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Training of Data Services Professionals: Past, Present, and Future.
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Ruus, Laine G. M. – Library Trends, 1982
Considers history of data archives, which preserve machine-readable data files (MRDF) for posterity and provide services to users, and current educational scene for data archive personnel. Pros and cons of current system, a 1980 survey of managers of MRDF collections, and alternatives for future are discussed. Twenty-three references are provided.…
Descriptors: Archives, Data, Information Science, Job Training
Mission-Oriented Management: Librarian-Trained Directors in Nonlibrary Settings.
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Lenzini, Rebecca T.; Juergens, Bonnie – Library Trends, 1994
Explores the differences between the characteristics, goals, and required skills of librarian-trained managers employed in nonlibrary but library-related settings and those of directors of libraries. Methodologies used in the exploration included interviews with managers in nonlibrary settings, analysis of position descriptions from…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Comparative Analysis
Role Models in Library Education: Effects on Women's Careers.
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Moriearty, Jill; Robbins-Carter, Jane – Library Trends, 1985
Identifies and synthesizes literature on role modeling and the place of educators as role models in women's professional development. Results of survey of master's level library science students designed to ascertain existence and influence of role models and their gender in career choices are reported. Questionnaire is appended. (29 references)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Employed Women, Graduate Students
End User Search Systems: Access to Library and Information Science Literature.
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LaBorie, Tim; Garson, Ken – Library Trends, 1988
This study investigated the usefulness of end user systems to library and information science students. Seventeen volunteers were offered free searching on BRS/After Dark and DIALOG's Knowledge Index. The search itself, postsearch questionnaire, and completed research papers were analyzed for databases used, cost and time online, and precision.…
Descriptors: Databases, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Library Education
Shaping Medical Library Education.
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Roper, Fred W.; Mayfield, M. Kent – Library Trends, 1993
Describes a survey of knowledge and skills in the health information sciences conducted by the Medical Library Association (MLA) and relates the results to the MLA's educational policy statement. Credentialing for the Academy of Health Information Professionals is described, and ways to acquire medical knowledge and skills are discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Educational Policy, Higher Education
The Quality Movement in Australian University Libraries.
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Williamson, Vicki; Exon, F. C. A. – Library Trends, 1996
Discussion of the reorganization of the national higher education system by the Australian government focuses on a questionnaire distributed to university librarians that examined quality assurance processes and management. Topics include quality indicators and libraries; methodologies, including Total Quality Management; allocation of quality…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries