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A Symposium: The Library Professional: An Improved Model. If Library Schools Provide It, Will Libraries Use It or Abuse It?
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Marchant, Maurice P.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Marchant's essay and reactions to it by five library educators and librarians discuss the pros and cons of extending the MLS (Master of Library Science) program in response to requests by directors of university libraries for increased instruction in evaluation, decision-making, administration, and automation, without reduction in traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Graduate Study, Job Analysis
The Research Library Director's View of Library Education.
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Marchant, Maurice P.; Smith, Nathan M. – College and Research Libraries, 1982
Presents results of survey assessing the opinions of 76 Association of Research Libraries library directors concerning 19 educational competencies for research librarians. Results are analyzed regarding importance of competencies, their need in different positions, their possession by beginning librarians, and the adequacy of instruction in…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Job Skills, Librarians
Developing Joint Graduate Programs for Librarians.
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Marchant, Maurice P.; Wilson, Carolyn F. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1983
Results of questionnaire survey of research library directors concerning M.L.S. joint degree programs indicate that respondents favored joint programs with 15 percent reduced coursework; areas of interest for nonlibrary science degree are hard sciences, other professions, foreign languages; graduates have edge in placement, slightly higher…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Graduate Study, Intellectual Disciplines, Library Administration