Fwd: Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to change present LIS Curriculum to meet the changing market requirements
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Nerida Hart <neridahart@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Hi all
In Australia, our library schools tend to put you through about a 2 week placement to get hands on experience. Although, the trend here seems to be for either distance education or part time studies for librarianship. I know the undergraduate and post greaduate course at University of Canberra have been closed down and most people do the qualifications through Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga (about 300 km away) either distance education and some full time.
Can I make a suggestion that you also get practicing library managers in to do guest lecures and what they are looking for ina graduate. Sometimes what is being taught and what is needed are 2 very different things.
Nerida Hart Director, Knowledge and Information Services, Australian Department of Familes, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Box 7788 Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610 Australia
nagappa.b@tcs.com wrote:
Dear All,
Its a very good practice that SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the BLISc course. I would like to suggest / recommend that all LIS schools should provide atleast "six month internship" in BLIS OR MLIS. If required LIS
school can cutdown the few traditional subject(s). Let the student learn
practically instead theory. By this students will get handson experience. Like other professional courses LIS also introduce the internship.
What LIS schools shall do for improvement of Curriculum:
1. Work more towards marketing of our products/students. 2. Introduction of Communication skills to meet the MNCs requirements. 3. Introduce or Enhance the KM subject. 4. Teaching of office automation and Library softaware in depth. 5. Introduce the Long term internship (atleast 6 months) by that the students will more information about the field before joining the workforce. 6. Start inviting corporate sectors, Good B-schools, etc. for campus interview both for internship as well as placement.
Regards
Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1. Software Units Layout, Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad Tel. 040-55672533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b@tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com
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I would like to be little cautious over hear. There is no doubt that LIS Curriculum needs a change. But when wetalk of "suited to market" needs -- it is hear we need to be cautious. Do we know what market needs are? This is a big question. Sometimes we may start offering solutions - which we think could bethe only obvious things to do. But the ground reality and marketneeds could be different. First things first - let us first conduct a market research. What isneeded? Why a librarian is recruited in first place? Do the marketneeds a job to be done by a librarian? Or we want to do a job whichthe market does not expect a librarian to do. The moral of the story is -LET US FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT.WE KNOW THEY WANT US.THEY DON'T. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://indmed.nic.inhttp://openmed.nic.in On 2/21/06, Nerida Hart <neridahart@optusnet.com.au> wrote:> Sorry meant to send to the list not just the author!>> > Nerida Hart <neridahart@optusnet.com.au> wrote:> >> >> > Hi all> >> > In Australia, our library schools tend to put you through about a 2 week> > placement to get hands on experience. Although, the trend here seems to> > be for either distance education or part time studies for librarianship.> > I know the undergraduate and post greaduate course at University of> > Canberra have been closed down and most people do the qualifications> > through Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga (about 300 km away)> > either distance education and some full time.> >> > Can I make a suggestion that you also get practicing library managers in> > to do guest lecures and what they are looking for ina graduate.> > Sometimes what is being taught and what is needed are 2 very different> > things.> >> > Nerida Hart> > Director, Knowledge and Information Services,> > Australian Department of Familes, Community Services and Indigenous> > Affairs> > Box 7788> > Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610> > Australia> >> >> > > nagappa.b@tcs.com wrote:> > >> > > Dear All,> > >> > > Its a very good practice that SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT> > > Women's> > > University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the> > > BLISc> > > course. I would like to suggest / recommend that all LIS schools> > should> > > provide atleast "six month internship" in BLIS OR MLIS. If required> > LIS> > >> > > school can cutdown the few traditional subject(s). Let the student> > learn> > >> > > practically instead theory. By this students will get handson> > > experience.> > > Like other professional courses LIS also introduce the internship.> > >> > > What LIS schools shall do for improvement of Curriculum:> > >> > > 1. Work more towards marketing of our products/students.> > > 2. Introduction of Communication skills to meet the MNCs requirements.> > > 3. Introduce or Enhance the KM subject.> > > 4. Teaching of office automation and Library softaware in depth.> > > 5. Introduce the Long term internship (atleast 6 months) by that the> > > students will more information about the field before joining the> > > workforce.> > > 6. Start inviting corporate sectors, Good B-schools, etc. for campus> > > interview both for internship as well as placement.> > >> > > Regards> > >> > > Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar> > > Library & Information Centre> > > Tata Consultancy Services Limited> > > 1. Software Units Layout,> > > Hitech City, Madhapur,> > > Hyderabad> > > Tel. 040-55672533/31> > > Mailto: nagappa.b@tcs.com> > > Website: http://www.tcs.com> > >> > >> > > Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or> > > attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information.> > If> > > you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review,> > > distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this> >> > > e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If> > you> > > have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply> > > e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message> >> > > and any attachments. Thank you> >> > Nerida Hart> > Lynsdale Park> > Burra Creek NSW 2620> > 0402 832 689>> Nerida Hart> Lynsdale Park> Burra Creek NSW 2620> 0402 832 689> _______________________________________________> LIS-Forum mailing list> LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum>
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