Journal of Library and Information Studies (Mar 2005)

Need Assessment of the Digital Archives Industry Human Resources in Taiwan

  • Hsiang-Chun Chen,
  • Hsueh-Hua Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.6182/jlis.2005.2(3.4).033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3/4
pp. 33 – 44

Abstract

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For an industry to develop successfully, one of the most important factors is to have sufficient and high quality human resources. Digital archives industry will be one of the major industries in Taiwan. We need sufficient human resources in different areas, therefore the job categories, job descriptions, and core technologies of these human resources shall be closely tightened to the need of digital content industry in different development stages. The purpose of this study is to investigate the present status and issues of human resource development of the digital archives industry. It then will study the planning of learning map of the digital archives industry to serve as guideline for Digital Content Institute, educational training and enterprise personnel recruitment. To achieve the above objectives, the method of depth interview is used in this study. We also try to design modular training courses for human resource development of the digital archives industry. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)

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