Serie N° 98: Bibliotecólogos en Chile: educación y mercado.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to contribute with current and systematized information to institutions that train and educate librarians in Chile. The curriculum offered by the schools of library science in Chile; the requirements and functions the labor market requires from librarians; and the relationship that exist between the two of them were analyzed. The scope of the study covers curricula of the schools of library science of the following universities: Playa Ancha, Tecnológica Metropolitana, Alberto Hurtado y Católica de la Santísima Concepción. The functional requirements for librarians of 418 job offers published by the Chilean Library Association between 2011 and 2014 were analyzed. The curriculum courses were classified in 10 areas of knowledge, as well as the requisites for librarians in the job offers. This classification allowed establishing a priority scale and a relational analysis between both, schools of library science and employers.