Open AccessDeveloping New Competencies Among LIS Professionals: Challenges for Educators
Author(s) -
Sajjad Ur Rehman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pakistan journal of information management and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2409-7462
DOI - 10.47657/20089812
Subject(s) - coursework , curriculum , process (computing) , library science , articulation (sociology) , professional association , professional development , association (psychology) , engineering ethics , knowledge management , engineering , medical education , political science , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , public relations , medicine , politics , law , psychotherapist , operating system
This paper describes the development of library and information studies/science (LIS) into different phases during the last century. Academic programs and preparation of LIS professionals have witnessed a continuous change. It is realized that unless this process of change of curriculum is clearly envisaged in the future, LIS professional would become irrelevant in the emerging market. For this purpose, new competencies have been defined that the LIS professionals need to possess in the light of i.e. Special Libraries Association (SLA), American Library Association (ALA) and Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) competency documents. That has led to articulation of modules of coursework that could serve as benchmarks for curriculum revision and design. A number of environmental, organizational, and professional challenges have been identified that could impeded the process of change and curriculum redesign.