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Nitecki, Joseph Z. – Catholic Library World, 1983
Hypocrisy in librarianship, defined as an intentionally deceptive interpretation of ethical principles, is discussed as an attitudinal issue that negatively affects librarianship on individual and institutional levels and interferes with the primary library mission to provide objective dissemination of knowledge. Twelve references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Ethics, Librarians, Library Science
Wood, Kate – Library Association Record, 1979
Explains regulations and guidelines for becoming a professionally qualified librarian in England, revised by the Library Association. These regulations will affect students who begin post-graduate study in January 1981. The new structure of regulations for professional librarianship features a licentiateship, or two-year license, to practice as a…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Guidelines, Librarians, Library Science
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Slavens, Thomas P. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1979
A study to discover various facets involved in dissertation acceptance indicated that respondents chose topics from prior research and/or reading and that library educators found their dissertations valuable for courses they taught whereas library administrators found little value in their dissertation preparation for administrative work.…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Library Education, Library Science, Student Attitudes
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Davis, Donald G., Jr. – Library Trends, 1976
A survey of American library education and development in the last century. (LS)
Descriptors: Educational Development, History, Library Education, Library Schools
Reid-Smith, Edward R. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1997
A review of proposals for the education of librarians in New South Wales from 1938 to the present shows that some attempts had been made to train them as teachers of adults. However, despite the overlapping philosophies of adult education and librarianship, practical cooperation between the fields remains rare. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Librarians
Spain, Victoria; And Others – Library Hi Tech News, 1997
Presents statements from 12 participants in the Crimea 96 conference (3rd, Foros, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, June 1-9, 1996) about the conference, the attending libraries and companies, and library technology in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union. (PEN)
Descriptors: Conferences, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Science
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Tameem, Jamal A. – International Library Review, 1988
This annotated bibliography lists the literature covering libraries and library science in developing nations in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, that appeared in English between 1950 and 1986. The citations are arranged chronologically and include 5 books, 44 articles, 7 reports, and 15 dissertations by students in American universities.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Libraries
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Ernest, Douglas J.; And Others – RQ, 1988
This study compared online versions of LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts), Library Literature, and ERIC to investigate time lag and duplication of coverage. Six searches of each database were executed over a period of 15 months. Results indicated that Library Literature had the least time lag and LISA the most; duplication was low.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Library Science, Online Systems
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Kobasa, Paul A. – Library Trends, 1988
Examines 18 library publishers' sales catalogs and sales profiles for 300 titles available from the American Library Association (ALA) in order to describe the nature of library literature. Lists of ALA best sellers for 1986-87 and pre-1986-87 are appended. (9 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Library Associations, Library Science, Publishing Industry, Writing for Publication
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Buckland, Michael – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Addresses three issues of library science in the United States during the 20th century: (1) use of European documentation efforts; (2) the "information science versus library science" argument; and (3) technological innovation in librarianship. Also examines the role of technology in library science at the University of Chicago's…
Descriptors: Documentation, Information Science, Library Schools, Library Science
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Aho, Jon Arvid; Davis, Donald G., Jr. – Libraries & Culture, 2000
Examines the historical background of the journal "Libraries & Culture," formerly known as "Journal of Library History." Discusses a shift in focus from the library profession to the literary humanities and the history profession, and considers the evolution of library history in the last third of the twentieth century. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: History, Humanities, Library History, Library Science
Farrell, Gabriel S. – Library Journal, 2005
In this article, the author discusses his immediate concerns about working at Butler Library at Columbia University. He discusses the structure of the library system and voices his concerns about the structure. The structure is best described as a stratified pyramid. The librarians hired into the "upper base" are either specialists without an MLS…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Science, Library Education, Library Administration
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King, Douglas – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
In the last issue, this journal asked a question on many librarians' minds, and it was pleased with the depth and variety of responses. As suggested by this journal editorial board member Oliver Pesch, readers were asked, "Many libraries have gone to federated searching to win users back from Google. Is it working?" Respondents approached the…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Computer Software, Synthesis
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Young, Arthur P. – Library Quarterly, 2006
"Library Quarterly's" seventy-fifth anniversary invites an analysis of the journal's bibliometric dimension, including contributor attributes, various author rankings, and citation impact. Eugene Garfield's HistCite software, linked to Thomson Scientific's Web of Science, as made available by Garfield, for the period 1956-2004, was used as the…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Time Perspective
Oller, A. Kathryn – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
The objectives, depth of coverage, structure, and content of the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science are described. The syllabus of the course is appended. (PF)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education, Library Schools
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