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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