A scoping review of digital literacy, digital competence, digital fluency and digital dexterity in academic libraries' context

IF 2.5 3区管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103053

Lesego Makhafola, Martha J. van Deventer, Marlene A. Holmner, Brenda van Wyk

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report on a scoping review investigating the preference for using digital literacy, digital competence, digital fluency, or digital dexterity when considering continued professional skills development for academic librarians.

Methodology

A scoping review of peer-reviewed scholarly articles published in the English language between 2013 and 2023 (a 10-year period) was conducted. An initial 485 results were retrieved with 184 duplicates removed. 301 studies were screened based on the title, keywords, and abstract fields, 108 full-text reviews took place, with a final 61 papers included for analysis. Data were analysed using Microsoft Excel to sort, group, and further analyse and visualise the data. Thematic analysis was used to report the results.

Findings

The review provided valuable insights into the concepts of digital literacy, digital competence, digital dexterity, and digital fluency for the development of information professionals in academic libraries. It also identified distinctive characteristics of each of the four concepts that were reviewed.

Originality

The scoping review distinguishes between digital literacy, digital competence, digital fluency, and digital dexterity. It also highlights the gaps, making it clear what is required for each, including the knowledge, skills, and competencies.

Limitations

Several databases (Emerald Insight, ScienceDirect, and Taylor and Francis) could not be interrogated directly, however, relevant articles from these databases were retrieved, nonetheless making use of the complementary databases searched.

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在学术图书馆的背景下，对数字素养、数字能力、数字流畅性和数字灵巧性的范围审查

本文的目的是报告一项范围审查，调查在考虑学术图书馆员持续的专业技能发展时，使用数字素养、数字能力、数字流畅性或数字灵巧性的偏好。方法对2013年至2023年（10年期间）以英语发表的同行评议学术文章进行范围审查。检索了最初的485个结果，删除了184个重复项。根据题目、关键词和摘要字段筛选301篇研究，进行108篇全文综述，最后纳入61篇论文进行分析。数据分析使用Microsoft Excel进行排序、分组，并进一步分析和可视化数据。专题分析用于报告结果。研究结果：该综述为学术图书馆信息专业人员的发展提供了关于数字素养、数字能力、数字灵巧性和数字流畅性等概念的宝贵见解。它还确定了所审查的四个概念中每一个概念的独特特征。原创性范围审查区分了数字素养、数字能力、数字流畅性和数字灵巧性。它还突出了差距，明确了每个差距所需要的东西，包括知识、技能和能力。局限性几个数据库（Emerald Insight, ScienceDirect, Taylor and Francis）不能直接查询，然而，从这些数据库中检索了相关文章，尽管如此，还是利用了检索的补充数据库。

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来源期刊

Journal of Academic Librarianship INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

15.40%

发文量

120

审稿时长

29 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.