Mission of current librarian

Abstract

Approach to "mission" term brings us closer to what the philosopher Ortega y Gasset once said: "Mission means, by lopronto, what a man has to do in his life [...], mission is something exclusive to man. Without man there is no mission [...]. Careers or professionals are types of human activity that society apparently needs. And one of these has been the librarian for a couple of centuries". This is a current message that clearly and simply summarises what we mean by mission and professional training, aspects that must be dealt with within the framework of the professional training of library and information science graduates.