The data acquisition methodology to build the source information base for personnel monitoring (technological approach)

Abstract

The All-Russia monitoring of the staffing needs in librarianship is an efficient way to get valuable current and prospective data through using the latest technological solutions and efficient interaction between public libraries affiliated with regional/municipal agencies of culture of the Russian Federation constituents.
The authors discuss the technology and results of data acquisition, as well as the obtained staff monitoring database. For the first time, the tested method of data acquisition enabled the Russian State Library to monitor the staff needs in librarianship in the multitasking mode and to apply the cloud technology with the professional application designed for online operation on the national scope. The authors explore the differences between national and foreign software providers in rendering specific services to online users. The professional application enabled to conduct monitoring in the shortest term, to optimize expenses and to save resources in complex environment. Among methodological solutions, the Center of Educational Programs Monitoring of the Research Educationa Activities Department of the Russian State Library, have designed the standardized data collection forms for every level of libraries.
The effectiveness of this methodology enabled to launch the system of data acquisition for the All-Russian monitoring of staff needs in the library sphere, to systematize data by the RF constituents and as a data set, and to build the source database for staff monitoring in librarianship.