Librarianship Today: Challenges and Changes

Swarna, T., Prakasan, E. R. and Vijai Kumar, * Librarianship Today: Challenges and Changes., 2000 . In Conf. on Re-Engineering the Library, November 3-4, 2000. [Conference paper]

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In recent years technology has made tremendous impact on every profession including Librarianship. This spurt of technology has brought dramatic changes in every sphere of library activity. The library professionals, as intermediaries, have to be cope with the "knowledge explosion" which is a result of the information technology and high expectations of the users. New skills and knowledge will have to be acquired and the existing skills will have to be enhanced to survive and face the challenges in this dynamic information society. This paper focuses on some of the skills, personal traits and attitudes and knowledge that are necessary for the Library professionals of this millennium.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Librarianship, Library profession, Staff training, Staff education, Continuing education, Hybrid libraries
Subjects: G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GI. Training.
F. Management. > FE. Personnel management.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GE. Staff.
A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field.
Depositing user: E.R. Prakasan
Date deposited: 24 Jan 2005
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:00
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/5866

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