This article argues that the MLIS curriculum should offer information ethics courses that enable future information professionals to develop their imaginative powers through close study and discussion of fiction. LIS students reading ethical theory and fiction bring the two into conversation and as a result reach a better understanding of both.…

Library and information science (LIS) as a discipline is constantly changing in line with the trends of the profession, so in order to ensure that LIS curriculum in higher education addresses the needs of contemporary stakeholders, evidence-based evaluation is needed. Student satisfaction has become an important factor in considering the success…

This paper aims at presenting disability issues in library and information science education in general and in Greece in particular. It also examines whether issues such as people with disabilities, accessibility, alternative format material and assistive technologies are incorporated in the library schools' curricula. Furthermore, the results of…

Illustrates a structured, yet individualized, curricular model that should contribute toward the student's understanding of any aspect of information handling that may be encountered in the field or in graduate programs. (Author/PF)

On the premise that the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of information requirements in today's world calls for a new approach to information science education, a curriculum involving a truly generalist approach at the undergraduate level and a work-study program at the graduate level is proposed. (2 references) (Author/KE)

Comments on problems encountered when attempting to devise international standards for training of archivists and record managers, i.e., problems of cultural, linguistics, and administrative discontinuities between major regions of the world, and questions of harmonizing archival training with that of other information workers. Curriculum…

Special librarianship, existing midway between librarianship and information science, requires specialized schools, special admission criteria, and a specialized curriculum with emphasis on librarian involvement with users in the environmental context of their needs. (Author)

The development and present state of the Center for Post-Graduate Study in Librarianship, Documentation and Information Sciences is described. At present the center offers two graduate degrees in the areas of 1.) librarianship; 2.) museology; 3.) archivistics; and 4.) information sciences and services. This paper centers primarily on librarianship…

Examines the definitions of information science, the general development of information science education, and its present status in graduate library education in Canada, including specific lists of courses offered and a list of information science topics. (CWM)

Discussed are present trends in library education in information science, as based on a survey of course offerings found in library school catalogs. The courses offered are divided into five basic categories, and new directions in library education for information science are discussed. Recommendations for improvement of curricula are included.…

Reports the extent and content of introductory information science instruction at 79 of the 105 member schools of the Association of American Library Schools (AALS). Of the 58 schools offering computer programming instruction, 38 teach BASIC; 18, PL/I-PL/C; 15, COBOL; and 12, FORTRAN. Twelve references are listed. (RAA)

Describes the historical development of the School of Library and Information Science at the State University of New York at Albany, as well as its goals, emphases, and objectives; degree programs offered; past, prospective, and progressing students; and the future of the program. (CHC)

This directory of 14 units at universities offering programs in librarianship and information science and their professional personnel provides a descriptive overview of the extent and variety of training in these fields available in South Africa in 1979. It includes, in separate sections, a directory of institutions; information about…

This proceedings of a conference at the School of Library and Information Science at SUNY-Albany includes two presentations on diagnostics and strategies for change, from the faculty viewpoint and from the administrative viewpoint; three papers on curricular changes and paradigms; and comments by a three-member reactor panel. (MBR)

A description of the program offered at the School of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University is offered. The main orientation is towards the transfer of knowledge and know-how in information science to the needs of development and towards the policies for information in developing countries. (Author/AP)