Towards a new model of LIS competences management in Portugal: Implications for the praxis and academia studies

摘要

After briefly presenting INCITE, The Portuguese Association for Information Management’s, mainnresearch projects on LIS competences development and professional qualifications, this paper discussesnthe Association’s contribution to the redesign of LIS professional competences pathways in the workingnenvironment; namely the movement from a pilot project of constructing three LIS educational and vocationalntraining frameworks, in 2004, to an active participation in the strategic task force led by the Institutenof Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) and the National Agency for Qualifications (ANQ), inn2007. This second task is expected to produce a National Qualifications Catalogue (CNQ), based on anconstructive approach of lifelong learning capable of enriching what one may call a network of praxis andnacademic studies.nThe paper also reflects on the role of professional associations in prioritising lines of research andnstrategic positions capable of moulding the present and future of LIS competences and qualifications andnof extending the range of possible choices in a framework adapted to the national level of competencesnasymmetries. Finally, it is pointed out that in Portugal the introduction of changes in LIS competencesnprofiles and praxis are more effective in vocational training models than in educational models.