Scientific and practical capabilities and skills in light of open science: a prospective study of some specialists in information professions in Libya

Abstract

Today, all human societies are living in the era of the knowledge revolution, where discoveries and innovations are accelerating, from the developments of web generations to cloud computing to artificial intelligence and GPT technology, which have influenced and will influence the field of life and work, as they have imposed new challenges in all fields: politics, economics, society, culture, education and learning. .
Perhaps the latter is the point, as education in general and university in particular faces many challenges, which necessitates the necessity of dealing with and keeping up with these rapid developments in the fields of knowledge and technology, which has led to a change in the patterns of institutional systems, including educational ones, in terms of their traditional methods and methods to keep pace with developments. .
In view of this, education in general and university education in particular developed into the style of open and distance education and electronic universities appeared, until science became open in a society based on the knowledge economy, which was naturally linked to the idea of ​​competition and the production and circulation of knowledge or making it available to everyone in accordance with open science policies.
In this context, the focus of the research paper is on: knowledge of the practical and scientific skills and capabilities in light of open science for some specialists in information professions, as they are outputs of university institutions and inputs to the labor market in institutional systems, and the extent of readiness to deal with renewable technologies and their capabilities to employ them optimally in providing innovative services in light of open science.