Friday, November 9, 2007
alternative careers
Alternative Careers
The kind of training provided by library schools is such that the products can join alternative careers, if they find better career opportunities. The moot point is whether or not library educators should encourage such options. There are two categories of opinions. Some are of the view that if library professionals are encouraged to seek other options, then the resources spent on them for training go to waste and the seats offered to them to be admitted to library schools also get wasted. They also say that why library school should train professionals for other fields, it is not their responsibility. In case people want to join other careers for better prospects, then why should we stop them. It is their decision. As there are limited number jobs in the market and the number of professionals being turned out are far more, therefore, there should be no harm, if some graduates leave the profession and join alternative careers.
A recent survey of library professionals conducted in USA, indicates that alternative careers pursued include e-commerce, data mining, data asset management, community outreach, grant-writing, fund raising, international relations, etc. The interesting finding is that on average they get higher salaries than library professionals. krishan kumar
The kind of training provided by library schools is such that the products can join alternative careers, if they find better career opportunities. The moot point is whether or not library educators should encourage such options. There are two categories of opinions. Some are of the view that if library professionals are encouraged to seek other options, then the resources spent on them for training go to waste and the seats offered to them to be admitted to library schools also get wasted. They also say that why library school should train professionals for other fields, it is not their responsibility. In case people want to join other careers for better prospects, then why should we stop them. It is their decision. As there are limited number jobs in the market and the number of professionals being turned out are far more, therefore, there should be no harm, if some graduates leave the profession and join alternative careers.
A recent survey of library professionals conducted in USA, indicates that alternative careers pursued include e-commerce, data mining, data asset management, community outreach, grant-writing, fund raising, international relations, etc. The interesting finding is that on average they get higher salaries than library professionals. krishan kumar
library management in electronic environment
it is crucial that library management courses are developed keeping in view the digital libraries which are being established nowadays.
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library management
A librarian in an electronic environment should have a managerial ability of the highest order, and possess skills including technical ones in the application of information technology.
Over the years many of the libraries have become large and complex organizations presenting challenges to a librarian. Managing a large library is a highly specilised and complicated Job. Due to changing environment, especially technological one, his job has become very challenging. A librarian in such an environment should have a managerial ability of a high order, and possess different kinds of skills including technical skills in the application of information technology with adequate knowledge to solve multidimensional problems. In lIS education, teaching must take into consideration the fact that the students should become profficient in the application IT in library environment.
Over the years many of the libraries have become large and complex organizations presenting challenges to a librarian. Managing a large library is a highly specilised and complicated Job. Due to changing environment, especially technological one, his job has become very challenging. A librarian in such an environment should have a managerial ability of a high order, and possess different kinds of skills including technical skills in the application of information technology with adequate knowledge to solve multidimensional problems. In lIS education, teaching must take into consideration the fact that the students should become profficient in the application IT in library environment.
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