SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES FOR FUTURE LIBRARIANS: A REVIEW PAPER

Libraries are always considered as a non-profit organization and they need a proper organization and management. The fundamental concept of library organization needs proper planning, leadership, effective and efficient function of librarians to do all these jobs. Today, the ICTs have changed the policies of library managers from traditional to the electronic way of transmission and organization of information. On the other hand, these jobs need proper skills and knowledge from university librarians where they would be able to handle the external and internal matter of the library. The present study has been taken into a grant to find out the skills and knowledge of academic librarians in the age of electronic. The qualitative research design and survey method will be used to collect the relevant data to complete this study. The literature has been retrieved from Google and Google scholar, wikis and other sources of internet. After the collection of data from different sources, all the relevant literature has been reviewed according to the set of their objectives. The result shows the LIS professionals still lacking some of the major skills, competencies, and knowledge regarding the future concern of library organization. This would suggest that the librarians should be equipped with all the related skills and knowledge to manage their library. This study will give some benefit to the library professionals to train themselves according to their field of specialization.