Profissão: Bibliotecário.

The profession of librarian is inscribed in the Portuguese law in 1979, when the career was regulated. About 20 years later, planning for careers in libraries, archives and documentation is reconsidered taking into account the "evolution of information science" and "increasing use of new information technologies." In 2006, the Program for Restructuring the State's Central Administration (PRACE) presents a plan for the Reform of the Documentation Sector within Public Administration, rationalizing and concentrating services, and the absence of a comprehensive information policy is confirmed. This happens in the two consecutive moments: in 2008, with the abolition of special careers and merger with the general careers, and in 2010 with the demise of the General Directorate of Books and Libraries. With this background, and bearing in mind the current scenario of "crisis", we would like to frame the issue of this paper - the role and skills of librarians - within a particular context, where once again evidence of Portuguese "late modernity" is witnessed