alternative LIS careers

Alternative LIS Careers

The traditional careers of people who took up degrees in Library and Information Science usually work as reference librarians , as researchers , children 's librarian , collection development librarian cataloger in technical services , public services circulator administrator archivist (McGuire , 2003 . However , with the coming of the information age , more careers are actually available for librarians According to Darwin McGuire , there are exactly six categories to choose from for a librarian who is searching for a career , and these are the following (1 ) libraries (2 ) corporate (3 ) freelance (4 ) technology (5

) government , and (6 ) `way-out-there (2003 . Most of the alternative careers , however , are technology related , and the list is almost endless (1 ) chief information officer (2 ) data information analyst (3 ) data manager (4 ) database administrator (5 ) database analyst (6 database consultant (7 ) database designer (8 ) database manager (9 database specialist (10 ) information architect (11 ) information engineer (12 ) information management specialist (13 ) information manager (14 ) information security engineer (15 ) information site architect (16 ) information specialist (17 ) information technology manager (18 ) knowledge management coordinator (19 ) knowledge manager (20 ) medical records administrator (21 ) network administrator (22 reporting analyst , and (23 ) systems analyst (Shontz , 2004 ,

.94 . Still there are more alternative careers under research category (e .g database researcher

Three discussion questions for my findings would be the following (1 What are some of the true-to-life reasons why traditional librarians chose to take the alternative path (2 ) Would alternative careers be long-term (3 ) What is the effect of the Internet to those who took up the LIS degree ? I think traditional librarians would choose to jump to alternative careers because it is where the trend is leading them to Now that everything revolves around the Internet and the World Wide Web libraries are in the process of getting at par with social development This drives their employees to grow in skill and knowledge

Reference

Alternative careers workshop (1998 , March 31 . Retrieved April 4 , 2008 from the Catholic University School of Library Science database HYPERLINK "http /studentorg .cua .edu /asis /march98 .htm http /studentorg .cua .edu /asis /march98 .htm

Keller , L (2000 , November 8 . Looking it up . Retrieved April 4 , 2008 from the Cable News Network database : HYPERLINK "http /archives .cnn .com /2000 /CAREER /trends /11 /28 /librarians http /archives .cnn .com /2000 /CAREER /trends /11 /28 /librarians

McGuire , D (2003 , December . Librarians in the information age alternative uses of MLS degrees . Retrieved April 4 , 2008 , from LISCareer .com database : HYPERLINK "http /www .liscareer .com /mcguire_alternativecareers .htm http /www .liscareer .com /mcguire_alternativecareers .htm

Shontz ,

(2004 . The librarian 's career guidebook . Lanham , MD Scarecrow Press

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