Professional Competencies among Librarians and Information Professionals in the Knowledge Era.

The paper justifies that information professionals will be better off to discharge their role as effective knowledge managers in today's knowledge era, provided they are equipped with professional competencies. Illustrating with suitable examples, the paper highlights a set of professional competencies that need to be developed by information professionals in their various areas of operation and service such as, knowledge capture, knowledge processing (and dissemination) and knowledge application.