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New Challenges and Opportunities for IT Companies and (L)IS Departments in Managing Student Internships in the Time of Crisis
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Tomislav Jakopeca; Tatjana Aparac-Jelušic – Education for Information, 2024
This paper discusses the organization of students' internship in new circumstances caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the research is on the IT companies in eastern part of Croatia and their perspective on how they managed students' internship during and after the lockdown. Some of these IT companies successfully cooperate with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Internship Programs
Skills and Knowledge Needed to Serve as Mobile Technology Consultants for Information Organizations
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Potnis, Devendra; Regenstreif-Harms, Reynard; Deosthali, Kanchan; Cortez, Ed; Allard, Suzie – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
Libraries often lack the in-house information technology (IT) expertise required to (1) implement mobile applications and related technologies (MAT); (2) attain maximum return on investment including patron satisfaction for using MAT; and (3) reduce reliance on expensive IT consultants. Based on secondary analysis of the experiences and advice…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Laptop Computers, Telecommunications, Consultants
Creating Tomorrow's Technologists: Contrasting Information Technology Curriculum in North American Library and Information Science Graduate Programs against Code4lib Job Listings
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Maceli, Monica – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
This research study explores technology-related course offerings in ALA-accredited library and information science (LIS) graduate programs in North America. These data are juxtaposed against a text analysis of several thousand LIS-specific technology job listings from the Code4lib jobs website. Starting in 2003, as a popular library technology…
Descriptors: Information Technology, College Curriculum, Library Education, Graduate Study
Reinforcing the Cycle of Assessment
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Harhai, Marilyn K.; Krueger, Janice M. – Online Submission, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Multi-Subject Learning Survey (MSLS) as an assessment instrument for graduate students. Methodology: The MSLS was administered as a pre-test to 124 students enrolled in the introductory course for the Master of Science in Library Science degree at an American Library…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Educational Assessment, Introductory Courses
Library and Information Science Education in Thai Public Universities
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Butdisuwan, Sujin; Gorman, G. E. – Education for Information, 2002
Formal library and information science (LIS) education in Thailand was initiated in 1951 at Chulalongkorn University, when Fulbright Foundation scholars developed basic courses that evolved into a degree programme in 1959. Since then, a variety of LIS programmes, both undergraduate and postgraduate, has been developed by many institutions,…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Information Management, Information Science, Foreign Countries
Computer Technology and Interdisciplinary Efforts: A Discussion and Model Program.
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Wallace, Danny P.; Boyce, Bert R. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1987
Discusses the need for schools of library and information science to ensure that graduates understand and can use computer technologies, and describes a model program in which this goal can be met through cooperative degree programs involving schools of library and information science and other academic departments. (CLB)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development