Changing Role of Librarians in Present and Future in Context to Change in Library Information and Communication Technologies

Library professionals need distinct information tools (Information Communication Technology) for daily routine tasks as well as for research and academic activities. The latest devices for information communication technology have resulted in the rapid circulation of knowledge and have transformed the information handling activities in research and academic libraries in India. Research and academic libraries, mostly associated with universities and research institutions as centers of library services, have enormously improved with the expeditious changes in information communication technology. The emergence of modern library advances in ICT has opened up new ways of accumulating ,regulating and disseminating scientific and technical information. Research and academic libraries have already changed their routine tasks by using effective and efficient information communication technologies to intensify and integrate their electronic resources and services. Finally, librarians in research and academic libraries need to update their knowledge and expertise in information and communication technology (ICT) in order to successfully undertake their roles of being responsible for validating the library.