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"Where Do They Come From, and How Are They Trained?" Professional Education and Training of Access Services Librarians in Academic Libraries
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Krasulski, Michael J. – Journal of Access Services, 2014
Since the late 1970s, the access services librarian or equivalent position has become commonplace in academic libraries, and degreed professionals have been sought for these positions since the beginning. In 2009, David McCaslin, California Institute of Technology, examined the place of access services in American Library Association-accredited…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Staff Development, Library Personnel
Librarian, Scholar, or Author? The Librarian's New Dilemma.
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Isaac, Frederick – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1983
Surveys available literature and offers suggestions for future study concerning the academic librarian's responsibility to demonstrate competence in research and publication. Publication in librarianship and other disciplines, role of professional education, relationship with other academic realms, and performance within the library are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Education
International Librarianship and its Impact on the Profession.
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Galler, Anne M. – Education Libraries, 1996
Discusses international librarianship from two points of view: (1) library education that addresses the needs of the international library community; and (2) the participation of professional librarians in activities of library associations at the international level. Examines research in the field of librarianship and describes selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, International Programs, Librarians
Great Expectations: Library and Information Science at the Crossroads.
Stueart, Robert D. – Library Journal, 1981
The challenges to education for librarianship and information science are numerous and great: technology, research, expanding curricula to address problems of special constituencies, and recruiting committed individuals. Changes are occurring rapidly, and practitioners and educators must work together to ensure the challenges are met. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Change, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Information Needs
Will Library Education Survive?
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 1991
Reports on discussions from the 1991 ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) Annual Conference about modernizing the curricula of doctoral programs; federal funding for doctoral education; evaluating faculty performance; research on a range of topics by ALISE members; the closing of Columbia University's library program;…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Faculty Evaluation
Library Research in Czechoslovakia and Its Implementation in Practice.
Kolarova, Helena – 1980
As part of the Project of Further Development of the Czechoslovak Educational System, a program adopted in 1976, library education has been revised beginning in the secondary schools, extending through the university level, and providing continuing education opportunities for librarians, technicians, and researchers. Secondary school curriculums…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education