Expectations versus Reality: A Study of Professional Competencies in College Libraries in India

Sharma, Jaideep

doi:10.2307/40323879

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“…Ranganathan 4 stated that cultivation of man's ability and skills should go on throughout life and this can be achieved through education. Aina 5 , Sharma 6 and Kavulya 7 in separate studies on LIS curriculum find that there is a gap in professional competencies versus LIS teaching. It was observed that though the relevance of ICT was stressed, only a few institutions had incorporated ICT in their syllabus.…”

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Contextual Analysis of ICT Contents in LIS Postgraduate Degree Curriculum: A Study

Tyagi

Yanthan

2016

DJLIT

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The content of Library and Information Science (LIS) curriculum has drastically evolved in the recent decades. With the penetration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), technological components have becomes the main focus of the discipline. The present paper analyses the ICT contents of postgraduate degree courses in select universities across India. It also analyses the expectation of the professionals with regard to course content and relevancy of the curriculum in the contemporary times. The present study system suggests that maintaining homogeneity and standardised curriculum will help in keeping Indian syllabi at par with international standards.

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confidence: 99%