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TEACHERS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION A GUIDE BOO...

The present study deals with the investigation of contributions of LIS (library and information
science) teachers towards their profession in India. Hence  the study was conceived under the
title A study on the Contributions of Teachers of Library and Information Science towards the
Profession in India. The main purpose of the study is to identify the academic and research
contributions of LIS teachers in India.The main data source for this study is the quantitative
data of contributions of LIS teachers. Data pertaining to a range of contributions such as
publications  presentations  authorship in books and book chapters  PhD supervisions 
memberships in academic boards  editorship in journals  books and proceedings  minor and major
research projects and study materials collected through a questionnaire. For this purpose 
researcher has adopted a survey method to collect the required data for the study and has
selected all the in service LIS teachers of state and central universities. As of December 2019
there were 353 teachers in 106 state universities and 19 in central universities. A
well-structured online questionnaire was distributed among all the in service LIS teachers
considered by the study but the response rate is 81.30 % (287 respondents). The study also
discussed the satisfaction level of LIS teachers on their overall contributions in the
profession. The barriers and needs of LIS teachers were also identified in the study. Further 
collected data was categorized into five variables viz designation  gender  experience  types
of universities and regions of UGC for analysis and interpretation

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