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Sargent, Aloha R.; Becker, Bernd W.; Klingberg, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This case study analyzes the use of library school interns on subject-based teams for the social sciences, humanities, and sciences in the San Jose State University Library. Interns worked closely with team librarians on reference, collection development/management, and instruction activities. In a structured focus group, interns reported that the…
Descriptors: Library Schools, Library Science, Internship Programs, Academic Libraries
Bates, Marcia J. – Library Journal, 1986
Offers advice to librarians considering doctoral study in library and information science. Highlights include the difference between academic and professional degrees and how to select a school, choose a specialty, and evaluate the quality of a program. (EM)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
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Tees, Miriam – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Reviews some of the many career opportunities outside the traditional library for library and information studies school graduates as identified by recent surveys. The adequacy of school curriculums in preparing students for these roles is evaluated, useful courses are identified, and current trends in information science education are identified.…
Descriptors: Careers, Curriculum Evaluation, Emerging Occupations, Employment Opportunities
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Mayfield, M. Kent – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1985
Considers actions that educational institutions and accreditation agencies (major self-regulation mechanisms in postsecondary education) should take to shape future of library and information science education. The Accreditation Project initiated following the September 1984 Invitational Conference on Accreditation sponsored by Association for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation
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Bates, Marcia J – College & Research Libraries, 1998
Refutes the claim that top-rated programs in library science tend to maintain and enhance their reputation by hiring their own and each other's graduates and that this pattern of inbreeding was likely to be harmful to the field. Concludes convincing evidence was not provided and the true situation may be other than claimed. (PEN)
Descriptors: Debate, Employment Patterns, Faculty, Graduate Students
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Broadbent, Marianne – Australian Library Journal, 1986
Examines a number of issues facing the Australian library and information services community in the area of continuing education, including recommendations of the Library Association of Australia, the cost of continuing education activities, the role and responsibility of schools of library and information studies, and notions of coordination.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science
Holley, Edward G. – American Libraries, 1986
Questions the future of the Master of Library Science (MLS) Degree in a field which in the past has criticized and doubted its professionalism. At a conference sponsored by the Association for Library and Information Science Education, educators and librarians discussed problems of the field and projected areas of change. (CDD)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Leadership, Library Automation, Library Education
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Piternick, Anne B. – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Summarizes views presented by three speakers from the Canadian library and information community in a workshop at a joint conference of two professional associations. Topics addressed were the state of research in public, academic, and special libraries; the need for library research; and how to find funding to support research. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Faculty, Financial Support
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Horrocks, Norman – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses developments in library and information science education in Canada and the United States. Topics covered include schools' change of emphasis from "library" to "information," interdisciplinary programs, specialization, joint degrees, and continuing education. (CDD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Conferences, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic)