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Lenese M. Colson; Nicole D. Alemanne; Changwoo Yang – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
This article describes the evolution of a required Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) research methods course moving to a focus on evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP). It describes how a research methods course was revised, beginning with results from a "typical" course review and morphing into work that…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Library Science, Information Science, Masters Degrees
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Marcella, Rita; Oppenheim, Charles – Education for Information, 2020
The last decade has seen decline in the fortunes of the Library and Information Science (LIS) sector in the United Kingdom (UK), both in professional practice and in higher education. This paper sets out to assess the health and wellbeing of LIS teaching and research and to identify key strategies for its future survival. Over the past decade many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Library Education
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Latham, Kiersten F. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
As makerspaces and hackerspaces pop up in libraries and museums, one little lab sits in the middle of an Information School, but it is not a maker-space, a gallery, or a museum. The MuseLab, at the Kent State School of Information, is something else, something new--or perhaps something familiar, but situated in a different context, making it less…
Descriptors: Museums, Library Education, Library Science, Shared Resources and Services
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Colón-Aguirre, Mónica – Education for Information, 2017
This work analyses the structure of LIS program mission statements. The programs considered here are all ALA (American Library Association) accredited programs in the United States and Canada. The study employed content analysis through constant comparative analysis to determine the structure of the mission statements, the stakeholders represented…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
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Manzari, Laura – Library Quarterly, 2013
This prestige study surveyed full-time faculty of American Library Association (ALA)-accredited programs in library and information studies regarding library and information science (LIS) journals. Faculty were asked to rate a list of eighty-nine LIS journals on a scale from 1 to 5 based on each journal's importance to their research and teaching.…
Descriptors: Tenure, Reputation, Professional Associations, Information Science
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Pinto, Maria; Pascual, Rosaura Fernandez – College & Research Libraries, 2016
Understanding perceptions of Library and Information Science (LIS) students on two dimensions--belief in the importance (BIM) of a set of core information competencies, and Self-Efficacy (SE)--is pursued. Factor analysis implementation raises a clear distinction between BIM and SE results. This analysis points to two sets of competencies:…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Library Science, Library Education
Stephens, Michael – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
This study investigates the benefits of a community blogging platform for students in an online LIS program. Using a web survey and descriptive content analysis methods, this paper empirically addresses how student blogging communities can be effectively foster connections amongst instructors and students, and enhance perceptions of learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Library Services, Electronic Learning
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Chu, Heting – Education for Information, 2012
Discussions have been carried out in recent years regarding the emergence of iSchools in the field of library and information science (LIS). One theme in the discussions centres on whether those iSchools, deriving from LIS programs, are indeed different from other non-iSchools of the field. To address this question, five iSchools and five…
Descriptors: Library Education, Masters Programs, Information Science, Core Curriculum
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Koulikourdi, Anna – Education for Information, 2008
This paper aims at presenting disability issues in library and information science education in general and in Greece in particular. It also examines whether issues such as people with disabilities, accessibility, alternative format material and assistive technologies are incorporated in the library schools' curricula. Furthermore, the results of…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Schools, Disabilities, Information Science
Davinson, Donald – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1976
The initial and continuing education programs and an accompanying range of publication, research, and consultancy services at Leeds Polytechnic are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
Artandi, Susan – Amer Doc, 1969
Part of LI 500 277.
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
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Belzer, Jack; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
Compared with 1968, trends in the educational system in information science in 1972 indicate a curriculum shift from traditional librarianship to an emphasis on computerization and automation. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Science, Library Automation, Library Education
Saracevic, Tefko – 1978
Concerned with the many pressures to which library education is subject all over the world, this paper concentrates on the relationship between the subject of librarianship, the subject of information science, and the accommodation of information science in library education. The emergence and domain of information science is briefly reviewed, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
Wasserman, Paul – 1969
This report contains recommendations concerning the need for additional opportunities in Ohio for graduate study in library science, as well as the probable location and the appropriate kinds of program emphasis for a new library school. The study considers the following campuses of Ohio's state-assisted university system: Kent State University,…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Information Science, Library Education, Library Schools
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Clark, Alan J. – Education for Information, 1987
This 421-item bibliography of works published in 1986 in the field of library and information science education and training is international in scope, although the majority of items are in English. Items are listed in 50 subject categories, and a more detailed subject index is provided at the end as well as a name index. (MES)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science
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