Developing Library, Information and Knowledge (LIK) Competencies: Challenges for Educators

Library, information and knowledge (lik) competencies have elements of distinct commonness and innate semblance. these have been treated together in the ischools, a development during the last two decades. adoption of the nomenclature of information management (im) in a pakistani lis department should also be studied with the same outlook with a keen sense of paradigm shift. this paper reflects on this significant transition and identifies the challenges that are to be addressed in order to manage change effectively. this paper outlines a strategy for curriculum redesign, based on a conceptual model this author had developed earlier. other challenges of transition need to be treated with incision and rigor