SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2002
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue: 2

Choosing the Professional Career: A Survey of Library and Information Science Students in Karnatak University, Dharwad

  • Author:
  • Keshava 1, Ramesha 2, R.M. Vatnal2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 219 to 226

1Dept. of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India.

2University Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India.

Abstract

Choosing an appropriate career or a course of study reflects the individuals personality formation and his/her ambition in life. This particularly important in a professional course like Library and Information Science (LIS). Looking into the bright future of the profession in the emerging Information Technology (IT) scenario, the present paper attempts to know the factors responsible for choosing Library and Information Studies for their future career.

Keywords

Professional course, LIS education, Karnatak university