«library Profession Studies» in the Educational Process

The article characterizes the significant aspects of the academic disci-pline «Library Profession Studies» studied at East Siberian state institute of culture by the graduate students majoring in 51.04.06 «Library and Infor-mation Activities», profile «Theory and Methodology of Library and Pedagog-ical Activities». The emphasis is made on theoretical aspects, problems of pro-fessionalism of the library personnel, features of course application of the li-brary specialist’s professiogram and psychogram, library mythology, librarians’ professional self-awareness and the role of the specialist’s personality in the library profession.