CAREER GUIDANCE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES OF THE ALTAI STATE INSTITUTE OF CULTURE IN THE DIRECTION OF “LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ACTIVITIES”

Abstract

The relevance of career guidance work in the modern information space is beyond doubt. The article highlights the experience of career guidance work of the Department of Library Science and Information Technologies of the Altai State Institute of Culture in the direction of “Library and Information Activities”. The authors consider features of career guidance work, taking into account the stereotypical perception and “closeness” of the librarian profession, the possibility of using distance technologies in the process of its promotion and popularization, the importance of a personalized approach to career guidance work with applicants, the role of the faculty of the department in presenting the possibilities and prospects of the profession “specialist in library and information activities”. Approaches to the organization and conduct of career guidance work with applicants tested by the department can be adapted and used in educational institutions of various levels.