Library and Information Science majors mainly study library science, information science, archival science and other courses, including "information" and "management". It is a popular major in postgraduate entrance examination in recent years, with a wide range of employment. You can work in libraries and information institutes, or you can work in the consulting or information service departments of government departments, mainly the information analysis and consulting departments of enterprises.
Excellent graduates majoring in library and information science are mainly engaged in the following aspects:
1, information consultant-help people find information and solve problems;
2, book publishing editor-engaged in book editing work in the publishing house;
3. Librarians and archivists-manage the materials of the library or personnel department and archives department;
4. Information director-the director of information resources in the company, who provides all kinds of management information to the general manager to assist decision-making.
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The training goal of the master's degree in library and information science is to cultivate advanced, applied and compound professionals in library and information science with good political and ideological quality and professional ethics, solid knowledge and skills in library and information science, high foreign language level and strong intercultural communication ability, who can comprehensively apply knowledge of management, economy, law and computer to solve practical problems in library and information science, so as to meet the needs of social informatization and national economic construction.
The curriculum of master of library and information science should fully reflect the knowledge and quality requirements of library and information practice professionals, and pay attention to the cultivation of analytical ability and creative problem-solving ability. Teaching methods attach importance to the use of team learning, case analysis, field research and simulation training.
The training process of master of library and information science should emphasize the practical orientation of library and information science, strengthen practical teaching, and the practical teaching time should not be less than half a year.