Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Thanh Truong emphasized: In the digital transformation process, the information industry has become one of the important industries that has an impact on all areas of socio-economic life. In the field of education, digital transformation really brings many benefits to all aspects of training activities: from operation, management, innovation of training program content, training forms to teaching and learning methods, etc., thereby greatly affecting the quality of training.
Vice Principal Dao Thanh Truong delivered the opening speech at the Workshop.
The theme of “Human resources for the information industry in the context of national digital transformation” of today's workshop has high theoretical and practical significance, aiming to recognize and evaluate the quality of human resources in the information - library and information management sector in Vietnam, identify human resource training trends in the industry in the world. On that basis, it helps training units grasp trends and update training programs to best meet the needs of human resources in reality. The workshop is also an opportunity for employers to propose, advise and make requirements for human resources in the context of current digital transformation. One of the very important feedbacks helps training institutions to adjust training program content appropriately, equip learners with the necessary knowledge and skills, and best meet practical needs.
With discussion,Human resource management: recruitment, special job placement in the field of information technology, Professor Sam Gyun Oh from Sungkyunkwan University had a very profound analysis: what is information, information technology, how to use information? In which he emphasized: All forms of information promote progress in science, business, education and culture; in the future, people working in information management in general, not just librarians, will play a key role in many fields, greatly deciding the development of an organization or enterprise. "When it comes to information and information management, we often think of traditional jobs related to libraries and information storage. But in fact, people trained in information technology can develop in some very new fields: health care.
Professor Marat Rakhmatullaev from Tashkent University of Information Technology, Uzbekistan, with the topic "Human resource requirements in the field of information services in digital transformation of education", affirmed: digital transformation in education means keeping up with scientific and technological advances in the world, university education must be creative, creating many good products, the necessary capacity of learners after graduation, meeting the requirements of the current labor market - education by society, serving society; must equip students with lifelong learning capacity.
Professor Marat Rakhmatullaev presents report online
From the very successful public library model in Türkiye, Professor Bulent Yilmaz's presentation gave a useful suggestion: Only three years after graduation, the knowledge learned in universities will be outdated, especially in the context of strong digital transformation and technology changing every day. Therefore, training needs to be conducted regularly, promoting the self-study needs of library managers through various forms, direct, online, distance learning, short-term. Libraries need to promote interaction between users and information data sources.
It is necessary to regularly organize seminars for libraries to exchange experiences and share new research on information management, communication, mobile libraries, children's libraries, etc.
Prof. Bulent Yilmaz from Hacettepe University, Türkiye with his presentation “Continuing Education Model: Theoretical Framework and Regional Workshops of Turkish Public Libraries”
Through a survey of the National Library of Vietnam, the report by Author Nguyen Thi Kim Dung showed that: library staff basically have professional expertise, serve their jobs well, and basically meet the needs of readers. However, to keep up with the trend of digital transformation that is taking place very quickly, it is necessary to continue training, fostering, and improving information technology capacity, foreign language proficiency, and other soft skills for library staff.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Dung (Faculty of Information and Library, VNU-USSU) presented a paper: Applying the ASK model to assess human resource capacity in the context of digital transformation of the Vietnamese library industry. Case study of the National Library of Vietnam
Dr. Tran Thi Thanh Van presented a research paper on Training human resources for master's degrees in information and library science at Hanoi National University in the transition period.
Dr. Bui Thanh Thuy with his presentation: Digital capacity in career development of university librarians in Vietnam.
Based on actual research data, the report pointed out that: Digital capacity plays a big role in helping librarians develop their careers in the future, especially key skills such as using library management software, exploiting databases, searching and evaluating online information.
The opinions of the representatives of the recruitment units all emphasized the great demand for human resources with formal training in information management. However, in reality, many students who graduate from school, although having in-depth knowledge of the industry, have low ability to apply it to practical work, lacking many necessary skills, especially foreign language proficiency. Therefore, from the perspective of the employer, the representatives of the enterprises hope that the training institutions will make adjustments in the content of the training program, increase the practice time, and foster soft skills for students.
Ms. Nguyen Thuy Linh, Director of the university market of iGroup Vietnam Company, shared: Currently, students majoring in library information have professional knowledge but are weak in foreign language skills and understanding of the academic environment and international data sources. Every year, we need to recruit a number of staff, but if we take students from other majors (good at foreign languages) but do not have systematic and in-depth knowledge of information management, the agency must retrain them, which takes a lot of time.
Mr. Hoang Dung, Director of D&L Technology Consulting and Integration Joint Stock Company, affirmed: Currently, job opportunities are very open for students majoring in library information and information management, and are no longer limited to becoming staff in libraries.
"However, to meet market demands, especially in the technology era, you must actively cultivate other skills in addition to the specialized knowledge that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has thoroughly equipped you with," Mr. Hoang Dung emphasized.
Ms. Trinh Thu Ha (Library Manager, RMIT University) said: The demand for human resources for the information industry is very large. Any business needs experts in information management (customer information, user information, market information, etc.). Therefore, career opportunities are no longer limited to the library industry but have expanded to the fields of administration and information management.
Concluding the workshop, Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Dung - Deputy Head of the Faculty of Information and Library, University of Social Sciences and Humanities once again emphasized: The theme of the workshop attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign scientists with 20 papers, 06 papers presented directly at the workshop and many very enthusiastic comments. The reports all demonstrated seriousness in research, quality, and were correct and focused on the content.
Reports and opinions exchanged at the workshop all assessed: The quality of human resources in the information management and information - library sector in Vietnam is improving. However, this improvement still leaves a significant gap in human resource capacity in the face of current digital transformation requirements.
The information management and information – library industry is rapidly transforming with the trend of integrating information technology, artificial intelligence, and data analysis. Training institutions and related organizations have recognized the importance, grasped the trend and updated training programs to meet actual needs. Close cooperation between training units and labor users will help better grasp the needs and opportunities in the labor market.
The workshop suggested interesting new research directions as well as useful suggestions for training units in innovating training programs in library information and information management to better meet the needs of human resources in the information industry in the context of national digital transformation.
Some pictures from the workshop
