Entrepreneurial skills for employability, job creation and productivity for Library and Information Technology practitioners

Abstract

The present information epoch is characterised by global dwindling employment, ubiquitous economic recession and industrial crises among others. It is imperative for library and information technology practitioners to be adequately armed with entrepreneurial skills which would enhance their continuous productivity and employability in this technology/knowledge driven society. Acquiring and utilising entrepreneurial remain the sine qua non to joblessness and under development among library and information technology practitioners in an age characterized with stiff competition among alternative information providers. An array of job opportunities (ranging from publishing, bookshop business, information brokerage etctera) that are available for library and information technology practitioners who employ entrepreneurial skills are provided.