Library Research ›› 2013, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 1-5.

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Reflection on Deprofessionalization of Librarians

WANG Mei (Shandong University of Science and Technology Library, Zibo 255049, China)   

  • Published:2019-04-28

Abstract: In China, librarians have no "professionalization" and the research on "librarian professionalization" is irrational. However, China libraries and librarians , in fact, exist the professionalization of librarians that is a material source of librarians" survival, is a spiritual foundation stone of librarians" kindness and pleasing to the eye, is a bay of librarians' daily professional activites. Business outsoureing is improper to librarians taking a professional risk of investment and spending, the research on marginalization of librarians is objective and deprofcssionalization of librarians is unrealistic . Facing to marginalization of librarians, librarians ought to propel librarians " professionalization" and let the research on deprofessionalization of librarians to lag behind.

Key words: library; librarian; professionalization of librarians; deprofessionalization of librarians; marginalization of librarians

CLC Number: 

  • G251.3