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Educating 21st century LIS professionals – The needs and expectations: A survey of Indian LIS professionals and alumni

Varalakshmi,, R. S. R. (2006) Educating 21st century LIS professionals – The needs and expectations: A survey of Indian LIS professionals and alumni. In Khoo, C. and Singh, D. and Chaudhry, A.S., Eds. Proceedings A-LIEP 2006: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006, pages pp. 338-346, Singapore.

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Abstract

LIS education focuses on developing manpower suitable to the demands of the contemporary information environment. There is need to audit the LIS curriculum for its relevance to the 21st century hybrid environment. This paper analyzes the opinions of young and experienced professionals on existing LIS courses’ ability to meet the demand and increase employability. The paper proposes a general framework to overcome the lacunae.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Library and information science education, Competencies, Survey
Subjects:Library and Information Science Education
ID Code:1402
Deposited On:24 May 2007
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