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Direct linkBedford, Denise A. D. – Education for Information, 2015
The knowledge life cycle is applied to two core capabilities of library and information science (LIS) education--teaching, and research and development. The knowledge claim validation, invalidation and integration steps of the knowledge life cycle are translated to learning, unlearning and relearning processes. Mixed methods are used to determine…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Semantics, Journal Articles, National Surveys
Chang, Naicheng; Huang, Yuhui; Hopkinson, Alan – Education for Information, 2011
This paper aims to investigate the current XML-related courses available in 96 LIS schools in South East Asia and Taiwan's 9 LIS schools. Also, this study investigates the linkage of library school graduates in Taiwan who took different levels of XML-related education (that is XML arranged as an individual course or XML arranged as a section unit…
Descriptors: Library Schools, Qualifications, Continuing Education, Library Science
Dizon, Fernan R.; Sagun, Karryl Kim A.; Alfiler-Macalalad, Ana Grace P. – Education for Information, 2011
The paper intends to shed light on the predicament faced by many Filipino. Librarians: the lack of local institutions offering a library and information science (LIS) postgraduate degree. The paper aims to reveal the state of Philippine LIS postgraduate education by considering the number of librarians who have pursued and are still pursuing…
Descriptors: Library Education, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
Ullah, Midrar; Ameen, Kanwal; Bakhtar, Salman – Education for Information, 2011
The study aims to explore the professional activities, needed competencies and education/training needs of medical librarians in Pakistan. The following questions guided the study: what are the current professional activities of medical librarians in Pakistan? What is their perception of the competencies needed of medical librarians? And what are…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Library Schools, Medical Libraries, Foreign Countries
Bunn, Joanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
In a series of focus groups, past and present distance students of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, were interviewed to establish which factors they believed enabled them to persist with their program. Related issues, such as reasons for enrolling, expectations, and barriers to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Focus Groups
Peer reviewedHallmark, Julie – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Findings from interviews with geoscience information specialists from government, academic institutions, and corporations reveal the following common themes for educational development: new technologies; changing models for libraries and information services; funding priorities; increasing and competing demands on the information specialist's…
Descriptors: Change, Earth Science, Educational Development, Financial Support
