A Study on Competencies for Cataloging Librarians in Web Age

As the Internet brings a lot of impact on libraries, for example, various digital resources appears, digital libraries projects dramatically grow, cataloging departments and catalogers changed The article mainly studies what are the roles, tasks, jobs of cataloging librarians in web age. The competencies for cataloging librarians are also discussed in the research. The author used Delphi surveys which three round questionnaires regarding competencies for cataloging librarians were sent to an expert Delphi group composed of 29 librarians and university faculties. Finally, the roles and tasks of cataloging librarians in web age were proposed with a list of 35 professional competencies.