Programming Not Required: Skills & Knowledge for the Digital Library Environment (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Library and Information Science (LIS) education in Australia, like many other countries around the world, has been and is moving through a period of evaluation and change, as the educational and skill requirements for librarians and information workers of the future evolve in the light of the rapidly changing LIS environment. In Australia, this is evidenced by the activities of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), including the Education and Workforce Summit held in March 2008 (ALIA, 2008), and the National Advisory Congress (NAC) held in July 2008 (ALIA, 2009). Among other things, the Workforce Summit explored broader issues surrounding library and information education, whilst the NAC discussed what needed to be done to ensure information workers possess the appropriate skills and knowledge necessary for a future workforce faced with a radically changing working environment.