Latest Activity

Namita Bayan might attend Parthasarathivamanan.K's event
30 minutes ago
Pushpanjali Shriram Patil and sandeep shukla are now friends
20 hours ago
Dr. O Seshaiaih posted a discussion
yesterday
Profile IconYogesh Modi, Dr. Vivek K. Jagtap and Rajesh Das joined LIS Links
yesterday
Dr. Hema Thakur and SANJEET SEHRAWAT are now friends
yesterday
SANJEET SEHRAWAT might attend Dr. Hema Thakur's event
Tuesday
SANJEET SEHRAWAT updated their profile
Monday
Shruthi C C is now a member of LIS Links
Monday
Satabdi Bezbaruah updated their profile
Saturday
Prashant Kumar Ganta is now a member of LIS Links
Dec 4
Shubhangi M Vedak posted an event
Thumbnail

17th Annual One Week Training Programme for Library Support Staff at Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar, Mumbai

December 26, 2025 to December 31, 2025
Dec 4
UTTAM PRADHAN updated their profile
Dec 3
Sandip Gaikwad posted an event
Dec 3
Dr. U. PRAMANATHAN posted blog posts
Dec 2
Dr. Hema Thakur posted an event
Dec 2
RAMESH posted an event

One Day National Seminar on Emerging Technologies and Future Libraries at Venue: 1st Floor, Training Hall, Academic Block, NITHM Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad – 500032 www.nithm.ac.in

December 7, 2025 all day
Dec 2
Profile IconKapil Kathuria and Ravikant tiwari joined LIS Links
Dec 2
Tapas Mandal is now a member of LIS Links
Nov 30
Amar Rithe is now a member of LIS Links
Nov 29
NAVEEN SATAPPANAVAR updated their profile
Nov 29

Hi all,

I am B.E. graduate and have number of years of experience in IT field. Due to personal issues, I am unable to continue in my career. For my love towards books/reading, I am looking at pursuing BLIS and MLIS from IGNOU and hopefully build a career as a librarian in a time frame of 3-4 years.
I am not confident on this prospectus, as I am not aware of current value of this degree and market situation.
Could you please guide me if I could go ahead with BLIS degree as a start?

Many thanks in advance!!!

Thanks,
Namitha

Views: 10177

Reply to This

Replies to This Forum

Thank You LIS Proff. 

Please don't choose librarian as a profession.........

खुद के मरे ही स्वर्ग और नर्क का पता चलता है। मरके देखो, फिर पता चलेगा कि इधर स्वर्ग है या नर्क है।

well said sir.

thank you. 

Hello Namitha..

Every person have their own view point but I agree with Muneesh sir to think before changing your core domain.In my view and your love for books/reading and IT background.you can become a very good librarian.Its a great and challenging proffession. There is lot of to do (If we want) Best of Luck....

Thanks Saloni for your thoughts!

There is no profession were you may achieve success without hard work and LIS is not an exception.

No doubt, initially you will have to put extra efforts and have to go through struggle but once you achieve a good permanent job, then your entire life is at ease. That is the most attractive part of this profession.

 If you are ready to work hard and go through initial struggle (3-4 years) then you are most welcome.

Good luck.

Mr. Manish

That's the spirit of a professional and entrepreneur. 

Thank you. 

Thank you for your encouraging words Manish!

Dear Namitha,

If you are BE in CSE or IT, then it would be an amazing opportunity for you. If you are BE in some other stream then I don't think there is much for you. 

As far as your love for books is considered, Librarians have to work in the library with documents. They do not read them. At many places it is not even permitted. But anyways you will be around books all the time. It is a peaceful place to work. We need Engineers in libraries.

Yes sir.. I am a CSE graduate.

Being around books only gives me a serene feeling :)

Also looking forward to some challenging work in this field.

Thanks for your thoughts!

I rarely come online on this portal. Anyhow, seeing so many posts, I think you may havemade up your mind by now. Also, I see a lot many discouraging posts. Do not be afraid. Get a masters degree in LIS and clear UGC-NET. If you have a combination of both technical knowledge and good communication skills you will surely get a good job.

If you want to go for research you have so many fields to chose like linked data, research in metadata, knowledge management, etc, since you have a background in CSE.

All the very best.

RSS

© 2025   Created by Dr. Badan Barman.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

LIS Links whatsApp