Paper Details

Name: Vidhu Jain
Country: India

Year: 2014
Volume: Volume-1, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 6-10

Information Technology affects all the fields of society. Libraries are also affected by IT. With the rapid advancement of technology and communication, the libraries are facing new challenges and competitions. In the digital environment, there is a need of stronger technological type of Librarianship. So, IT skills are required for the librarian. Librarians should have competencies to handle digital resources, online available services and knowledge of hardware and software required for digital handling and maintenance. In this article, various competencies are discussed which are the need of future librarians.
Keywords: Information Technology, Digital Resources