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Lasič-Lazič, J.; R. Vrana. Nestaje li knjižničarska struka? The second part of the paper refers to the changes in the course of education itself. The goal of education has changed and today it demands from a young person the ability not only to qualify for the job but also to be able and prepared for independent learning, professional improvement and creative thinking imposed by the fast technological changes which are usually faster than those which occur in the process of education. The speed of these changes can be best illustrated by the example of current generations who are finishing their education lacking knovvledge of the use of new technologies. Therefore, it is the task of every expert and our profession as a community to satisfy the need for the improvement in the profession and to ensure its survival and progress. Another important issue is the vocation-profession distinction among librarians and their double role. On one side, they are information specialists and librarians and on the other side, they are also educationalists which are either directly involved in the course of education as school librarians or are those who make and mediate information and knovvledge necessary for other people's education. In order to last and participate in the development of society as a community and mankind in general, librarianship needs to continuously query itself and logically merge new information technologies vvith the traditional approach to librarians as information mediators. The division of library sections is more and more based on physical and intellectual approach to information and it can be taken as an example of afore mentioned new concept. This change of Iibrary structure is adequate for electronic and virtual environments vvhich demand greater adapta- bility, direct communication and more informationexchange. VVith the occurrence of the Internet, libraries have got a nevv opportunity to become important factors in the course of education and in the development of society and science in general and librarians have got some nevv tasks to accomplish and some nevv roles to prepare themselves for. Uvod Živimo u vrlo n e o b i č n om vremenu, vremenu u kojem se sijeku silnice najrazličitijeg porijekla. S jedne strane istrošenost kartezijanske paradigme - rascjepkanosti života i znanosti, prihvačanja samo linearne uzročnosti po- java, neracionahiog i nemilosrdnog trošenja prirodnih izvora. Živimo u vremenu koje j e u n e k im dijelovima svijeta več uvelike zakoračilo u infor- macijsko vrijeme. Vremenu koje je u svim područjima znanosti i djelatnosti izvršilo velike promjene, tako da se m o že reči da su i promjene koje su se dogodile na području bivšeg istočnog bloka više posljedica brzog i globalnog prijenosa informacija, n e go političkih aktivnosti. Rigidni sustavi koji su gradeni na manipuliranju istinom, naprosto su se srušili protokom informacija, teleko- munikacijskom i informacijskom infrastrukturam.