At present, outstanding graduates majoring in library and information science are mainly engaged in the following aspects:
1. information consultant-help people find information and solve problems, and provide information services.
2. Book publishing editor-engaged in book editing in the publishing house.
3. Librarians and archivists-manage materials in the library or the archives department of the personnel department.
4. Chief Information Officer (CIO)-the information resource director in the company, who provides various management information to the general manager to assist decision-making, such as big data analysis, business public opinion analysis, information retrieval and analysis, etc.
5. Copywriting editor-engaged in planning and copywriting planning in enterprises and cultural companies; 6. Restoration of cultural relics, ancient books and documents.
The major of library and information science mainly studies library science, information science, archives science and other courses, including both "information" and "management". It is a popular major in the postgraduate entrance examination in recent years and has a wide range of employment. Nowadays, from the perspective of theoretical study and research, or from the perspective of employment, the library and information specialty has formed two distinct categories: books and information.
The category of "books" is the label that most people put on the Master of Library and Information Science. Library science and archival science are the core courses of this category. After graduation, they will work as librarians or archivists in universities or regions. However, this is only the most basic employment of the master of library and information science. In fact, the master of library and information science has extended the research directions of local literature protection and local chronicles editing, paper cultural relics protection and restoration, ancient books protection and restoration, and the high-end employment of the master of library and information science came into being.
The main research direction of the category of "information" is information science, which is a science that studies the nature and characteristics of information, the factors that affect the circulation of information, and the processing technologies and methods for effectively searching and utilizing information. It is a new interdisciplinary subject. Information resource management, enterprise competitive intelligence, business analysis, etc. are all the research directions of the master of library and information science, which rely on the employment optimization of information professional knowledge.
The conditions that must be met to apply for the academic level of library and information science.
1, fresh graduates with nationally recognized academic qualifications (including fresh graduates from ordinary universities, adult universities and adult higher education organized by ordinary universities) and undergraduates who can graduate by self-study exams and online education. Candidates must obtain a nationally recognized undergraduate diploma or the Certificate of Academic Degree in Foreign Countries issued by the Study Abroad Service Center of the Ministry of Education before enrolling in the current year (the specific time limit is stipulated by the admissions unit), otherwise the admission qualification will be invalid.
2. Persons with a nationally recognized undergraduate degree.
3. Those who have obtained a nationally recognized diploma from a higher vocational college for two years (from graduation to the date of admission in the current year, the same below) or more, as well as undergraduate graduates with nationally recognized diplomas, who meet the specific academic requirements put forward by the admissions unit for candidates according to the training objectives of the unit, shall enter for the examination as undergraduate graduates with equivalent academic qualifications.
4. Persons who have obtained master's or doctor's degrees.