Table 3 Comparison of the top 20 skills in library science.

From: How prevalent is the cross-disciplinary career transition? Evidence from a multi-dimensional comparative analysis

Skill within

Score

Skill outside

Score

library of congress classification

2.00

catering

2.01

library service

1.56

profit & loss

1.98

customer service

1.47

typescript

1.51

resource description and access

1.26

inside sale

1.51

describing archives

1.21

account reconciliation

1.51

organizing program

1.14

fair housing regulation

1.45

outreach

1.06

housekeeping

1.45

dublin core

1.06

customer service

1.43

cataloging

1.06

yardi property management software

1.42

machine-readable cataloging

1.05

radio frequency Scanner

1.42

moodle

1.04

box truck

1.42

adobe captivate

0.96

telemarketing

1.38

polaris

0.96

redux

1.38

alma

0.96

care plan

1.38

database management

0.94

hotel reception

1.37

anglo-american cataloging rule

0.93

home care

1.36

aleph integrated library system

0.92

bartending

1.36

copy cataloging

0.92

business to business sale

1.35

follett destiny

0.92

compliance management

1.35

information system management

0.92

quality inspection

1.35

  1. In the columns “Skill Within” and “Skill Outside”, they represent skills within and outside of the discipline, respectively.