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The main aim of the study was to explore how marketing of LIS jobs is done through Mailing list/Portal. Content analysis method was applied considering job advertisements for Library and Information professionals that appeared from January 2014 to December 2014 in mailing lists & Portal. The analysis of jobs were done by considering pointers such a...
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... The importance of professional skills is still valued in the profession, but gradually an increasing trend of seeking generic skills such as communication skills, computing, management, language skills (Johnston and Williams, 2015;Raju, 2017;Tabassum et al., 2020), negotiation skills (Lo and Reed, 2016), leadership in scholarly communication librarianship (Hackstadt, 2020), and information technology skills (Maceli, 2015) is witnessed among LIS employers. As the requirement for generic skills increases, it is found that libraries and library employers in India also look for qualified candidates with proficiency in English, good communication skills, managerial skills and information technology skills (Sawant and Sawant, 2016). ...
... It has been found that the public sector is the top employer in terms of recruitment (Ocholla and Shongwe, 2013). In India too, the public sector advertises more positions than any other sector (Jeevan, 2003;Sinha and Pandey, 2014;Sawant and Sawant, 2016). Amongst other libraries, academic libraries have the highest advertised jobs in the online medium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Kaba, 2017). ...
... The research study confirms that academic libraries in the public sector are the top employer for LIS professionals. Studies have already established that the public sectordominated mainly by academic library sectoris the highest recruiter for the LIS profession (Jeevan, 2003;Sawant and Sawant, 2016). ...
Purpose
The main purpose of this research study is to identify the essential skills and competencies sought by prospective employers for library and information science (LIS) positions in India. The research study aims to find out various designated positions in job advertisements.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from a major weekly job journal “Employment News” in India over five years from 2016 to 2020. The Employment News provides the latest job vacancies of central/state governments, public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies in India. Each issue of Employment News was carefully scanned and searched for job advertisements in the field of LIS. The researcher analyzed various posts on permanent, deputation and short-term contracts to gain insights into the job’s skills.
Findings
The findings highlight that public sector academic and school libraries are the top employers of LIS professionals. One of the most frequent demands of employers is profession-related work experience. Results show that employers place the strongest emphasis on library administration, computer knowledge, technical skills, managerial skills and soft skills. Library management, library supervision and procurement of journals and books are the primary job responsibilities for top-level positions.
Research limitations/implications
The weekly job journal, Employment News , is the largest source of LIS jobs in publicly funded organizations and institutions in India. It does not cover private educational institutes, industries and corporates. Job-related data were collected solely from this journal for the duration of 2016–2020. Therefore, this research study does not fully represent the LIS job market with regard to private educational institutes and corporate organizations.
Practical implications
The research findings can help LIS professionals prepare themselves according to market needs and demands. The LIS school should integrate these required skills and competencies into the course curriculum for preparing professionals in the digital age.
Originality/value
The results are benchmarked to guide and evaluate LIS course curricula in India. LIS schools may emphasize soft skills in future curriculum design, which employers frequently seek.
... The findings showed that LIS schools need to revise their curriculum on the basis of current job market demands. Similarly Sawant & Sawant (2016) explored how marketing of LIS jobs is done through Mailing list/Portal. They applied content analysis method considering job advertisements for Library and Information professionals that appeared in mailing lists & Portals. ...
The present study attempted to know the status of job placement & internship activity held in LIS schools /colleges in Maharashtra state of India. The survey found to be most suitable method for present study. The LIS teachers of all universities and affiliated colleges that offer library science course in Maharashtra were considered as a population of the study. It was observed that half of the universities/colleges responded to the questionnaire have separate job placement cell. It was revealed that all dept/colleges receive job requests for students through telephone. It was observed that nearly all (14) respondents receives job request from their Ex-students who are working at higher positions in various libraries. It was revealed that only 5 respondents arrange campus interview if there is such demand by the employer. It was generally observed that IT skills were most in demand as mentioned in almost all job descriptions of job requests received by respondents. It was observed that all respondents recommended their students to join mailing forum/lists to get informed about job advertisements. Half of the respondents (8) mentioned that they offer internship activity for the students. Half of the respondents (8) mentioned that they offer internship activity for the students. But out of 8 only 6 respondents have certain credits allotted for internship in their course.
