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Direct linkLund, Brady D.; Wang, Ting; White, Danica E. – Education for Information, 2019
This article presents an overview of the popular rankings (US News and World Report, QS World Rankings) of U.S.-based library and information science (LIS) education programs and the shortcomings of each ranking. It calls for a new, more objective ranking of LIS programs that will more accurately assess quality and sustainability of these programs…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Universities, Library Schools, Information Science Education
Harvey, Ross – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The author asserts that something is wrong with university-based education for librarianship in Australia. Librarianship does not have a clear disciplinary identity in universities. The lack of differentiation between the roles of technicians and professionals clouds the issue. For these and other reasons, education for librarianship in Australia…
Descriptors: Library Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Download full textTakeuchi, Hiroya; Kim, Yong Won – 1999
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the elements affecting the weakness of the library and information science (LIS) profession in Japan in terms of quality of education, the employment system, and career development of Japanese librarians. It also provides an overview of the current status of LIS education in Japan and examines the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, Employment Patterns
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
This report provides statewide analyses of graduate programs in education, library and information sciences, and of programs at all levels in law and legal studies in Illinois, preparatory to the public universities' review of these programs during 1995-96. Based on the Priorities, Quality, and Productivity (PQP) initiative undertaken by the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Degrees (Academic), Educational Attainment, Educational Demand
