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Direct linkAbels, Eileen G.; Howarth, Lynne C.; Smith, Linda C. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
An Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded National Forum Planning Grant "Envisioning Our Information Future and How to Educate for It" brought together a diverse group of stakeholders to lay the framework for re-visioning LIS education. This article describes three take-aways from the 2015 forum: encourage wide…
Descriptors: Information Scientists, Stakeholders, Models, Library Science
Holley, Edward G.; Kenan, William Rand, Jr. – 1989
The question "What is the role for research in library and information science?" lies at the heart of an ongoing project sponsored by the Office of Library Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. The project, which was begun in 1986-87, is designed to identify researchable issues that could help libraries attain or maintain a leadership…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Discussion Groups, Higher Education
DeLoach, Marva L. – Library Journal, 1985
Reports on the First African and African-American International Federation of Library Associations Pre-Conference Seminar, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 1984. Papers and issues highlighted cover publishing and ethnic collections, combatting racism, children's services, school libraries, public library services, academic libraries,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Official opening statements, organizational reports, and papers on libraries in a technological world, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) welcoming addresses by Franz Georg Kaltwasser and Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner; (2) opening speeches by Else Granheim (IFLA president)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGlendenning, Barbara J.; Gordon, James C. – Library Trends, 1997
Libraries must identify and foster the inherent personal characteristics and skills considered most relevant for leadership in the field of information management. Professional library associations play an important role in teaching and developing skills by providing experiential opportunities for their membership. Career models for academic or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Careers, Information Industry, Information Management
Mathews, Anne J., Ed. – 1988
This report is the third in a set of three reports from the project, "Issues in Library Research: Proposals for the 1990s," which was launched in September 1986 to investigate library and information science issues in order to assess the current state of the profession and identify a research agenda to lead into the next decade. This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Science
Smith, Linda C., Ed. – 1983
The 10 papers included in this volume consider how professional roles and responsibilities have been and are being affected by technological change and what competencies are important in filling these roles. In addition, approaches to training and education to develop competencies--which are defined as knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes--are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computers
Granheim, Else; And Others – 1984
Opening remarks by Else Granheim, President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), address the meeting theme--"The Basis of Library and Information Services for National Development"--with special attention to the promotion of the reading habit and adult education. Remarks cover IFLA activities in the past…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Developing Nations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on national libraries which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Lenin State Library in Transition" (N. S. Kartashov, The Lenin State Library, USSR); (2) "Preserving for Access" (Guy Sylvestre, Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science
