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A lecture delivered in the seminar on ‘Repositioning the information profession for the market place’. June 24, 2005, Department of Library & information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore.
Abstract: The talk delivered in the seminar on ‘Repositioning the information profession for the market place’ highlights the consequences application of developments in ICT in librarianship which has caused the need for repositioning the profession. It appears that the roles and functions of both librarians and end-users are in transition. Identifying the trends as well as threats, the talk proposes some new roles/ functions of library professionals together with desired skills for fulfilling them. Also discusses the contents of programs for developing such skills required to reposition the profession along with some do's and don’ts.