@article{Ameen_Ameen_2017, title={The need and impact of learning “Personality Development & Communication Skills” in LIS education: a case study}, volume={18}, url={https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/MJLIS/article/view/1817}, abstractNote={<p>Ameen, K. (2013). The need and impact of learning “Personality Development & Communication Skills” in LIS education: a case study. <em>Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science</em>, <em><span lang="EN-MY">Vol.18, no. 1:</span></em> 15-25.</p> <p><em>This paper aims to probe the need and impact of teaching personality development, social and </em><em>communication skills as part of Library & Information Science (LIS) education. The Master </em><em>programme at the Department of Library & Information Science at University of the Punjab, Lahore </em><em>was taken as a case to study in this regard as the Department started a full 3 credit hour course on</em><br><em>‘Personality Development & Communication Skills’ in 2007. To meet the objective of the study, a </em><em>web-based survey was used for data collection. Those 4 sessions’ students who studied in this course </em><em>were asked to respond to the survey. The findings revealed that overall the course had a meaningful</em><br><em>influence on students’ personality growth, behaviour modification and social skills. However, written </em><em>communication skills were not much improved. The majority of respondents acknowledged the need </em><em>for extensive learning of social and communication skills for LIS professionals as part of LIS </em><em>education. It is assumed that this study will raise awareness in this regard among other schools in </em><em>the country and in the sister countries with comparable conditions.</em></p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, journal={Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science}, author={Ameen, Kanwal and Ameen, Kanwal}, year={2017}, month={Mar.} }