The 15-year history of the development of library automation is traced, and four major obstacles which had to be overcome are identified: the lack of funds for development, programing, and testing; the need for a common data base; the need for cooperative arrangements among institutions; and the need for widely-available on-line processing. Seven…

Because the information/library field in and around London seems well-provided with short courses covering a wide range of topics of presumed interest to people working in this field, a project was undertaken to design and test measures for assessing short courses and to explore the possibility of applying evaluation measures to such courses.…

The educational requirements of a world science information system (UNISIST) are dealt with in the first part of this paper. The educational needs of: 1) the information scientists who design information systems, 2) the information specialists who carry out specific tasks, 3) the scientists who use information, and 4) editors and publishers are…

The theme of the 2002 ASIST (American Society for Information Science and Technology) annual conference was "Knowledge, Connections and Community," which covers the role of information in a complex global society and the way in which information connects and impacts our environment. The program included 43 SIG (Special Interest Group) programs, 49…

With the support of a planning grant from the National Library of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Information and Library Science (SILS), in collaboration with the UNC Health Sciences Library and the Program in Medical Informatics, evaluated five curricular models designed to improve education for health…

Within the South African tertiary education context, information management is taught from a variety of perspectives, including computer science, business management, informatics, and library and information science. Each discipline has a particular multidisciplinary focus dealing with its fundamentals. To investigate information management…

Universities and educationally-oriented researchers have turned to survey research, advisory boards, and content analyzing newspaper want ads to provide guidance in keeping their curricula and IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology) course contents up-to-date. While such approaches can provide insight into the range of skills that…

This paper represents work in progress that considers the role of research in international development programs undertaken to establish and develop schools of librarianship and information science, and some of the possible reasons why many have failed to develop once the external support was terminated. It notes that the development of a research…

Describes a project at the University of Michigan in which Information and Library Studies (ILS) students served as mentors to first-year students in an introductory engineering course. Engineering librarians served as lecturers to the engineering students and as back-up for the ILS students. Analysis of student projects and evaluations by…

Discussion of the use of electronic publishing (EP) and computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems in higher education focuses on a system at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, called JIMMY. Its use by arts, business, health care, and management and information students and staff is described, and further developments are discussed. (23…

Describes trends in information science education, including the development of multiple programs, undergraduate programs, and mergers of library and information science programs into larger academic units. The discussion covers the need for professional programs with distinct content and research directions to unify the discipline, and potential…

Describes library and information science education in Norway with emphasis on a postgraduate program in information science and data processing, and a research and development group integrated into that program. The discussion covers the importance of data processing training in preparing students for information handling in libraries and other…

This bibliography of work in librarianship and information science education and training lists 575 titles published internationally in 1987. The arrangement is by subject and then alphabetically by author and title, with a contents list facilitating broad subject access. A name index, subject index, and list of periodical abbreviations are…

Argues urgently of need for more rigorous type of academic, scientific inquiry that gives intellectual priority to the cooperative tasks of articulating environmental, societal, and global problems, rather than the pursuit of technological progress. Proposes that this new form of inquiry should have as its basic aim to improve not just knowledge…

Examines the last 20 years of developments in the information profession, pinpoints the realities and possibilities new technologies represent, and discusses what technology offers the user. Cultural issues raised by the information age are discussed. Limits to free circulation of information are described, and the steps needed to remove obstacles…