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Freeburg, Darin – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This article outlines the Knowledge Lens--a way of seeing more clearly the opportunities for knowledge creation within organizations and society. It is proposed as a model for schools of Library and Information Science (LIS) to follow when considering curriculum changes. Instead of producing two sets of graduates--those in information and those in…
Descriptors: Information Scientists, Library Science, Information Science Education, Knowledge Management
Line, Maurice B. – Education for Information, 2007
Since librarianship is making available and exploiting information for the benefit of people, librarians must know about information resources, about people, and about systems for linking resources and people. They need (1) basic abilities--literacy and numeracy; (2) organizational qualities, including vision, a questioning approach, perspective,…
Descriptors: Librarians, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, Information Scientists

Line, Maurice B. – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1983
Defines nature and purpose of librarianship and identifies abilities, qualities, knowledge, and skills required for its practice: basic abilities; organizational qualities (i.e., perspective, problem-solving and analytical skills, political skills, economic skills); professional knowledge; practical library skills. Developing requirements,…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, Information Scientists, Job Skills
White, Rodney F.; Macklin, David B. – 1970
The object of this study was to analyze the processes by which individuals enter the occupation of librarianship and are prepared for positions in the field. Attention was directed to the ways in which the educational institutions who prepare these entrants are responding to the challenges which are being presented them by the increasing demands…
Descriptors: Education, Information Science, Information Scientists, Labor Utilization
Svenonius, Elaine – 1977
The integration of Information Science into the library school at the University of Western Ontario was the theme of a talk delivered to ASIS in October 1976 and AALS in January 1977. Two problems arise in the pursuit of integration: (1) information exists in both book form and in some other form; e.g., machine readable form, and (2) theory and…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Scientists, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
The successful development of documentation and library services depends on the availability of sufficient qualified personnel. Unesco has therefore given high priority in its program to the question of professional training and will assist its member states in their efforts to train sufficient numbers of documentalists and librarians. To this…
Descriptors: Books, Documentation, Education, Educational Programs
Saunders, W. L. – 1978
These guidelines for the development of curriculum for documentalists, information specialists, information scientists, and librarians stress the need for all parties to the information process, in whatever capacity or country, to receive a common training that will enable them to understand one another and to collaborate on equal terms to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Guidelines, Higher Education, Information Science
White, Herbert S. – American Libraries, 1983
This discussion of the education received by professionals in the fields of libraries and information services highlights education versus training, educator and practitioner values, complaints about library education, improvement of library schools, alternatives to the problems, and identification of basic competencies. Ten sources are noted.…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Information Scientists, Job Skills
Meadow, Charles T. – 1974
The first of information science is in something of a jumble, because there is no universally accepted definition of the field, much less an agreement on what the core information is or what curriculum should be followed. Information science teachers must decide what kind of graduate they are trying to turn out in order to be competitive with…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems

Edoka, B. Eziukwu – Information Development, 1987
Highlights trends in educational programs for library, archival, and information services in Anglophone West Africa since the recommendations of the Seminar on Public Library Development in Africa, held in Ibadan in 1953. Both professional and paraprofessional education are discussed, and needed resources are identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Admission Criteria, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries