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Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Libraries. – 1983
This glossary of terms includes definitions for over 500 words, acronyms, initialisms, and phrases generally used in librarianship or used specifically in Colorado State University (CSU) libraries. The glossary is in alphabetical order. Cross references and multiple definitions are provided where necessary. A four-item annotated bibliography…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, College Libraries, Definitions, Glossaries
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Winston, Mark – College & Research Libraries, 1998
Argues that aggressive and informed recruitment efforts are needed to reflect the library and information science (LIS) profession's commitment to a diverse work force. Discusses recruitment theory, outlining personal factors influencing recruitment, and implications for practice. Makes recommendations for LIS recruitment efforts. (PEN)
Descriptors: Career Development, Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Information Science
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Martell, Charles R. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Six myths regarding libraries are discussed: libraries are at center of intellectual life; book is sacred; libraries are responsive to information needs of various publics; objective evaluation is common decision-making practice; librarianship model fosters active client-oriented behaviors; library school education alone provides sufficient…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Higher Education, Libraries, Library Education
Nitecki, Joseph Z. – 1995
This study is a sequel to "Metalibrarianship." The previous work formulated a specific model for the philosophical interpretation of librarianship, and the present essay provides a wide-ranging reference to different views on the philosophy of librarianship. The review of philosophical viewpoints about library information science (LIS)…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Criticism, Essays, Higher Education
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Bates, Marcia J. – Library & Information Science Research, 1998
An analysis of publication types and the use of citations in studies of library and information science (LIS) program quality suggests that publication types should be differentiated, that book publication is important, and that the role of humanities-oriented faculty may be lost without attention to book production. Presents a formula for LIS…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education, Information Science
Bates, Marcia J. – Library Journal, 1986
Offers advice to librarians considering doctoral study in library and information science. Highlights include the difference between academic and professional degrees and how to select a school, choose a specialty, and evaluate the quality of a program. (EM)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
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Sable, Martin H. – International Library Review, 1984
Describes in detail six component features of teaching reference: lectures by instructor; assigned readings for class discussion; student reports; library "lab" sessions; case-study discussion; and speakers and library visits. Importance of planning and time-scheduling, comparative value of each component, grading, and element of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Courses, Higher Education
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Moffett, William A. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discussion of professional status of the college librarian includes a definition of "colleges," decline of status of college library in American Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries, crisis in higher education and implications for colleges, bias against "small" in academic librarianship,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Associations
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Prentice, Ann E. – Catholic Library World, 1984
Discusses professional ethics in librarianship as system of values and rules that govern way in which librarians view and practice their profession. Background, definition of terms (ethics, professional), development of codes of ethics, history of American Library Association Code of Ethics and 1981 statement, and role of education are covered.…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Ethics, Higher Education, Librarians
California Univ., Los Angeles. Dept. of Library and Information Science. – 2000
This document outlines the Portfolio Assessment Requirement for students entering the Master of Information Science (MIS) program at the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall of 1997 and after who have the option of preparing a portfolio or writing a thesis. First, the two general and three specific goals of the portfolio assessment…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Higher Education, Information Science, Library Science
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Abrera, Josefa B. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1987
This examination of the literature on doctoral programs, dissertations, and graduates in library and information science identifies trends in the establishment and development of these programs, as well as overriding themes in the literature during three time periods based on the publication of the landmark Danton report in 1959. (CLB)
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Brodman, Estelle – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1985
Discusses factors that combined to make it possible for health sciences libraries to take initiative for developing technological methods and skills needed for computer librarianship before other types of libraries entered the field: size, money, medical center background, requirements of users, state of health science libraries and librarians,…
Descriptors: Computers, Higher Education, History, Library Automation
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Gapen, D. Kaye – College and Research Libraries, 1984
This paper examines the current rate of change in university libraries and makes projections of future rates of change. Highlights include technological innovations, change models (particularly the Stages of Growth organizational change model), organization and administration of university libraries, and implications of change for librarianship.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Administration
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Parson, Willie L. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discusses a paradigm for academic librarianship that requires greater sensitivity to and identification with needs of library users. Centrality of library academic community is questioned, noting insistence of librarians on independent status of library and failure of bibliographic instruction programs to make issue of critical thinking top…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Beliefs, Higher Education, Information Needs
Bard, Therese Bissen – 1987
This curriculum plan for the Diploma Programme in Library/Information Studies at the University of the South Pacific was designed to meet the needs of undergraduate library/information education in the South Pacific region. The program is presented through distance education to students in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Solomon…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements
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