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Academicism versus Professionalism in LIS Programs
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Stortz, Martha – Public Services Quarterly, 2012
The pedagogy of library and information science appears to be experiencing somewhat of an identity crisis. Many LIS graduate programs teach librarianship within both a theoretical, academic context, as well as a practical, work-based context. Core courses for the MLIS/MIS degree usually include statistics and research, as well as a course on…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Library Schools, Academic Libraries, Library Science