Conclusions: The trade of librarian has undergone spectacular changes becoming one of the mostcomplex professions.We see, nowadays, an incontestable transformation of the professions related to document and information.Transversal competencies areequally important in practicingtrade (such as basic competencies that are the core ofprofessional activities) Professional training needs to be a real symbiosis between theoretical developmentand real demands of the labour market;we also need cooperation between professionalassociations and trainers.Thehuman factor, professional competence play a determining role in the social success ofinformation and documenting structures.Consecrated professions have undergone deep changes turninginto extremely narrow specialisations for certain activities.