Mercado laboral y formación profesional: programas de educación continua y necesidad de formación especializada en Ciencias de la Información y Documentación

Abstract

The information society requires permanent changes in the training methods in academic education, in the library and information science case, these changes are related to the labour market requirements and in European case with the Bologna agreement. The market has increased the need to recruit specialized professionals in different knowledge areas, we can observe it trough the job offers that reflect the organizations need seeking specialized professional profiles. The labour market is looking for professional profiles that are able to adapting to new technologies and this is currently a cross professional challenges, to keep pace with the knowledge and, for information professionals one of the best options for continuing education is distance learning. As mentioned Hadengue (2004) «E-learning Strategies seems to offer more information than traditional training because is easier access to information»