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Direct linkMargarita Pérez-Pulido; Aurora González-Teruel – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2023
In European universities, teaching ethics has acquired special relevance with the Bologna Process and changes in curriculum. In Spain, the White Book of the Degree in Information and Documentation incorporates ethics as a specific competence, through the combination of ethical, social, and legal content, as a transversal competence. In this…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Information Science Education, Foreign Countries
Keren Dali; Ashlyn Velte; Stephanie Anderson; Michelle Ganz; John Lindaman; Miriam Tuliao – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2025
Resulting from the collaboration between five practicing professionals and an LIS faculty member, this article illuminates the experiences of librarians and archivists who engage with LIS students on a continuous basis as guest speakers in LIS classrooms. The phenomenological approach helps to elicit first-hand accounts that encapsulate…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Professional Personnel, Library Schools, Learning Activities
Helkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
Birman, Ken; Roughgarden, Tim; Seltzer, Margo; Spohrer, Jim; Stolterman, Erik; Kearsley, Greg; Koszalka, Tiffany; de Jong, Ton – Educational Technology, 2013
Scholars representing the field of computer/information science were asked to identify what they considered to be the most exciting and imaginative work currently being done in their field, as well as how that work might change our understanding. The scholars included Ken Birman, Jennifer Rexford, Tim Roughgarden, Margo Seltzer, Jim Spohrer, and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Science Education, Educational Technology, Imagination
Cronin, Blaise – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2012
In this short paper, avowedly personal, partial and pointillist in nature, I (i) sketch the early days of (mainly Anglo-American) information studies and the field's gradual institutionalization, (ii) describe its maturation, as both an academic discipline and a domain of professional practice, and (iii) speculate on its future in the light of oft…
Descriptors: Information Science, Library Science, Archives, Documentation
Harvey, Ross – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The Editor of "ALJ" has invited me to comment on my 2001 article "Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship" (Harvey 2001). The article was prompted by a period I spent as a visiting professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles) and was written while I was there.…
Descriptors: Library Education, Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Educational Quality
Bruce, Christine – Australian Library Journal, 2011
Although in the late 1990s there was much discussion as to whether the idea of information literacy was necessary or had longevity, global interest in the phenomenon has increased rather than diminished. Information literacy standards have been developed and become widely accepted in educational systems. Research centres for information literacy…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Berg, Selinda Adelle; Hoffmann, Kristin; Dawson, Diane – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
Field experiences function as a link between LIS theory and practice. Students should be provided with an experience that is a true reflection of the professional environment. The increasing focus on research by academic librarians provides an opportunity and responsibility to integrate research into the field experiences of LIS students.…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science Education, Field Experience Programs, Research
Harris, Christopher – School Library Journal, 2009
John Palfrey is one busy guy, with an impressive gig. In 2008, he was named the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. And when he's not teaching courses on intellectual property and Internet law, there's a good chance he's overseeing the L school's research library. Palfrey,…
Descriptors: Interviews, Internet, Computer Attitudes, Influence of Technology
Guy, Fred – Education for Information, 2007
The paper considers technological advances in relation to information education over the 25 years of existence of the journal, "Education for Information." Some key developments before 1980 such as the appearance of MARC and library co-operatives are mentioned along with key post-1980 developments including networking, the World Wide…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Information Science Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Chain-Navarro, Celia; Munoz-Canavate, Antonio – Education for Information, 2009
This paper supports the appropriateness of the objectives of the Librarianship and Information Science (LIS) graduate university studies system in Spain. It identifies formulas to allow the construction of innovative study plans which are attractive within the information society. LIS university studies started in Spain in the 1990s although…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Achterman, Doug – School Library Journal, 2006
The most critical challenges that school librarians face are not about finding and organizing resources. The real dillemas lie in working with faculty to plan lessons that take advantage of the resources and tools school libraries have at their disposal, in identifying the skills students need to negotiate new information formats; in anticipating…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Media Specialists, Information Science Education, School Libraries
Peer reviewedForgionne, Guisseppi A. – Education for Information, 1991
Examines information needs in today's society; reviews major programs of information science education and research in areas including information science, computer science, business, professional education programs, engineering, and communications; and proposes an alternative educational organization that focuses on information systems. (46…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Science Education
Peer reviewedMartin, William J. – Education for Information, 1991
Discusses recent developments at the Queen's University of Belfast where, as a result of institutional and other changes, the former Department of Information Studies has been restructured as part of the School of Finance and Information. The Information Management Division is described, and the need for academic planning is discussed. (three…
Descriptors: College Planning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Johns, Sara Kelly – Knowledge Quest, 2007
"When you start your new job as a school librarian, one of the first steps you must take is to ask to see the district's book selection policy. If there isn't one, write one. Right away. It protects you, the teachers, and the district." That advice was part of the author's school library administration course at the School of Library and…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Intellectual Freedom, Library Administration, School Libraries
