Career choice, satisfaction,and perceptions about their professional image
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting career choice, job
satisfaction, and perceptions of the public image of librarians in Kuwait
Literature review
The public image and status has been and continues to be a source of major concern for
librarians worldwide. In 1992, the IFLA sponsored an international study of the status
and image of the information profession and the people who practice it (Prins and Gier,
1995). Questionnaires were sent to 152 organizations in 90 countries. In response,
292 individuals from 34 countries from all over the world, except the Middle East,
returned the questionnaires. A large majority of the respondents (82.3 percent)
considered the status of the library profession to be low whereas only 10 percent
disagreed. The top eight of the 17 listed factors that contributed to the low image and
status as selected by the respondents are