READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Proceedings of READIT-2009, Kalpakkam - 603 102, 29-30 Dec 2009
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ROLE OF LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS:
The changing role of library has impact on the role of library professionals. Dr.Harish Chandra
said in a seminar entitled “Migration to e-world: challenges and opportunities to library
professionlas.8 th and 9 th Dec 2005, the role play of library professional. They are as follows.
Multi-Media User- comfortable with a wide range of formats
Intermediary – with a good knowledge of sources and user requirements.
Enabler – proactively connecting users with information they require
Metadata Producer – creating records of information sources in a variety of schemes.
Communicator – formally and informally connected with users
Team Player – working with colleagues in library, IT services and academics.
Trainer/ Educator- taking on a formal role to teach information skills
Evaluator – for resources on behalf of users
Negotiator – dealing with publishers and suppliers
Project manager- leading on development projects to enhance the services
Innovator- looking at improved ways to deliver the services.
Fund –Raiser working for greater income for the institution
Wikipedia says that library professional is a Curator.
A.Hariharan says in his paper entitled his paper entitled “New Changes, Challenges, Roles and
opportunities in the Digital Era” published in National Seminar on “Library & Information
Management in Digital Era” held on 24 th Oct 2009 that role of library professionals are,
Knowledge resource manager *Information manager
Resource provider *Intermediary system manager
Content creator * E-learning specialist
Media specialist
USER NEEDS:
J.S. Mackenzie Owen, TICER says in his paper “The future role of libraries in the information
age” that one way to approach this development is to re-define the role of the library in terms of
knowledge mediation. The concept of knowledge mediation implies an intermediary role of
libraries in matching user needs to available knowledge contained in information resources,
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