Summarizes results of a survey soliciting librarians' opinions on the relative merits of a one-year v extended master's program in library science and a one-year master's in library science, both with and without a second master's in another subject. (Author/FM)

Focuses on what author perceives to be trends of the 1980s in library education; i.e., dominance of electronic technology and its applications in information science; the stabilization of enrollments; continuing shift in programs from private to public universities; and lack of acceptance of 2-year master's programs. Forty-six references are…

Cites a new requirement at Purdue University that consideration for promotion and tenure for librarians be based on publications in library/information science rather than other fields in which they may have degrees. A survey of ARL libraries indicates that few academic libraries currently support this position. Five references are listed. (RAA)

Discusses the concept of cognitive style and its usefulness as a means of analyzing problem-solving or decision-making behavior. Cognitive style dimensions and models useful for analyzing information/library science professionals are described, and the implications of this research for professional training are discussed. There are 13 references.…

Presents findings on the distribution of the number of citations per page, age of citations, percentage of citations in other fields, type of study, and the distribution of citations by publication form, for research papers published in 39 core library science journals. Numerous tables and 15 references are provided. (RBF)

Discusses the problems library schools are facing with the supply and demand for their graduates. Employment areas where there are graduate shortages and surpluses are identified, suggestions for library schools to follow are given, and realistic predictions regarding the situation are provided. Thirteen references are listed. (CHC)

Provides recommendations for the formal education of archivists and for coordination of training programs with those of library and information science. (RAA)

Discusses two graduate programs at the University of South Carolina: one that leads to a dual master's degree in English and librarianship and one that leads to a dual master's degree in English and business administration. (DD)

Discusses the issues surrounding faculty status for academic librarians. These include professionalization aspects of librarianship, the power relationships of academic faculties, and the phenomenon of academic collective bargaining. (Author/RAA)

Changes in librarian training and facilities, image, status, and remuneration, along with the challenge of librarianship presently and in the future are discussed. (MBR)

Discussion of positive factors--culture, Arab League activities, UNESCO contributions, foreign study, establishment of libraries and education expansion-- and negative factors--lack of national library planning, cooperation, standards, effective library legislation, national book plan, library literature, and illiteracy--are included. (MBR)

Traces the history of the training and education of librarians in Canada, including the sociological, scientific, and technical developments which directly affected services, practices, and procedures of librarianship. (CWM)

Explores various philosophies of librarianship held by students and faculty at two library schools in Ontario in order to determine the presence of models of the philosophy of librarianship and any changes in these models after students are subjected to library school educators and their philosophy of librarianship. (CWM)

Examines the influence of library and information science departments in four Nigerian universities on thesis output by postgraduates. Concludes that research in library/information science, in the form of theses, is increasing; however, the quality of many of these theses need a lot of improvement. Eleven tables present statistics. (AEF)

Examines the different concepts and orientations of the two major approaches to the role of metadata in the digital library (library science-oriented bibliographic control and computer science-oriented data management), and proposes an integrated concept of metadata to facilitate the merging of these two approaches. Discusses ongoing efforts to…