DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i08.015

Pages: 904-909

Library and Information Science (LIS) profession is now considered more as a technical profession rather than an academic one; with expectation of high level technical knowledge and skills on the part of the professionals. The challenge before the LIS educators is to prepare professionals with required knowledge, skills and abilities to work in today's hybrid environment of library and information systems. The issue which requires serious attention here is, that whether the existing LIS curriculum is able to meet the competency requirements of the LIS professionals or not. Due to the changing needs and growing technologies, the level of competency requirement is also changing day by day, demanding LIS professionals to be competent with divergent technologies and varied environments, be it the traditional, digital or virtual. The paper aims at finding out the professional competencies acquired by the LIS professionals during formal education of LIS and its correlation with the practical application in the professional life. An analysis of the course content of Masters programmes in LIS from the universities of North East India is made to fulfil the requirements of the paper.