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 article addresses a framework for conceptualizing the preparation of leaders for the library and information science (LIS) profession. The framework has three components: curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment (CPA). Moreover, this framework is mirrored in examples from two LIS programs (one in Finland and one in the United States) and…

This comparative case study evaluated the role of foreign language study within the Library and Information Science (LIS) curriculum of two programs in the United States and Honduras. The purpose of this research was to understand the significance and usefulness of language courses from the perspective of the students enrolled. Students who had…

Technology should not be allowed to dictate objectives and procedures; the study of users and their needs, and the social role of information transfer, should be given more emphasis in curricula in order to avoid over-emphasis on techniques at the expense of services. (8 references) (Author)

A brief account of the design and implementation of the first full-time one-year post-graduate course in science information work in Israel is presented. (Author/AB)

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.…

The significance of this study is demonstrated not only in that it identifies what exits in the present curricula in Information Science, but also in the identification of what is lacking. (Author)

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…

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)

Seventy schools of library and information science in 13 countries responded to a 1972 questionnaire on educational and training programs. The survey was conducted to review the current position and trends in training and education for library and information science. Respondents were questioned on the need for change, mechanization, theory and…