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Improving scholarship through library professionalism: an inevitable role of librarianship in the world of academia

Author(s) -

T. Ramanan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the university librarians association of sri lanka

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2579-2253

pISSN - 1391-4081

DOI - 10.4038/jula.v19i2.7883

Subject(s) - scholarship , sri lanka , library science , work (physics) , political science , association (psychology) , sociology , scholarly communication , psychology , publishing , computer science , engineering , law , south asia , mechanical engineering , ethnology , psychotherapist

Quoting Wilensky (1964, as cited by Freeman, 1997), dispute against the nature of any profession is universal across institutions, countries and time. Professions are progressive, static or backward on the line of the continuum of professionalization. In similar vein, librarians need to question themselves whether they are passionately committed to their profession. How far the librarians are scholars or proving to be intellectuals? Are librarians lifelong learners themselves and educating others to be lifelong learners?

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