The Urgency of Librarian Competency Development in the Digital Age

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Background of the study: Advances in information technology have brought changes to all aspects of life, including libraries as information institutions transforming from conventional to digital. In facing this situation, libraries and librarians must be able to adapt and keep up with current developments so that their users do not abandon them. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the competence of librarians as an effort to deal with this.
Purpose: The aim of this research was to determine the urgency of developing librarian competency in the digital era.
Method: The method used in this research is qualitative with a library or literature study approach
Findings: The research results found that it is important to develop the competence of librarians so that the existence of libraries as institutions and librarians as the main actors in providing services to libraries can survive and adapt in the face of every changing era
Conclusion: Competencies that librarians can develop in facing the digital era are by having literacy skills, trying to increase knowledge about information and communication technology.