Abstract
Since modern librarians are urged to acquire technological
skills, thus objectives of this study are: 1) to examinewhether or
not the acquisition of such skills affects theirgeneric job
satisfaction (GJS) and; 2)toidentifythe training needs.To this
end, twelve research hypotheses were formulated indicating the
relationship of high-tech functional and professional skillswith
GJS. The findings revealedsignificant effects of high-tech
functional and professional skills on GJS and accordingly, all
hypotheses (H1-H12) are supported. In addition, Information
Assurance and Security Skills were established as the principal
predictor of GJS whereas Library Content Management System
skills as theweakest. Additionally, training needs analysis
establisheda 76.3percent deficit, 19 percentsurplus, and 21.2
percentjob-best fit. This study has diverse implications: 1)
practical implications-national high-tech functional and
professional competencies model is neededto enable librariansto
acquire neededskills; 2) social implications- results emphasize
librariansto enhance the current level of professional skills to
perform contemporarily that perhaps augment their social image
and; 3) theoretical implications-the integrated research model of
this study can be utilizedbyfuture researcherseither for crossvalidation of findings of this study or to improve the topic scope.
Asad Khan, Hamida Begum, Fauz Dar Khan. (2018) High-Tech Functional and Professional Skills, Generic Job Satisfaction, and Training Needs of the Pakistani University Librarians: An Empirical Appraisal, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-25, Issue-2.
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