Career guidance through libraries in higher educational institutions

Abstract

In the contemporary society a young person is in need of skills like the ability to communicate and get along with people and the ability to think ahead besides acquiring academic qualifications. The career life planning process empowers students to choose right career, as well as acquire skills and sharpen capabilities to acquire and manage the chosen career. Modern libraries should look out for new methods of serving the users in a better way. This paper highlights the role of libraries in providing career information services to college students. It discusses different methods to be used by the libraries to disseminate career information. The importance of providing Internet services to career seekers is also highlighted. An attempt has made to identify some of the problems faced by the libraries in providing qualitative career information services to its users and few suggestions are made to improve career information services in libraries.