Computer and Information Literacy: Challenges for the Modern Information Professional at the Advent of the Xxi Century

Editor's note: this contribution is a presentation given by the author at the International Federation for Information and Documentation Education and Training Pre‐Conference held in Jaipur, India, 12–13 October, 1998. The complete paper in the FID/ET Proceedings was co‐authored by Dr. S.P. Sood and Smt. Prabha Krishnan. The matrix showing the knowledge base and the required computer and information literacy skills is recommended for use as a checklist by all institutions involved in education for library and information science.