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Wilson, Pauline – American Libraries, 1984
Examines issues arising from recent controversy associated with American Library Association's (ALA) support of MLS degree as minimum requirement for professional employment. Highlights include ALA involvement in legal cases and viewpoints of ALA groups focusing on goals, constituency and handling of conflict versus nature of librarianship and its…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Graduate Study, Librarians, Library Associations
Specialization in Library/Information Science Education: Issues, Scenarios, and the Need for Action.
Download full textMcClure, Charles R.; Hert, Carol A. – 1991
Library/Information Science (LIS) education is facing cataclysmic change brought about by changes in the information professions. LIS education must provide education for the evolving information professions or it will become obsolete. Two central characteristics describe the status of LIS schools and their likely evolution. First is the depth and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Educational History
