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What information professionals need to know: Job ads analysis
Author(s) -
Lopatovska Irene,
Baribeau Hilary
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401141
Subject(s) - accreditation , information professional , job market , relation (database) , public relations , need to know , business , medical education , marketing , political science , computer science , engineering , medicine , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , database , computer security
A large number of ASIS&T members are involved in their academic programs' development, accreditation and assessment of academic degrees' offerings in relation to the professional market needs. The paper presents information about secondary sources of evidence regarding the library and information science professional market and argues that job advertisements offer rich data on desirable professional competencies and students' aspirations.