Professional development in the libraries of higher academic and research institutions in west Bengal testing personality trait with five factor model

Abstract

Academic libraries have been an integral and vital component of the education newlinesystem, which extends support to education, learning, training and the fulfilment of newlinethe objectives and missions of the educational institutions they are part of. Being the newlinerepository of knowledge and gateways to information, higher academic libraries and newlinelibrarians have to explore innovative ways to fulfil the information needs of users, newlineespecially in light of the paradigmatic shift in knowledge generation and newlinemanagement, the constant invention of new web resources and the presence of newlineinformation search and retrieval tools. The rapid electronic dissemination of newlineinformation, technological development and generational change force to change the newlineconcept of 21st century library services. Continuous professional development has newlinebecome an essential part to cope up with these technological changes. Now the newlineprofessional development of library professionals depend upon their different newlinepsychological parameters which we call diferrent personality traits. So, it is newlinereasonable to study the relationship between the personality trait and professional newlinedevelopmnet of LIS professionals. The present research work tries to identify the newlinecompetencies of LIS professionals needed in the technology-driven library newlineecosystem. From this study we will be able to predict the extent to which LIS newlineprofessionals are capable of updating themselves to cope up with the continuously newlinechanging work-environment. newline