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Laney, Elizabeth J. – Library Trends, 1988
Surveys the history of library education and publishing from 1876 to the present in order to examine the relationship between the curriculum in library science schools and library literature. The emphasis is on how publishing for library education is influenced by changes in curriculum and how practice in librarianship influences both. (58…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Library Education, Library Schools
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Stieg, Lewis F. – Library Trends, 1979
Discusses the origins of theoretical structure in academic librarianship through a review of the literature. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Development, Higher Education, Historical Reviews
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Childers, Thomas – Library Trends, 1984
Discussion of the importance of research in library education highlights library schools as producers of research; quality and amount of faculty output; factors affecting faculty research activity; student research output (particularly that of doctoral students); schools as research educators; and schools, research, and the profession. Forty-one…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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della Cava, Olha – Library Trends, 1988
Provides an overview of third world library literature from 1980-85. The current state of professional publishing is examined for Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The role of library schools, professional organizations, national libraries, government information agencies, and commercial firms in the production of library…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Higher Education
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Montanelli, Dale S.; Mak, Collette – Library Trends, 1988
This study of the way librarians use the library literature examined interlibrary loan requests at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Data were analyzed on: subjects, journals, and years requested; library types; patron types; and citation sources. The practical and technical aspects of librarianship were found to be the most…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Personnel
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Banks, Paul N. – Library Trends, 1981
Provides historical perspectives on preservation of records and highlights needs in library preservation, including a systems or engineering approach to conservation problem solving. Current educational efforts of Library of Congress and United States library schools such as School of Library Service at Columbia University are outlined. Two…
Descriptors: Archives, Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education
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Williamson, William Landram – Library Trends, 1986
Considers the numbers, qualifications, and changing characteristics of the almost 200,000 students who have completed a year of successful study at a U.S. library school during the last century. Highlights include the beginnings (1887-1900), expansion (1900-1921), reforms (1921-1950), diversification (1950s-1980s), and annual and cumulative…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Higher Education, History
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Miksa, Francis L. – Library Trends, 1986
Assesses Melvil Dewey's role in establishing and shaping formal education for librarianship. Highlights include Dewey and library education through 1885; impact of Columbia College; Dewey's educational views (rationalization for library work, qualifications of a librarian, personal qualifications and college education, technical qualifications and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, History
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Hildenbrand, Suzanne – Library Trends, 1999
Looks at the changing character of education for librarianship in the Information Age, examining the issues of equity for women and people of color and emphasizing faculty and students in the emerging curriculum. Examines relative support for Library Science and for Information Science courses, measured by faculty distribution in the two areas.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Stone, Elizabeth W. – Library Trends, 1986
Highlights concepts and developments over past century in continuing library education. Library school initiatives in 1960s, contribution of Association of American Library Schools (AALS), the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE), and roles of state library agencies, federal government, professional associations, and academic…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, History, Institutional Role
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Genz, Marcella D. – Library Trends, 1998
Examines historical reasons for the reference desk and workers to establish how reference work has been circumscribed, describes how it has evolved, and attempts to define perimeters between tasks and duties of paraprofessionals and professionals. Highlights the Williamson Report (1923) on training for library services and considers how practices…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Librarians, Library Education, Library History
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Lynch, Mary Jo – Library Trends, 1984
Offers definitions for four general categories of research--practical, bibliographical, scholarly, scientific--and discusses connections of research to librarianship, the introduction of scientific research methodology in librarianship, activities related to scientific research, users of research, faculty status, professional organizations and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Associations
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Weigand, Wayne A. – Library Trends, 1986
Overview of significant changes in library education during last century discusses example of Clara Mable Brooks, 1912 graduate of Illinois State Library School; literature on professionalism; librarianship and cultural and intellectual authority; character of library science students; ideology of "library spirit"; authority and quality…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Curriculum, Higher Education
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Totten, Herman L.; Keys, Ronald L. – Library Trends, 1994
Argues that management knowledge is not being successfully transferred through schools of library and information studies management courses. An analytical model of leadership should be implemented in the curriculum to emphasize creativity, risk-taking, innovation, and intuition. The model would include a discussion of these elements and their…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Change, Curriculum Development
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Swisher, Robert; And Others – Library Trends, 1985
The major finding of this study which identified motivation-to-manage levels is that there is no evidence of any significant difference between the motivation-to-manage scores of males and females who are either (1) master's students preparing for careers in academic librarianship or (2) practitioners of academic librarianship. Thirty references…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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