Paper Title
A Survey on The Evaluation of Competency Skills Required for Library and Information Professionals of Public Libraries in Mainland China

Abstract
This study aimed to construct the competency evaluation system of library and information professionals of Mainland China’s public libraries in order to be used in the evaluation of professionals’ competency and skills required by public libraries. Combined with function of public libraries and results of experts investigation, the competency index model along with quantitative assessment standards were formulated. Later, the process of calculating weights of indicators and score of comprehensive evaluation was clarified with concrete example onbasis of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) . Keywords - Library and Information Professionals, Competency Skills, Evaluation, Public Libraries.