We reflect here on our experiences of the participatory nature
of Digital Library curriculum design and discuss how, as a teamwith different backgrounds, we developed a common
understanding using a “workshop model” which has been run and
iteratively refined at five major international conferences,
involving over 200 participants. The DILL Consortium met in
Florence in 2004 (Tammaro 2007) and according to the
participants’ opinions, the competences, skills and roles of the
digital librarian vary, and were recognised as dependent on the
specific type of the library or information center in which the
digital librarian works and on his/her level of qualifications and
responsibility. The qualification level of the digital librarian
envisioned by the Consortium partners is that of the Managerial
level.