These competencies are excerpted from the WebJunction Competency Index, published in February 2014.

Establishes and implements appropriate techniques for the preservation and conservation of library materials

• Understands preservation and conservation issues, including requirements for archival preservation, format refresh and migration, and proper handling of physical materials
• Identifies and applies appropriate methods and techniques for storage and conservation of all library materials, including archival storage of digital content
• Applies timely and effective techniques for the repair and preservation of library materials in
  all formats
• Identifies environmental factors that impact the condition of library materials and provides guidelines for monitoring and addressing these factors
• Understands and adheres to collection development policies
• Understands and adheres to library policies for emergency and disaster preparedness and recovery of library materials, including digital materials

Identifies, selects and maintains special collections

• Demonstrates broad knowledge of the history of the book, rare books and book arts
• Identifies collections of historic value or special significance to the institution and articulates the value of building and maintaining the collections
• Identifies and applies special requirements for storage of materials that are of significant historic value (i.e., fragile, light-sensitive, monetarily valuable, etc.)
• Establishes policies and procedures to ensure the security of rare and valuable items
• Establishes policies and procedures for backup-and-restore processes for digital archives

Establishes and implements policies and procedures for digitization of library resources for access and preservation

• Understands and articulates the value of providing access to the digital collections—through
  item-level metadata, works descriptions and finding aids, as well as the digital object itself
• Understands the theory, processes, standards and best practices of digital resource acquisition (“born-digital”), creation (“digitization” or “reformatting”), management, storage and preservation
• Identifies, procures and maintains digitization hardware and software and/or determines reasons and vendors for outsourcing digitization and preservation solutions
• Manages sustainable digitization projects, including scope, costs, collaboration with other departments/institutions, timeline, delivery and promotion strategies
• Promotes digital collections for greater visibility, making content discoverable through social media and other online channels