At present, outstanding graduates majoring in library and information science are mainly engaged in the following aspects:
1. information consultant-helps people find information and solve problems, and provides information services.
2. Book publishing and editing-engaged in book editing in publishing houses.
3. Librarians and archivists-manage the materials in the archives department of the library or personnel department.
4. Chief Information Officer (CIO)-the director of information resources in the company, who provides various management information for the general manager to assist decision-making, such as big data analysis, business public opinion analysis, information retrieval analysis, etc.
5. Copywriter-engaged in planning and copywriting 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, archival science and other courses, including both "information" and "management". It is a popular major in postgraduate entrance examination in recent years, with a wide range of employment. Nowadays, from the perspective of theoretical study and research, or from the perspective of employment, library and information science has formed two completely different categories: library and information science.
The category of "books" is the label that most people attach to the Master of Library and Information Science. Library science and archival science are the core courses of this kind. After graduation, they will work as librarians or archivists in universities or regions. However, this is only the most basic employment for a 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 compilation, paper cultural relics protection and restoration, and 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 informatics, which is a science that studies the essence and characteristics of information, the factors that affect information circulation, 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. They are all the research directions of the Master of Library and Information Science, relying on the employment optimization of information professional knowledge.
Conditions that must be met when applying for the academic level of library and information science.
1. Graduates with nationally recognized academic qualifications (including graduates of adult higher education organized by ordinary universities, adult universities and ordinary universities) and undergraduates who can graduate through self-study exams and online education. Candidates must obtain a nationally recognized undergraduate diploma or a foreign academic degree certificate issued by the study abroad service center of the Ministry of Education (the specific time limit is stipulated by the admissions unit) before entering the school in that year, otherwise the admission qualification will be invalid.
2. People with nationally recognized undergraduate degrees.
3. Those who have graduated from a state-recognized higher vocational college for two years (from graduation to the date of admission in the same year, the same below) and above, as well as undergraduate graduates who have obtained state-recognized academic certificates, meet the specific academic requirements put forward by the admissions unit according to the training objectives of the unit, and sign up for the examination as undergraduate graduates with the same academic qualifications.
4. Persons who have obtained master's or doctoral degrees.