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Tague, Jean – Canadian Library Journal, 1979
Examines the definitions of information science, the general development of information science education, and its present status in graduate library education in Canada, including specific lists of courses offered and a list of information science topics. (CWM)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Curriculum, Essays, Graduate Study

Gleaves, Edwin S. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1982
Focuses on what author perceives to be trends of the 1980s in library education; i.e., dominance of electronic technology and its applications in information science; the stabilization of enrollments; continuing shift in programs from private to public universities; and lack of acceptance of 2-year master's programs. Forty-six references are…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Computer Science, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1980
This compilation of papers presented at the sixteenth annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing presents 13 papers on the library within the context of technological developments in publishing and related facets of human communication. Instead of focusing on library automation per se, the contributors have chosen to look at various…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Electronic Equipment, Information Dissemination

Saracevic, Tefko – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Presents personal analysis of information science as a field of scientific inquiry and professional practice that has evolved over the past half-century. Examines origin of information science in respect to problems of the information explosion, social role of field, nature of "information," structure of field in terms of problems addressed,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Industry, Information Retrieval, Information Science