Pricing
Affordable pricing for every library organization
Small to Medium Libraries
$150/employee/year
Increase your capacity with on-demand access to skills.
Needs Assessment
Skilltype Training Library
Peer Benchmarking Tool
Bookmarking and Lists
Consortial Skill Sharing
Large Libraries and Consortia
Contact sales for pricing
Identify and close your skill gaps using data.
Skill gap analysis
Analytics and reporting
Team Management
Training Assignments
Post Unlimited Jobs
User Groups and Associations
$10/user/year
Engage members with industry-specific training opportunities.
Skill Inventories
Communities of Practice
Product Experience Inventory
Interest Trends
Training distribution
What people say about Skilltype
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“We will leverage Skilltype to assess skill gaps and find ways to fill these gaps. We must make sure that our staff then have the opportunities to grow and learn along with the changing and developing nature of libraries.”Jeffry Archer Dean of LibrariesBaylor University“Skilltype’s innovative platform allows us to enrich our offering and provide opportunities for the ANZ library sector to develop the institution’s capability to deliver quality services for their patrons as well as the individual.”Jamie McCowan CEOCAVAL“Skilltype is invaluable for identifying resources and expertise. As libraries evolve to provide new services such as open education and digital literacy, Skilltype will connect us with the resources to succeed.”Laurie Blandino Executive DirectorLOUIS“Skilltype enables us to develop a systematic approach to continuous learning and the development of new capacities among our staff at a moment when we face expectations for enhanced skills in parallel with resource constraints.”Joe Lucia Dean of LibrariesTemple University“Partnering with Skilltype highlights our movement into the 21st century paradigm shift of managing professional development, as Skilltype is the consummate tool for libraries.”Jamar Rahming DirectorWilmington Institute Library“We see Skilltype as a critical piece of new and exciting training and development infrastructure, which will strategically augment and extend on our employee development program, ACE.”Steven Smith Dean of LibrariesUT Knoxville“Skilltype provides library employees the chance to showcase their skills and library leaders an opportunity to standardize skills data, identify expertise strengths and gaps, and create higher-performing teams.”Dr. K. Matthew Dames Edward H. Arnold DeanUniversity of Notre Dame“We have a saying, ‘Information is Everything.’ We live and breathe this adage and Skilltype helps us adhere to this by providing us real time information aggregated from existing library jobs and the corresponding core competencies and skills they require…”Dr. Anthony Chow DirectorSJSU School of Information“As we advance our University’s strategic intent to create a 21st century library…Skilltype has developed an innovative platform to help us create personalized plans that will help us achieve our ambitions.”Keith Webster Dean of University LibrariesCarnegie Mellon University“We are excited to use Skilltype and apply our experiences with library resource sharing to now begin facilitating consortial collaboration for human resources and expertise sharing too.”Jill Morris Executive DirectorPALCI“Amigos believes in the power of libraries working together and is committed to the growth and development of library staff. We are excited to engage with these seven libraries and with the Skilltype team to bring this innovative platform to our community.”Miguel Figueroa President and CEOAMIGOS Library Services
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Skilltype?
Skilltype’s talent platform uses real-time data to help information professionals and their teams identify, develop, and share expertise. The platform aggregates thousands of training resources, opportunities, and talent profiles of individuals, describing each with a controlled skills vocabulary to create a personalized career and organizational development experience.
Who is Skilltype for?
Skilltype is used by library managers and their teams, along with communities, conference organizers, and vendors that train information professionals. Customers include libraries of all sizes ranging from 5 employees to 500 across North America, Europe, and Asia. Skilltype’s largest customers have thousands of data points being surfaced to help inform career pathways and organizational development strategy.
Where is Skiltype’s content from?
Skilltype indexes training resources and opportunities from over 100 conferences and training providers, enhances the records with our proprietary skills ontology, and delivers them to users through a personalized recommendation engine. We also partner with training providers who aim to grow and engage their communities using Skilltype’s tools.
How easy is Skilltype to setup?
Small libraries can be up and running in a day or two. Larger libraries may require more conversations and take up to a week or two. No implementation or professional services teams required. Just appoint a project manager to coordinate with our onboarding team on the timeline you set to roll it out across your organization.
How much does Skilltype cost?
Skilltype is priced on a per-employee basis. Most libraries sign annual or multi-year subscriptions, but we support shorter pilots for larger organizations with complex use cases. Skilltype also works with consortia to streamline your procurement process and offer discounts for Enterprise capabilities with additional features and premium support are available for organizations upon request. Contact us to get more details.
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