[LIS-Forum] Chat: Teacher librarians and compulsory internships

K Prakash prakash at inflibnet.ac.in
Sat Feb 11 10:25:18 IST 2006


Hello,

Recently I have been to Gulbarga University, during that time I got
opportunity to interact with DLIS faculty members. They have introduced one
month internship as part of their MLIS curriculum. Students will get
opportunities to work in reputed Libraries like NAL, ISRO, Law University
etc. I felt it's a good move. May be many other departments also must be
following the same.



Bye.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saji S. Nair" <ourdreamsblooming at excite.com>
To: <lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Chat: Teacher librarians and compulsory internships


>
> Dear All,
>
>           As part of the curriculum, the LIS students in India have to
imbibe more theories than practical aspects. As we know, theoretical facets
form the backbone, but exposure to real-life situations may not be ignored.
Library schools could prepare a panel of librarians with sufficient
knowledge/expertise/skills and deploy them at regular intervals to
supplement their academic programs. Such an interactive teaching and
learning process may essentially have some potential benefits.
>
>           Compulsory internships to library professionals are also a
neglected area. A neo-graduate/postgraduate without necessary training will
find it difficult to cope with the situation, if he/she has been assigned
professional duties. Why don't we think about compulsory internships, as is
practiced for years in various professions? This isn't inoperable, since we
have a number of libraries in the locality that demand more manpower
investment.
>
>
> Bye for now
>
> Saji S. Nair
> Regional Cancer Centre Library
> Trivandrum
> Kerala
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