Employment and career surveys: some reflections on their value and relevance  

Oleh:

Loughridge, Brendan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science vol. 22 no. 2 (2008), page 71-90.
Fulltext: 71.pdf (1.15MB)

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A selection of surveys of job destinations, career progression and career patterns of former students of departments of library and information studies m the UK over the past 15 years is reviewed The value and validity of such reviews is questioned Lack of standardization m questions asked and selection of sample populations is noted Developments revealed by the surveys are summarized A decline m the number of students entenng public libraries and threats to the teaching of public librarianship, greater job mobility between types of library and between traditional library and information posts andjobs in the ’emerging market’ are noted, as is continuing concern about the relevance of teaching to practice and the implementation of currriculum change and communication between teachers and practitioners.

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