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Download full textHelkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
Kirk, Joyce – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses the nature of information and considers objective versus subjective views of information; examines concepts dealing with information practice, including access to and use of information; and discusses impacts on the education of information professionals based on a course offered at the University of Technology (Australia). (Contains 13…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Course Content, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFord, N. J. – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1983
Discusses criticisms relating to education for library and information work that are interpreted as centering on level of meaningfulness, relevance of content to working practice, and development of personal qualities in addition to academic abilities. Questions raised by Maurice Line in first issue of journal are considered. (22 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Higher Education, Information Science
Peer reviewedDetlefsen, Ellen Gay – Library Trends, 1993
Reviews factors that are changing ways in which medical librarians and health information specialists are educated. Employment sites for medical librarians are listed; current faculty and coursework at library and information science programs in the United States and Canada are discussed; doctoral research is described; and medical informatics is…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Content, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change
Peer reviewedBrowne, Mairead – Australian Library Journal, 1986
Outlines the processes undertaken at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education to identify an appropriate basis for a course to educate information professionals to work in a range of positions inside and outside the library setting. The philosophies, assumptions, and beliefs of the course design team are presented. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
Saunders, Wilfred L. – 1982
Based on a 1982 study trip to the Socialist Republic (SR) of Macedonia in Yugoslavia, this report describes the need for professional library education in Macedonia and presents recommendations for the establishment of a master's degree program in information studies at the University of Skopje. Sections cover the trip itinerary; professional…
Descriptors: Course Content, Foreign Countries, Graduate School Faculty, Guidelines
Peer reviewedMangla, P. B. – Education for Information, 1994
Reviews formal postgraduate-level library and information science programs offered by universities, documentation centers, and research institutions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Highlights include historical background; admission requirements; length of program; curricula; faculty; course content; research; administrative…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, College Curriculum
Peer reviewedBelay, Getinet – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1992
Discusses the trends in multiculturalism research, the importance of cultural diversity in the curriculum, and strategies for operationalizing a multicultural curriculum in library and information science education. Topics addressed include pedagogical methodology, leaning style, and course and program design. (97 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedMcGarry, Kevin – Journal of Documentation, 1983
Charts main trends in professional education for librarianship and information science based on United Kingdom educational practices in 1970s. Structure of courses, problems of formulating a theoretical basis, environment of need, the curricula, problems of the core curriculum, and research in curriculum development are highlighted. A 129-item…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFrisse, Mark E. – Academic Medicine, 1997
An imaginary curriculum on use of information technology for medical purposes is described. The six core courses address these topics: introduction to complexity; decisions and outcomes; scarcity and conflict; teamwork and organizations; representing knowledge and action; and groupware and collaboration. The curriculum is based on the conception…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Course Content
Peer reviewedStephenson, Mary Sue – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1990
Discussion of the lack of research productivity by library practitioners focuses on a survey of American and Canadian library schools that was conducted to examine basic research methods courses offered as part of the M.L.S. degree. Oral and written communication skills, statistical instruction, and use of computer-based statistical software are…
Descriptors: Authors, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Peer reviewedDurrance, Joan C. – Library Trends, 1986
Describes factors shaping library and information science field to illustrate the need for continuing education (CE), and constructs a de facto library school CE role based on indicators developed from examination of patterns in presence of CE coordinator, CE pattern statistics, course content, costs, and CE announcements in professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competency Based Education, Costs, Course Content
