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Faizan Irfana; Muhammad Rafiq; Khalid Mahmood – Education for Information, 2024
The primary goal of this study was to identify gaps in curriculum coverage and required skills for research support services (RSS) in university libraries in the Punjab province of Pakistan. A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used to meet its objective. To collect data for the quantitative strand, across-sectional survey with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development
Iulian Vamanu – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2023
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.…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science, Masters Degrees, Curriculum
Hider, Philip – Education for Information, 2018
The intellectual origins of information organization (IO) as a field of study are examined by tracing the use of the terms, "information organization", "knowledge organization", "bibliographic control", and their variants, and by surveying the educational texts dealing with the various component activities of IO,…
Descriptors: Information Management, Library Science, Information Science, Library Education
Chellappandi, P.; Vijayakumar, C. S. – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2018
This Article discusses the features and the use of Metrics such as Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Informetrics and Altmetrics in the field of Library and Information Science Research at present.
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Library Science, Information Science, Library Research
Weber, Nicholas M.; Palmer, Carole L.; Chao, Tiffany C. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
Digital research data have introduced a new set of collection, preservation, and service demands into the tradition of digital librarianship. Consequently, the role of an information professional has evolved to include the activities of data curation. This new field more specifically addresses the needs of stewarding and preserving digital…
Descriptors: Information Management, Best Practices, Library Science, Information Science
Hider, Philip; Kennan, Mary Anne; Hay, Lyn; McCausland, Sigrid; Qayyum, Asim – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The paper describes a recent review of Library and Information Management courses offered by the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, and the resulting program of curriculum renewal and expansion. This program aimed to address concerns over the long-term sustainability of the courses and respond to an increasingly converging…
Descriptors: Information Management, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Science
Wise, Sharyn; Henninger, Maureen; Kennan, Mary Anne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
The study reported in this paper is part of a larger program of studies designed to review and renew the curricula of Library and Information Science (LIS) and the broader Information Management (IM) courses. This paper analysed job advertisements as readily accessible indicators of the knowledge, skills, and competencies required of IPs by…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Science

Zwadlo, Jim – Library Quarterly, 1997
Argues that librarians and information scientists do not need a philosophy. Instead of a single philosophy of library and information science, they need a way to manage the many contradictory ideas in order to be more effective and more helpful to patrons. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Science, Information Scientists, Librarians
Myburgh, Sue – Australian Library Journal, 2003
Information professionals and those who educate them face enormous challenges. Increasingly easy access to communication media and information is altering perceptions of the very nature of information work, globally. There is no doubt that there are many challenges facing present and prospective information professionals too. These include issues…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Information Scientists, Information Technology, Global Approach

Burnett, Kathleen; Ng, Kwong Bor; Park, Soyeon – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes different conceptual foundations and orientations of the two major approaches to metadata: bibliographic-control approach (origins and major proponents in library science); and data-management approach (origins and major proponents in computer science). Examination of efforts to establish metadata standards and comparison of different…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science

Frisse, Mark E.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
Although the challenges faced by librarians and medical informaticians are sometimes different, the evolution of information technology and new forms of biomedical communication suggest an increasing convergence between the two disciplines. Both groups serve as information deliverers and curators, apply information technology to knowledge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Management, Information Needs, Information Science

Bates, Marcia J. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Articulates key elements in the "invisible substrate" of information science. Emphasizes information science's role as a meta-science--conducting research and developing theory around documentary products of other disciplines and activities. Suggests that mental activities of information science center around "representation" and "organization" of…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Management, Information Science, Information Scientists

Large, Andrew – Education for Information, 1997
Discusses the graduate route to professional qualification in library and information science in North America. Examines the 70-year shift from bachelor's to master's programs; existing undergraduate library science programs, the debate over undergraduate programs, and the establishment of new undergraduate programs in specialized areas like…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Borod, Elizabeth A. – 1990
The purpose of this guide is to provide library and information professionals with a brief history of telecommunications and transborder data flow (TDF) as well as an annotated listing of available resources and organizations concerned with these topics. The bibliography is organized into 14 themes: (1) communication--international; (2)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communications, Computers, Information Dissemination
Olson, Hope A. – Library Quarterly, 2006
This article reports the results of a quantitative and thematic content analysis of the organization of information literature in the "Library Quarterly" ("LQ") between its inception in 1931 and 2004. The majority of articles in this category were published in the first half of "LQ's" run. Prominent themes have included cataloging codes and the…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Time Perspective
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