Job Satisfaction and Professional Development Activities: A Comparative Study of Chhattisgarh Academic Library Professionals
Author(s): Dr. Harish Kumar Sahu
Abstract - Professional is an active tool for increasing the skills of staff, especially in the explosion of information and changing technology. The main objects of the study are to evaluate attitude towards the professional development activities of library professionals of Chhattisgarh. 150 questionnaires were distributed and 129 were received for this survey. The results of the study show that majority of the professionals have pursued higher degrees in library science and they have a positive attitude towards participation in professional development activities, training programs research opportunities. The majority of library professionals are qualifying with M Lib. & I. Sc. and working as a librarian. Most private LIS professionals are agreed for all professional’s activities like training opportunities are obtained, Post is as per the academic qualification, time and the opportunity to do research work, opportunity to be familiar with modern development, institution help in the contribution of personal development. The mean score of private library professionals is higher than government library professionals. It is found from the ANOVA table for professional’s development factors, there are no significant difference between the respondent’s attitudes towards professional development factors the different types of the institute, and private and government LIS professional.
Keywords - Academic Library, Professional development, Library professionals, Training opportunities and job satisfaction.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.3.2022.1567
Cite This Article As: Sahu, H.K. (2022) Job Satisfaction and Professional Development Activities: A Comparative Study of Chhattisgarh Academic Library Professionals. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(3) 96-104. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1567 Page: 96-104 Publication Date: 26 August 2022