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 Information Management
Author:Agnes
Date:Sunday, 30th Mar 2008 10:03
Views:1,714 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds)
Category:Information Issues
URL:http://www.freepint.com/go/b279402

Hello,

I am writing to ask for advice. I am planning to take a course in librarianship, and have started volunteering in a library. I appreciate the experience I gain, but I realized that I don't enjoy so much the librarian part of it (e.g. the cataloging), which is of course the main part of my work. I have found more interesting dealing with inquiries, customer care, managing data, searching through the internet.

I came across information management course. How close is the information management related to librarianship? Are there any other opportunities after finishing it apart from libraries?

Many thanks,

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Topic Author Date ID
• Information Management
Hello, I am writing to ask for advice. I am planning to take a ...
Agnes 30/03/08 10:03 279402
  • Re: Information Management
So, you're volunteering, and without a librarianship qualification, you are doing (and hating) cataloguing - well the news is, inputting ...
Jan 24/04/08 15:28 296400
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes, I have a slightly different perspective. When I did the LIS Masters 10 years ago (at Strathclyde), I was ...
Darren Jones 24/04/08 13:32 296335
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes, I faced the same dilemma a little while ago when choosing between studying librarianship and information management at the ...
James 09/04/08 23:14 286583
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes I agree that a qualification is useful for what you want to do (if for no other reason than ...
Catriona 08/04/08 11:04 285229
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes I started my library career doing business research in a reference library. I then took a postgraduate qualification in ...
Lydia 04/04/08 21:25 282706
  • Re: Information Management
Agnes I qualified a long time ago with a post graduate diploma in Librarianship ( after a degree in Geography) ...
Catherine Smith 04/04/08 14:44 282507
    • Re: Information Management
Agnes, I agree with Catherine (above). I also qualified a long time ago (from Strathclyde), and cat & class was ...
douglas brown 19/05/08 00:20 309888
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes, I did a Masters in Information Management at the University of Sheffield last year (2006-2007). Initially I was ...
Fiona Wilson 04/04/08 11:23 282412
  • Re: Information Management
Hi Agnes, Just like you I find the researching part most interesting which is why after I completed my LIS degree ...
Maninder 04/04/08 11:10 282405
  • Re: Information Management
Agnes, I have a Librarianship degree but have always worked in the commercial sector as an Information Manager / Researcher. ...
Philip Sidaway 02/04/08 15:52 281463

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