Competency in Profession: A Tool to Achieve for Survival

Abstract

It is high time that the librarians make professional activities effective. and economic. To achieve this, certain skills and competencies are to be developed. The competencies can be professional and personal. The authors enumerate the characteristics that are required for these competencies. The competencies form the basis for the continued survival and growth of librarianship in the information age. Few general observations on the present state-of-affairs of the academic libraries are provided.