This resource provides explanations on the core concepts of ‘digital’ and ‘literacy’. It also has a chapter on critical digital literacy and how to develop evaluative digital literacy skills. The resource can be used as an introductory material for those who wish to understand foundational issues about digital literacy. Importantly, the resource has exercises which include reflection sections.

Ideas for CPD interventions

The CPD coordinator can use the Digital Literacy Development Framework embedded in the resource to evaluate librarians on their digital skills, practices, identities and footprints.

This resource maps the different digital literacy frameworks, levels and competencies. It also provides assessment indicators that ca be used to determine contextual proficiency levels of digital literacy.

This resource is a suite of instructional materials that librarians can use to learn as well as teach their user communities on how to successfully navigate digital spaces with the use of appropriate tools.

This guide provides information and resources for using best practices in digital methods to produce scholarly and research work.

This is a general introduction to standards and types of metadata. Librarians could use the resource to get acquainted with metadata or adapt to create library guides on metadata for students and faculty members.

Brief guide that explores the topic of metadata: What are metadata? What kinds of metadata are there? What is the process of creating metadata? 

The resource provides answers to what metadata are in a digital collections setting, the different kinds of metadata and the step by step process of creating metadata. The resource also explains how to use the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set that provides 15 core metadata fields for describing digital objects. A practice sheet is also attached so the resource. Librarians can use this for self-paced learning. 

Ideas for CPD interventions

Libraries can use the resource to learn as a group and possibly adopt or adapt the Dublin Core for creating of metadata.

This resource provides tools and standards for developing and integrating metadata as well as maps metadata structures used by heritage institutions. This material could be used by librarians for learning about metadata. They could also use it a reading in a library guide on Metadata.

This is a book chapter with practical examples of how to curate digital resources. It would lead librarians into understanding the difference between collecting and curating digital resources.

This resource is tailored towards school libraries but it has a number of digital curation tools that academic librarians can use and/or introduce to their user communities.

This resource is the syllabus of a course on digital curation. The CPD coordinator can adapt and create a course out of it to suit local realities. 

The resource is an interactive course in managing digital resources in repositories. The course is in seven sessions, has a recorded facilitation for each session with subtitles. Each lesson has a worksheet and materials for further learning. Librarians can engage the resource individually or as a group with the CPD coordinator. Nevertheless, note should be taken of the license which does not allow for any derivatives to be made from the course.

The ebook provides background knowledge on institutional repositories – the content, access points and relevant stakeholders for the successful operations of IRs. 

The resource lists content management, technical and communications skills needed for managing institutional repositories. Librarians could use it as a checklist to understand what they need to learn in this regard.

This material is a PPT which lists and explains competencies that librarians need for managing institutional repositories. The resource also has a reading list for further studies on the subject.

This resource is a library guide that provides pathways for librarians on how to deal with different situations when AI is used for authoring academic work. It could be adapted as a library guide for students. 

This is a practical guide to the dizzying domain of artificial intelligence within the education ecosystem, with a particular focus on the impact on equity and accessibility. AI and accessibility are beginning to have an interesting conversation. Not unlike the conversation about AI in general, the conversation about AI and accessibility in education can be found taking a techno-solutionist or techno-tragedist perspective.

This resource is a framework that can educate librarians on the applications and implications of AI adoption in the education sector.  

This resource reviews apps for reading, library research, writing and taking notes among other functions.

The resource examines the pros and cons of using the Blinkist reading app. 

This resource is a suite of materials on how to install and use Zotero which can collect, store, organize, and cite research information including bibliographic reference. 

Ideas for CPD interventions

Librarians can use the resource individually or in groups to understand how it could be used in libraries or use the resource to introduce researchers to apps that could help the keep track of research information.

This resource lists apps used in a library including Libby which can be used on Android, iOS and Windows devices for access to free ebooks in different subject areas. 

This resource outlines 3 steps to using the Leganto app to create and manage reading lists in an academic environment.