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Direct linkBates, Marcia J. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
Allen Kent was a pioneer in many aspects of library and information science (LIS), and yet, as this author reads Kent's 1977 article, there is not much in it that has become ancient, irrelevant history. The questions he discusses are still alive in the discipline in 2014, whether it is called LIS (library and information science), information…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science, Library Science, Information Technology
Helkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
Cronin, Blaise – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2012
In this short paper, avowedly personal, partial and pointillist in nature, I (i) sketch the early days of (mainly Anglo-American) information studies and the field's gradual institutionalization, (ii) describe its maturation, as both an academic discipline and a domain of professional practice, and (iii) speculate on its future in the light of oft…
Descriptors: Information Science, Library Science, Archives, Documentation
Kent, Allen – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
The author was assigned the task to comment on the broad topic: "New sciences, technologies, and media--impact on education for librarianship (or libraries)." The author choose to emphasize "information science." Narrowing the subject down even further, in this article the author emphasizes some of the aspects of the…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science, Library Science, Educational Trends
Harvey, Ross – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The Editor of "ALJ" has invited me to comment on my 2001 article "Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship" (Harvey 2001). The article was prompted by a period I spent as a visiting professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles) and was written while I was there.…
Descriptors: Library Education, Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedSaracevic, Tefko – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Presents personal analysis of information science as a field of scientific inquiry and professional practice that has evolved over the past half-century. Examines origin of information science in respect to problems of the information explosion, social role of field, nature of "information," structure of field in terms of problems addressed,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Industry, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Nitecki, Joseph Z. – 1993
This monograph was written to answer questions about the essence of librarianship, the meaning of information, and the principles behind a desire for information transfer, preservation of older records, or creation of new ideas. The work is organized into three parts. Part I is titled "In Search of a Discipline: Toward a Science of Library…
Descriptors: History, Information Science, Library Science, Models
Peer reviewedHouser, Lloyd – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
Proposes scientific theory of the subject matter of library and information science and how it can be organized in terms of the function of documents and their basic use. A hierarchy of classes of documents is described including one, several, or all of the following: information, creativity, understanding, and explanation. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Classification, Information Science, Intellectual Disciplines, Library Science
Peer reviewedMeredith, Joseph C. – Canadian Library Journal, 1980
Provides a critical evaluation of the not yet completed "Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science" with quotations from numerous reviews and presents a plan for the selection of articles and revision of this work in order to salvage the project. (CHC)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, Information Science, Library Science
Bowden, Russel – 1979
This report on the problems facing editors of professional information and library science journals in developing and developed countries suggests broad solutions that might help to transfer and make available the surplus of products in one geographic area to another in which such products are in short supply. Areas addressed include (1)…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Editing
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
Qureshi, Naimuddin – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1980
Discusses the definitions, resources, library education, research methods, and the role of international agencies in the development of comparative and international librarianship. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Science, International Organizations, International Programs
Peer reviewedCronin, Blaise – Information Processing & Management, 1995
Argues that the phrase "library science" is an oxymoron and that the term "librarianship" is correct. Suggests that library science and information science are now completely different fields. An information access model is proposed that can be used as a vehicle for unification and integration. (JMV)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Differences, Information Science, Intellectual Disciplines
Houser, Lloyd – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1982
Citing reasons why library science educational programs are being closed, this essay examines present status and future goals of information science education. A brief outline of the emphasis shift in library science and a discussion of whether information science should be viewed as a discipline or trade school are presented. (EJS)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Higher Education, Information Science, Library Education
Samore, Theodore – 1977
This study examines and describes current statistical programs in the field of library and information science, identifies areas of the National Commission's program that are dependent on quantitative data, compares the current statistical programs with projected new needs, and specifies areas that must be developed in a future national…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Services, Library Science, Library Services
