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Chimi, Carl J.; Gordon, Gene M. – 1997
This paper discusses a number of innovative techniques that were used to teach courses in Information Systems to undergraduate and graduate students. While none of these techniques is individually innovative, the combination of techniques provides a true "hands-on" environment for students; because of the way that the components of the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Mediated Communication
Romm, C.; Taylor, W. – 2000
The information technology/information systems (IT/IS) education sector needs to come up with creative ways of thinking about on-line education. In this paper, the major themes in the literature on on-line education to date are highlighted with a view to identifying issues that are either missing or under-emphasized. Next, the "radical model of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Teeter, Thomas A.; Bailey, Janet L.; Cherepski, Don D.; Faucett, John; Hines, Robert J.; Jovanovic, Nickolas S.; Tschumi, Pete; Walker, Jeffery T.; Watson, Gretchen B. – 1999
The purpose of this project was to determine workforce needs in the new information technology/knowledge-based world in order to design a coherent minor program in information technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the non-technically oriented college student. The process consisted of three phases: site visits to five…
Descriptors: Corporations, Curriculum Development, Employees, Employment Qualifications
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Hughes, Alun; Priestley, John – Information Services and Use, 1992
Describes SOLS TICE, the Satellite On-Line Searching Interactive Conferencing Experiment, conducted at the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) to meet the training needs of staff in the library and information science (LIS) sector. Continuing professional development is discussed, instructional effectiveness and cost effectiveness are…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Menou, Michel J., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1991
Based on a session at the 1990 annual conference of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), this issue presents 14 articles that discuss innovations in curriculum and instructional methods in information science and how to share them internationally, especially with developing countries. Highlights include distance education and the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Curriculum Development, Degrees (Academic)
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Rowley, Jenny E.; Fisher, Shelagh – Education for Information, 1992
Describes how BookshelF software, a library management system, has been integrated into the library and information management curriculum at Manchester Polytechnic (England), and discusses the learning objectives that have been achieved. The use of BookshelF modules for ordering, circulation control, cataloging, OPAC (online public access…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Hallmark, Julie – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Findings from interviews with geoscience information specialists from government, academic institutions, and corporations reveal the following common themes for educational development: new technologies; changing models for libraries and information services; funding priorities; increasing and competing demands on the information specialist's…
Descriptors: Change, Earth Science, Educational Development, Financial Support
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Gleaves, Edwin S., Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Provides an overview of library and information technologies in Tennessee. Highlights include the information infrastructure; school library connections to the Internet; networking among public libraries, including interlibrary loan and Internet access; automation and networking in academic libraries; library and information science education; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education
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Seay, Cameron – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2004
There continues to be a severe under-representation of African Americans in the fields of information technology (IT) and computer science. The author contends that this is attributable, at least in part, to inappropriate assumptions about the nature of thinking, knowing, teaching and learning. He contends that attention given to these assumptions…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), African American Students, School Culture, Information Technology
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Connolly, Thomas; Stanfield, Mark – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
The contributions of this research center on two major areas: delineation of a new model of distance education in which the authors identify three generations of eLearning; and examination of how eLearning and games-based eLearning technologies can be used to enrich the Information Systems (IS) learning experiences of students with different…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
Zeisel, William – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2006
As the first of the baby boomers turn 60, public libraries are preparing to offer creative alternatives to retirement to a generation notorious for their idealism and activism. This report from the Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) offers guidelines, demographics, and examples of model…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Museums, Library Services, Baby Boomers
Miller, Ervinia; Narney, Pam; Hintz, Sue – 2002
Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), the third largest community college in the nation, is tackling the area's need for skilled workers. The number of jobs available in the northern Virginia region increased 103% in the last year. But there are substantial numbers of students at NVCC who are lacking the skills necessary to obtain employment…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Business, Community Colleges, Information Science
Barr, Catherine; Terrell, Tom – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2003
These five articles report on library and information science employment sources on the Internet; librarians' placement and salary trends, including library school graduates, gender differences, and minorities; a list of accredited Mater's programs; a list of library scholarship sources; and a list of library scholarship and award recipients. (LRW)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Awards, Employment Opportunities
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Woodsworth, Anne; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Seven articles discuss the competencies needed by library and information science school graduates. Surveys of needed competencies are compared, a model of the information activities of a research library of the future is proposed, staffing and educational requirements are discussed, and a need for new philosophies of user services is suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Curriculum Development
Abouserie, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Refaat – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to explore and investigate the ways faculty at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign use Networked Information Sources And Services to support their research task. Library and Information Sciences faculty at the University of Illinois were chosen as…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Research, Researchers, Academic Rank (Professional)
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