Training and development for library and information workers for the future: A Manifesto Available to Purchase

Examines the competencies which will be required by the information worker of the twenty‐first century. Emphasis is placed on those new technology skills which are constitutive of the information industries of the future. The paper challenges the assumption that there will always be a role for the information professional. It is argued that unless the profession proactively pursues added‐value activities based on new technologies it will become superfluous.