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Eze, Monica Eberechukwu; Aduba, Doris Emetarom – Journal of Information Literacy, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate information literacy (IL) education in library schools in Nigeria, to establish whether they are in line with international and national library and information science (LIS) standards ('library schools' here indicates departments offering LIS qualifications within higher education institutions). The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Library Schools, Library Education
Marcella, Rita; Oppenheim, Charles – Education for Information, 2020
The last decade has seen decline in the fortunes of the Library and Information Science (LIS) sector in the United Kingdom (UK), both in professional practice and in higher education. This paper sets out to assess the health and wellbeing of LIS teaching and research and to identify key strategies for its future survival. Over the past decade many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Library Education
Alexis D. Rittenberger – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research explores faculty management of the tensions between academia and practice. Using a mixed methods design, it consists of three separate studies with a focus on Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty. Using an exploratory sequential design, the studies are intended to identify the ways faculty connect with practitioners, to…
Descriptors: Faculty, Library Schools, Library Science, Information Science
Dickson, Maggie – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
Digital libraries and collections are a growing facet of today's traditional library. Digital library technologies have become increasingly more sophisticated in the effort to provide more and better access to the collections they contain. The evaluation of the usability of these technologies has not kept pace with technological developments,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Management Systems, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Line, Maurice B. – Education for Information, 2007
Since librarianship is making available and exploiting information for the benefit of people, librarians must know about information resources, about people, and about systems for linking resources and people. They need (1) basic abilities--literacy and numeracy; (2) organizational qualities, including vision, a questioning approach, perspective,…
Descriptors: Librarians, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, Information Scientists
Grogan, D. J. – Education for Information, 2007
Throughout the hundred years history of education for librarianship some issues have been discussed again and again without agreement being reached. A number of these are quite central to the problem of education for a profession: the desirability (or otherwise) of professional schools; the control of education by professional bodies; theory vs.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, History
Oller, A. Kathryn – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
The objectives, depth of coverage, structure, and content of the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science are described. The syllabus of the course is appended. (PF)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education, Library Schools
Weber, Rosemary – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
The student and faculty committee responsible for the day-to-day management of the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science is described. (PF)
Descriptors: Administration, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education
Garrison, Guy – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
The core courses in the library school curricula of several universities are surveyed and the new core course developed at Drexel University is described. (PF)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education, Library Schools
Painter, Ann F. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
The methods of instruction used for the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science are described. (PF)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Educational Methods, Higher Education, Library Education
Saracevic, Tefko – 1978
Concerned with the many pressures to which library education is subject all over the world, this paper concentrates on the relationship between the subject of librarianship, the subject of information science, and the accommodation of information science in library education. The emergence and domain of information science is briefly reviewed, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. – 1976
This outline, which briefly describes the American system of education with major emphasis on professional library education, was designed for the foreign student interested in pursuing a graduate degree in library science. Specific topics include the A.L.A. accreditation system for library schools, the semester system, application and admission…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Library Education, Library Schools

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

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
Bloch, Eileen, Comp.; And Others – 1977
This paper discusses the rationale for faculty rank, status, and tenure for librarians at the College of Charleston. A brief historical overview of the profession of librarianship traces the evolution of the function of the today's librarian as a participant in the processes of teaching and research. Standards for academic status are given, as…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Education