This article examines how reference and information service (RIS) expertise is framed by professional associations in their professional competency documents. Taking a discourse analysis approach, we analyzed how professional associations articulate and frame expertise in RIS competency documents. Three discourse categories were identified: expertise as domain knowledge, expertise as technical knowledge, and expertise as performance. Through these discourses, RIS expertise was transformed into a checklist of behaviors that practitioners are expected to perform and excluded core areas of library and information studies theoretical knowledge, such as theories of information behaviors, from professional practice. Understanding how RIS expertise is framed will provide insights into the role that competency documents play in the professional practices of library and information professionals.

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专业能力文件中的专业知识话语：作为绩效的参考专业知识

本文研究了专业协会如何在专业能力文档中对参考和信息服务（RIS）专业知识进行构架。我们采用话语分析方法，分析了专业协会如何表达和构建RIS能力文档中的专业知识。确定了三个话语类别：作为领域知识的专业知识，作为技术知识的专业知识和作为绩效的专业知识。通过这些论述，RIS专业知识被转化为从业人员应执行的行为清单，并从专业实践中排除了图书馆和信息研究的核心领域的理论知识，例如信息行为理论。