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Cottam, Keith M. – Library Journal, 1986
This essay on the issue of qualifications for librarianship highlights debate over the Master of Library Science (MLS) as legitimate academic credential or minimum qualification, use of the MLS, change and new directions that are transforming field of librarianship, nonlibrarian specialists, and professional role and behavior. Ten sources are…
Descriptors: Credentials, Graduate Study, Librarians, Library Education
Martin, Susan K. – Library Journal, 1986
Examines focal points for chronic tension between library educators and practitioners: changing programs and students, experience versus education in new personnel, criticism of practitioners, and accreditation. Comparison of library and information education with education for other professions and questions for commission on excellence in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrators, College Curriculum, Graduate Study
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 1991
Reports on discussions from the 1991 ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) Annual Conference about modernizing the curricula of doctoral programs; federal funding for doctoral education; evaluating faculty performance; research on a range of topics by ALISE members; the closing of Columbia University's library program;…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Faculty Evaluation
