CERTIDoc - Zertifikation eines einheitlichen Berufsbilds in Europa

On an European level the certification of information professionals is carried out in the CERTIDoc-project, where DGI takes part. We will describe the first three steps of the project. The project started with an inquiry of European associations of information professionals. The associations found the ideas of the project interesting and are looking forward to have a certification for all disciplines in the field of information. In the second period the European handbook of certification called Euroguide is revised. The competences of the information field are bundled more consequently and a group for technical competences is introduced. Finally the procedure for the certification is described. Most important parts of the procedure are the auto-evaluation and an information audit.