Dear LIS professionals, We have been debating about the future of LIS profession.Conferences/Workshops/Panels are being organised on this issue. Here is an interesting article that perhaps gives an idea of "whither LIS ?" http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/10/placements-and-salaries/2013-survey/th e-emerging-databrarian Library Journal (LJ) did a survey of approximately 1,900 graduates who responded to their annual Placements & Salaries survey, about a 3rd percent of the 2012 graduates from the 41 participating programs, several new job titles appeared among the survey responses, including emerging technologies librarian, e-learning and distance learning librarian, and e-lending librarian. Social media manager and project manager were also among the popular job titles, and individuals who found positions in academic institutions were as likely to be instructional designers and user experience designers as they were to be reference librarians. According to the survey by LJ, the top new job title and responsibilities included the following: 1. Data Analytics 2. Data Science 3. Digital Archives 4. Digital Content Management 5. Social Media Manager And others. The iSchools are leading the pack in creating this new avatar of LIS professionals.Very happy that we at ISiM ( http://www.isim.ac.in <http://www.isim.ac.in/>) have been doing this since 2005! Our InfoVision conference series have been focusing on data analytics for a while now. And now with the ICADL 2013 focusing on Data Analytics and Mining, we are ahead of the curve! Come to ICADL 2013 and learn how to become a Databrarian and be ahead of the curve (http://www.icadl2013.org.in <http://www.icadl2013.org.in/>) ! Shalini Dr. Shalini R.Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.