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Direct linkNdumu, Ana; Walker, Shaundra; Burns-Simpson, Shauntee; Hayes, Nichelle M.; Mack, Tiffany – Education for Information, 2022
According to LIS research, the U.S. library and information science field reflects more than 135 years of white racialized, monocultural pedagogy. Critical race theory helps us understand why Blacks remain on the margins of the LIS profession. Armed with critical racial knowledge, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association embarked on a…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Science, Information Science, Racism
Eastwood, Terry – Education for Information, 2017
The author reflects on advances in academic professional education for archivists over the past 35 years, makes the case for autonomous master's degree programs in archival studies, and identifies some of the challenges archival education faces now and into the future.
Descriptors: Reflection, Foreign Countries, Archives, Information Management
Muñoz-Cañavate, Antonio; Larios-Suárez, Verónica – Education for Information, 2017
This paper reviews the history and current situation of postgraduate studies in Librarianship and Information Science (LIS) at the university level in Spain before and after the development of the Bologna Process's European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It contextualizes the historical development of these studies, describing how official…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Library Science, Library Education
Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Shuva, Nafiz Zaman – SAGE Open, 2016
Research in digital libraries (DLs) has gained much interest across the globe. Most funding related to DL are available for building DLs, rather than producing digital librarians by developing the DL curricula and offering necessary funding to introduce state-of-the-art DL labs for future library professionals. Based on online surveys, this…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Education, Foreign Countries, Information Science
Croxton, Rebecca A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
This study explores how factors relating to fully online Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students' connectedness with peers and faculty may impact their professional identity development as library and information studies professionals. Participants include students enrolled in a fully online MLIS degree program in the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Individual Development, Mixed Methods Research, Electronic Learning
Chu, Heting – Education for Information, 2012
Discussions have been carried out in recent years regarding the emergence of iSchools in the field of library and information science (LIS). One theme in the discussions centres on whether those iSchools, deriving from LIS programs, are indeed different from other non-iSchools of the field. To address this question, five iSchools and five…
Descriptors: Library Education, Masters Programs, Information Science, Core Curriculum
Peer reviewedDavis, Charles H.; Shaw, Debora – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1981
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)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Information Science, Introductory Courses, Library Education
Davis, Darlena; Terrell, Tom; Gregory, Vicki L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002
Includes five articles that report on employment sources in the library and information professions; placements and salaries, which indicate plenty of jobs and salaries that are flat; accredited master's programs in library and information studies; library scholarship sources; and library scholarship and award recipients. (LRW)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Awards, Employment Opportunities
Moore, Maxine; Carson, C. Herbert – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1998
Provides five articles: guide to employment sources in library and information professions, including library joblines; placements and salaries, 1996--counting on technology; accredited master's programs in library and information studies arranged by geographical areas; library scholarship sources; and library scholarship and award recipients,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Awards, Information Science, Job Placement
Saunders, Wilfred L. – 1982
Based on a 1982 study trip to the Socialist Republic (SR) of Macedonia in Yugoslavia, this report describes the need for professional library education in Macedonia and presents recommendations for the establishment of a master's degree program in information studies at the University of Skopje. Sections cover the trip itinerary; professional…
Descriptors: Course Content, Foreign Countries, Graduate School Faculty, Guidelines
Myers, Margaret; And Others – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1994
Five articles describe employment sources in the library and information professions, including joblines; placements and salaries; accredited master's programs in library and information studies, listed by geographic region; library scholarship sources; and scholarship and award recipients from various professional library associations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Awards, Employment Statistics, Higher Education
Saunders, W. L. – 1987
This paper identifies issues and potential conflicts in the harmonization of education and training programs for the three information professions, i.e., archives, information science, and librarianship, and notes that these professions have a common bond and purpose as carriers of information and providers of service to their user communities.…
Descriptors: Archives, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Broadbent, Marianne; And Others – Education for Librarianship: Australia, 1988
This series of 13 articles discusses library education in Australasia. Topics covered include masters programs in Australia; library education in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; education for technicians, teacher librarians, and rural librarians; cataloging courses; special collections librarianship; information management; the information…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Curriculum Evaluation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
