和高度专业化技能方面。在沟通能力方面,最年轻年龄组图书馆员的高级比例最高,基础比例最低。随着年龄的增长,高级学习者的比例稳步下降,基础学习者的比例以类似的稳定速度增长。年龄对内容创作的影响比预期的要小得多。年龄显然对安全能力有影响。随着年龄的增长,处于高级水平的比例降低,处于初级水平的比例增加。年龄对问题解决能力也有显著影响。50岁和60岁的图书馆员中,有二分之一的人只有基本的技能,而在最年轻的年龄组中,这一比例为四分之一,在40岁的年龄组中,这一比例为三分之一。利用DigComp 2.1框架,对匈牙利公共图书馆工作的整个专业小组的图书馆专业人员进行了数字能力调查。该研究为性别和年龄作为数字能力变量的影响提供了新的见解。
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Digital competence landscape in public libraries: examining the role of age and gender in the development of digital skills
Purpose As part of the EFOP-3.3.3-VEKOP-16–2016-00001 “Museum and Library Development for All” project, a national representative digital literacy survey was conducted in Hungary's public libraries at the end of 2019. The aim of the present study is to provide a deeper analysis of the data collected during the survey to answer the question of the role of gender and age in the development of digital skills amongst librarians working in public libraries. This study was designed to answer the following four research questions: Are there levels of proficiency defined by DigComp 2.1 that are more specific to men or more specific to women? Are there areas of competence and competences that are clearly perceived as stronger or weaker for men or women? Are there areas of competence that are clearly influenced by age and others that are not or only moderately influenced by age? Which competences are clearly age-related, and which are not or only slightly affected by age? Design/methodology/approach The main target group of the study were library professionals working in county libraries. The survey, based on the DigComp 2.1 (Gomez et al ., 2017) framework, was conducted using an online questionnaire in the form of a self-assessment and explored four levels of digital literacy. A 30-question questionnaire was completed by 1,868 respondents. The sampling procedure was essentially stratified sampling. The large number of respondents and the sampling procedure combined with the representativeness of the sample meant that the results of the survey can be considered as generalisable to the whole Hungarian public library sector. Findings Of the five competency areas assessed by the DigComp framework, librarians were found to be most competent in information and data literacy, and least competent in content development, according to the proportion of those with basic skills. 32 percent of women and 22 percent of men working in libraries rated their digital skills as basic, and both groups were weak or less weak in the same skills, with a few exceptions. At the intermediate level, there is a predominance of women. In the information and communication competency areas and in the content development and integrating and re-elaborating digital content in the content creation area, a high proportion of women consider their digital skills to be medium. Relatively few men rate their own competence in these areas as average. They are most likely to have advanced and highly specialised skills. The advanced level in DigComp2.1 implies, in addition to strong digital skills, the willingness and ability to help others, while the highly specialised level requires innovative and creative use of digital technology and knowledge transfer. These top two skill levels are more common amongst men. 34 per cent of men and 27 per cent of women have advanced skills, while 13 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women have highly specialised’s level. The age of librarians has only a minimal influence in certain areas of competence and for certain competences. Skills in the information and data literacy competency area are less age sensitive. For the data management competency, which requires more technological skills, a stronger correlation between age and skill levels is observed, especially for basic and highly specialised skills. In the communication competence area, the youngest age group of librarians has the highest percentage of advanced and the lowest percentage of basic level. The proportion of advanced learners decreases steadily as age groups progress and the proportion of basic learners increases at a similar steady rate. The effect of age on the content creation is much more modest than expected. Age clearly has an impact on the safety competence area. As age increases, the proportion of those at advanced level decreases and the proportion at basic level increases. Age also has a significant effect on the problem-solving competence area. One in two librarians in the 50 and 60s have only basic level skills, compared to one in four in the youngest age group and one in three in the 40s. Originality/value Using the DigComp 2.1 framework, a digital competence survey of a whole professional group of library professionals working in public libraries in Hungary was carried out. The study provides new insights into the impact of gender and age as variables on digital competence.
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