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Factors Affecting Career Development: Perceptions of LIS Professionals in University Libraries of Rawalpindi and Islamabad
This study has been conducted to find out the nature of career structure of
university library professionals adopted by different universities during the formation of
organizational structure of libraries. The study investigates the nature of designation,
scales, and education and experience requirements of librarians at different levels of
hierarchy in the central libraries of leading universities in Pakistan. A quantitative
research design and document analysis was used to explore the nature of career structure
of library professionals. Organizational documents such as duty roasters, organizational
charts and service structures were collected during the data'collection for this study. The
data was extracted through perusal of organizational charts and documents collected and
entered in Microsoft Excel sheet for arranging it in different categories. Assort option
was used for analyzing these data sets for this study.
The study brings up both different nomenclatures used for library professionals and the
tiers of career structures of professionals. Career structure of library professionals
working in libraries is not uniform. Designation and scale of library professionals are of
various kinds and also require diverse education and experience requirements. Therefore,
there is a need to rationally redesign the career structure of library professionals for
making them sensitive and responsive to the needs of the users of information age. This
study is pilot study in Pakistan that identifies the nature of career structure of library
professionals in university libraries of Pakistan.
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