LIBRARIANSHIP: A PROFESSION AT THE THRESOLD

Authors

  • Jayant Madhusudan Nandagaoli Asst Prof. LIS. Dept. HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nashik (MH)

Keywords:

Library and Information Science (LIS) education, Library Schools, Library professionals, academic librarianship,

Abstract

Change is the inevitable consequent of the process of every development. The transitional period having great possibility and opportunity as well itself, the cause of complete extinct. Like any other discipline, LIS profession is also passing through drastic changes and development, which raised many questions against the existence and importance of Librarians. The fate of any profession is depends on, how the professionals could cope up or adopt the new development. Unfortunately, it seems the students-teachers, librarians and library science philosophers are perplexed in the wave of google storm. It needs to identify the preceding issues and problems and their causes to have insight for it to come up. It implies not only to have plan for current issue but also anticipate the future challenges in right time to introspect truly. The task as such is big, and require rigorous enquiry in all respect. This is a very small effort towards systematic investigation focused on academic librarian and librarianship in order to throw the light on today’s scenario.

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2014-01-31

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): JANUARY 2014

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