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Library and information career in Malaysia: Aspirations of educators and the reality of the industry

This paper discusses the aspirations of library and information science (LIS) educators particularly in the Faculty of Information Management, UiTM. The Faculty of Information Management is the main provider of manpower needs for the library and information science profession in the country. The focus of the discussions is on the development that has taken shape in the Faculty of Information Management, UiTM particularly on the undergraduate library and information science programs. Within that premise, a comparison is made between the aspirations of LIS educators and the reality of the LIS industry particularly in the public sector in the country.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105550
Date January 2006
CreatorsJamaludin, Adnan, Hussin, Norhayati, Wan Mokhtar, Wan Nor Haliza
ContributorsKhoo, C., Singh, D., Chaudhry, A.S.
PublisherSchool of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeConference Paper

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