LIS Professionals: Performance Appraisal System - Blueprint

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive plan for a Performance Appraisal System tailored specifically for Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals. With the growing complexity and evolving demands of library and information services, it is essential to establish an effective evaluation framework that ensures accountability, fosters professional growth, and enhances service quality. A paper measuring both personal and organisational objectives focuses on key components of a performance appraisal system: goal setting, competency evaluation, and feedback mechanisms. This proposed system is truly holistic in its approach, one that underpinned an insistence on a quantitative measure- resource usage, cataloguing efficiency, and a qualitative assessment- user satisfaction, and professional development.
This proposed system has a completely comprehensive approach, with a focus on both quantitative measures (resource utilization, cataloging efficiency) and qualitative assessments (user satisfaction, professional growth).