Philosophy

ePortfolio Guidelines for Philosophy: Your professional philosophy is your view of the field of LIS and how you fit into that field. You will need to speak both broadly about the LIS field and specifically to your area of concentration or expertise in LIS. In creating your philosophy,

• You must highlight your views on the values and ethics of libraries that you believe are important to your future work.

• Your philosophy must be based on knowledge of and/or experience with meeting the needs of all patrons, including members of diverse populations.

• You must reference examples from your experience and coursework to demonstrate how you will be as a professional and how you will contribute to the contexts and communities which you will be working with in the future.

Your philosophy should not be an embedded document. Include your philosophy statement on the webpage.