Library and Information Science is a crossover between library and
information science (obviously). Modern librarians with MLIS degrees
quickly dispell the image of the old librarian with the SHHHHsh and
old country library.
Those with MLIS (or even standard MLS degrees) are trained in provding
information to their customers (patrons) in whatevery format is
appropriate - be that books, audio, cd, dvd, online. They are skilled
are anticipating what their patrons need, and having it on-hand when
asked. Using technology to build cooperative networks, they can
search catalogs of information (books, databases, etc), and bring in
results way beyond the traditional walls of their library.
Librarians are employed in any field where there is a large amount of
data to be stored, cataloged, indexed, and quickly retrieved. This
includes the public library realm, schools, higher education, and
almost any business once it gets to a size that the data becomes
larger than individual project managers. The latter is simply
economic - a librarian will help researchers or business people find
out that certain clinical trials have already been done, or the
historical performance of a particular stock.
The typical LIS degreee is a Masters, either an MLS or MLIS. The
librarian usually has a bachelor's degree in their preferred field,
such as education or science, and then gets the MLS / MLIS to become a
school teacher, science company librarian, etc.
The American Library Association (ALA.org) accredits schools with MLS
programs, some of which are mostly or entirely online. Those are
preferred schools from which to get a degreee - most library positions
will request an MLS / MLIS from an ALA-accredited school.
I hope this helps. |
