Leldes Petrovskas un Toma Buņķa plakāts "Bakalaura studiju programmas "Informācijas pārvaldība" absolventi: darba tirgus un apmierinātība", kas tika prezentēts starptautiskajā simpozijā BOBCATSSS 2014 Barselonā, Spānijā.

1. What did you do after you got
your bachelor`s degree?
What did you do after you got
your bachelor`s degree?
Was or is your job linked to
the library sector?
Was or is your job linked to
the library sector?
The salary of employees working in the
sector of library science.
(Total revenue after tax.)
The salary of employees working in the
sector of library science.
(Total revenue after tax.)
Do you consider your salary to be
satisfactory?
(Only the answers of the employees working in
the library sector full time job.)
Do you consider your salary to be
satisfactory?
(Only the answers of the employees working in the library sector.)
With my education, I can get a job not only
in a library.
With my education, I can get a job not only
in a library.
Librarian - Information specialist is a
perspective profession.
Librarian - Information specialist is a
perspective profession.
INTRODUCTION
This research reflects results about the career possibilities and work opportunities for students who have graduated from the Information Management
(IM) bachelor programme and the choices they have made.
The conducted research was based on comparision of the opinions both of graduates of the former bachelor programme „Library Science and
Information” (LI) and the present bachelor programme „Information Management” (IM). The methods used:
 Questionnaire: Questionnaire; respondents - graduates from the IM bachelor programme – 46 (68%);Questionnaire; respondents - graduates from the
bachelor programme „Library Science and Information” – 114 (52%); (research done by K.Mavrina, 2013); Comparison of results of both the
questionnaires.
 Interviews with Baiba Holma, associate profesor, the head of the Department of Information and Library Studies of the University of Latvia, director of
the bachelor programme „Information Management” and with Iveta Gudakovska, director, the Library of the University of Latvia.
INTERVIEW
with Iveta Gudakovska, director of the Library of the University of Latvia.
 Up to now, I have not noticed a great difference between the graduates
of the LI programme and the graduates of the IM programme, as the
people who have graduated from the IM programme are just beginning
their work at the Library of the University of Latvia. Students are
different - the curriculum is not always completely mastered and it is
not always adequately used at work.
 Theoretically, graduates of the IM programme should have more work
possibilities in the job market if compared with graduates of the LI
programme, but in practice it might not be that way. It relies greatly on
the amount of knowledge the potiential employer has on the study
programme and on the way graduates demonstrate their skills.
CONCLUSIONS
 The number of graduates from the IM bachelor
programme, who continue to study in the IM master's
programme, is 15% bigger than that from the LI bachelor
programme. It can be concluded that more recent
graduates from the IM programme chose to continue
their studies than those from the LI programme.
 From 56% respondents who do not work in the field, it is
possible to conclude the main reason why graduates did
not choose to continue their studies in the same field:
they have been offered a better job or they were not
satisfied with the low income in the field.
 Both the interviewed field experts agree that the
information managment field is rapidly evolving, thus
creating new opportunities in the electronic environment.
 The graduates who made the survey also consider their
profession perspetive and long-range.
INTERVIEW
with Baiba Holma, associate profesor, the head of the Department of Information
and Library Studies of the University of Latvia, director of the bachelor
programme „Information Management”.
 IM programme was created improving LI programme and supplementing it with
courses on records and information management.
 IM is based on studies of technologies and the electronic environment. Different
kinds of literature studies are no longer included in this programme.
 Nowadays, many novelties have appeared that ensure possibilities of achieving
the same goals with new methods.
 Electronic environment, which goes on improving and evolving, is dominant.
 The information field is integrating within other fields, especially social media
and publishing, aggregating, managing information in the electronic
environment.
by Lelde Petrovska and Toms Buņķis, University of Latvia
Photo of National Library of Latvia by Artūrs Sokolovs
Graduates
2010—2013
Graduates
before 2010
48%
24%
22%
6%
Started working/ continued to work
Continued my studies in the Library Science and
Information program to get my master's degree
Continued my studies in another program to get
another master's degree
Didn`t work/ didn`t study
74%
26%
Yes No
72%
28%
Yes No
<285 € 285-425
€
425-570
€
570-710
€
>710 € No
answer
0
55%
30%
0
5%
10%
Graduates of the bachelor programme “Information Management”: job market and satisfaction
(Case of Latvia)
Completely
agree
Agree Disagree Completely
disagree
Don`t
know/ no
answer
26%
48%
4%
7%
15%
48%
30%
7%
9% 6%
Started working/ continued to work
Continued my studies in LI program to get my master`s degree.
Continued my studies in another program to get another master`s degree.
Continued my studies in LI program to get my master`s degree + started
working/ continued to work
Other
60%20%
20%
Yes No Don`t know/ no answer
Completely
agree
Agree Disagree Completely
disagree
Don`t know/
No answer
12%
50%
21%
6%
11%
Completely
agree
Agree Disagree Completely
disagree
Don`t
know/ no
answer
17%
50%
11%
4%
17%
Completely
agree
Agree Disagree Completely
disagree
Don`t
know/No
answer
12%
53%
20%
4%
11%
<285 € 285-425
€
425-570
€
570-710
€
>710 €
7%
34%
41%
9% 9%
33%
57%
10%
Yes No Don`t know/ no answer