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Professional Competencies for the Digital Age: What Library Schools Are Doing to Prepare Special Librarians

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Varlejs, Jana – Education Libraries, 2003

What library/information science education offerings are relevant to preparing graduates for careers in the special library sector? The strengths and weaknesses of education for special librarianship; the match between SLA's competencies statement and what is being taught in LIS master's degree programs; and the role of SLA in continuing education…

Descriptors: Special Libraries, Continuing Education, Information Science, Information Science Education

Investigating the Evaluation Procedures for a Distance Learning Undergraduate Degree in LIS.

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Lithgow, Susan D.; Thomas, Clare; Taylor, Marianne – Education Libraries, 2000

Based on a process evaluation carried out at the University of Wales Aberystwyth (UWA) investigating the effectiveness of existing evaluation procedures for the BSc Econ in Information and Library Studies by distance learning. After discussing the research process, this article describes findings in relation to the perceived gaps in the evaluation…

Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education