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Hider, Philip; Kennan, Mary Anne; Hay, Lyn; McCausland, Sigrid; Qayyum, Asim – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The paper describes a recent review of Library and Information Management courses offered by the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, and the resulting program of curriculum renewal and expansion. This program aimed to address concerns over the long-term sustainability of the courses and respond to an increasingly converging…
Descriptors: Information Management, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Science
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Wilmott, Deirdre; Knox, Ian – Education for Information, 2012
It has been suggested that traditional assessment practices in tertiary institutions tend not to equip students well for the processes of effective learning in a learning society [1]. This paper reviews alternative Internet based assessment practices used in Library, Business and Education courses at the University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Information Management
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Wise, Sharyn; Henninger, Maureen; Kennan, Mary Anne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
The study reported in this paper is part of a larger program of studies designed to review and renew the curricula of Library and Information Science (LIS) and the broader Information Management (IM) courses. This paper analysed job advertisements as readily accessible indicators of the knowledge, skills, and competencies required of IPs by…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Science
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Murray, Janet; Carroll, Mary – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
The reasons why students who already hold a tertiary qualification and wish to pursue a career in librarianship/information management choose to undertake a VET LIS para-professional qualification in preference to a postgraduate qualification in LIS have received little formal attention. This paper reports the results of research undertaken to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Certification, Information Management
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Genoni, Paul; Smith, Kerry – Australian Library Journal, 2005
This paper reports on the results of a survey of destinations for students from librarianship and records management courses at Curtin University of Technology for the period 1998-2002. The survey includes the type of work currently being undertaken by graduates, the security of tenure in their position, the level of professionalism in their…
Descriptors: Information Management, Employment Patterns, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
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Myburgh, Sue – Australian Library Journal, 2003
Information professionals and those who educate them face enormous challenges. Increasingly easy access to communication media and information is altering perceptions of the very nature of information work, globally. There is no doubt that there are many challenges facing present and prospective information professionals too. These include issues…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Information Scientists, Information Technology, Global Approach