A Critical Study of the Professional Skills and Competencies among Library Professionals with special regard to the Digital Environment and ICT Usage in Medical College Libraries in Gujarat
Keywords:
information communication and technology, Digital library, Hybrid library, skills and competenciesAbstract
As technology developed continuously with the speed, library professional have to play and innovating role and keep themselves up to date, learn new things and keep track with the technological development. The wide spread use of world wide web and internet technology, made it compulsory for library professionals to accept new skills and latest tools to meet new skill, and use latest techniques to cope up with the new generation libraries. A part of professional skills librarian have to improve their managerial, communicational skill as well as personal competencies. The present paper elaborates the role of library professional in the digital era. An impact has been made to find out impact of ICT on libraries and skills and competencies required in librarian too adapt the digital environment.
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