Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Entrepreneurship in Library and Information Services: New Job Opportunities

  • Author:
  • Animesh Singha1, Dibyendu Mondal2
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Published Online: Jan 1, 2015
  • Page Number: 95 to 103

1Junior Research Fellow, DLIS, University Of Calcutta

2Research Scholars, DLIS, University Of Calcutta

Abstract

In the growing environment of information the role of LIS professionals are changing day by day and the job opportunities also increasing in this field. Though there are various job opportunities in this field, it is not possible to get job for all LIS students in this sector, there are some limitations. But all LIS students or professionals would like to get job in this sector. So there are some new alternative job opportunities as ‘Library entrepreneurship’ to serve in LIS sector. In the growing demand of various information requirements, technological changes etc are giving birth of new type of competencies and job opportunities in this field and rising new hopes to the students or professionals.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Business Opportunities, Independent Information Profession, Librapreneurship, Librapreneurs, LIS Professionals, LIS Career