New Facets of the Library Profession in the

Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives H. Kalilur RahmanSenior Librarian

Caledonian College of EngineeringPost Box 2322, CPO Seeb 111,

Sultanate of Omankaleel@caledonian.edu.om

NACLIN 2007 – Tenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking

Organized by DELNET

New Facets of the Library Profession in the Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives

• Introduction• Librarians as computer knowledge

persons– Need– Computer Knowledge and Librarians’

role– Emerging fields– Knowledge enhancement

NACLIN 2007 – DELNET

New Facets of the Library Profession in the Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives

• Librarians as Collection Developers – New formats of information resources– Collection development : Two

dimensional approach• Infrastructure development•Procurement

– Required knowledge – Role of Open Sources– At Caledonian College of Engineering

NACLIN 2007 – DELNET

New Facets of the Library Profession in the Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives

• Librarians as Information Providers– Information Dissemination – Skills to be obtained – Technologies to disseminate

information

• Librarians as Trainers– Why Information Literacy – Librarian as a good trainer – At Caledonian College of Engineering

NACLIN 2007 – DELNET

New Facets of the Library Profession in the Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives

• Librarians as Knowledge Managers– KM : Another new facet– Role of Librarians – Proficiencies to be developed

•Conclusion

NACLIN 2007 - DELNET

New Facets of the Library Profession in the Digital Era: Problems and Perspectives

•Thanks a lot •Questions please

NACLIN 2007 - DELNET