FINISHING SCHOOLS : A PROPOSAL

Need for Finishing Schools
There is a need for finishing schools that turn out employable librarians. The idea is to give grooming to products turned out by library schools so that they can be turned into a persons ready to work on the professional jobs. Such a programme may last for two months, immediately after they have taken their final MLISc examination and also submitted their dissertation/project report. The obectives of the programme are:
(i) to inculcate work culture ( he gains finer points regarding work culture, how carry out the job as a professional, how to be disciplined, reaching office in time, not to abstain from duty without proper permission etc)
(ii)to develop communication and behavioural skills( how to develop personality and traits required for developing social interaction, to idea being to develop leadership qualities) especially as a team worker.
(iii) to develop technical analytical skills by working on a project
(iv) to learn the technical skills on the job , learning by doing
There programme may consist of lectures, seminars, workshops and hands –on experience.
There are large number of such programmes that are being run successfully. One such programme is the Executive Finishing School,
Managed byGloria Starr, the leading expert.( http://www.gloriastarr.com/executive-finishing-school.htm) These can give us ideas and information about how finishing schools for librarians can be designed and operated.