Pentingnya Kemampuan Menguasai Bahasa Inggris bagi Calon Pustakawan Indonesia dalam Meningkatkan dan Mempertahankan Profesi di Era Digital

الملخص

This study discusses the importance of mastering english for prospective Indonesian librarians in improving and maintaining a profession in the digital era. This study aims to find that expected librarians must prioritize the importance of english in their job in today's digital era. The research method used is the literature study method to find out more deeply about a series of activities related to the method of collecting library data, reading, recording, and managing research materials (Zed, 2008: 3). In general, literature study is a way to solve problems by tracing the sources of writing that have made before. The data needed in this study can obtained from library sources or documents, such as textbooks, journals, scientific articles, as review literature containing the concepts to research. Research with the study of literature does not have to go down to the field and meet with respondents. The results of this study show that mastering english can increase "value" and a career that will be more valued in the international world of work. Composition of english speaking course material are: 1) Importance of english speaking for librarians 2) English vocabularies in library 3) English daily routine expressions 4) English presentation.