COMPETENCES AND EMERGING FIELDS FOR ACTIVITIES OF LIBRARIANS

Abstract

For the purpose of the objective, identifies and relates from sources of printed and electronic literature, there are no non traditional fields of action and authors who recommend skills related to these fields. Methodologically it is a research of a basic nature, bibliographical that is raised to raise in light of the literature the main materials already published on the subject in scientific articles of electronic journals of the area of Librarianship. Analyzing the results, a brief overview was drawn which relates to the main competencies required, given the possibility of action of librarians in the following non-traditional fields: an electronic publishing and its sounds involving the digital content and role of the librarian in this context. An informative consultancy and an obligation of competences related to the execution of activities and services that help managers in search of quality information, supporting a decision making and promoting the difference of competence of the institutions that use the information as a strategic input. Teaching and the need for pedagogical contribution are not teaching-learning processes of students in universities and higher education institutions. The implementation and management of digital repositories and a range of activities involving participatory librarian participation in policy implementation, definition of metadata, copyright issues, and technical processes that culminate in self-archiving and availability of different types of materials. Finally, as e-commerce companies that offer mechanisms that allow an offer and sale of products, generating extra income and involving skills for the context in a digital environment. It closes by warning that if there are working phrases in librarian issues to update, from their training and perspectives their professional practices, the differences are as aggregated skills for information professionals, Production cycle and information provision in digital media.