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Educating the Profession : 40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training / ed. by Michael Seadle, Clara M. Chu, Ulrike Stöckel, Breanne Crumpton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IFLA Publications ; 170Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (XI, 458 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110375268
  • 9783110396348
  • 9783110375398
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 020.71
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- About IFLA -- Acknowledgement -- Welcome -- 1. Development of the Profession -- Section 1: Europe -- Introduction -- 2. European Library and Information Science Schools -- 3. “Expertise ... Certification ... Cultural Capital” -- 4. New Approaches, Structural and Organizational Changes in the PhD Programme in LIS/IS -- 5. Library and Information Science Education and Training in Serbia -- Section 2: Africa -- Introduction -- 6. Anglophone Africa: Ibadan Sixty Years on -- 7. Fifteen Years of Training Librarians in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa -- 8. Library Education in Nigeria -- Section 3: Americas -- Introduction -- 9. What’s in a Name? A Brief History of Informatics Education -- 10. Library and Information Science (LIS) Education in Mexico -- 11. Library Education in Peru -- Section 4: Asia and Australia -- Introduction -- 12. LIS Education in the United Arab Emirates -- 13. Looking back through More than One Hundred Years of LIS Education in India and Looking ahead -- 14. The Development, Challenges, and Opportunities of Library and Information Science Education in Indonesia -- 15. The University of the Philippines (UP) School of Library and Information Studies -- 16. The Australian LIS Education Journey -- Section 5: Special Perspective on Library and Information Science Education and Training -- Introduction -- 17. International Quality Assurance in LIS Education -- 18. The Rise and Fall of the Library Science Library -- 19. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Role in Library and Information Science Education and Training -- Section 6: Possible Future Educational Approaches for LIS and its Development -- Introduction -- 20. Trends in Librarianship Training in Germany -- 21. Undergraduate Distance Education in LIS in Spain 1999–2014 -- 22. In Search of New Horizons -- 23. From Professional Qualifications to iSchool@northumbria -- Contributors
Summary: Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and information science as well as the role of IFLA's Section on Education and Training. The chapters cover regional developments in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; special topics, such as quality assurance and case studies; and future considerations in LIS education.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- About IFLA -- Acknowledgement -- Welcome -- 1. Development of the Profession -- Section 1: Europe -- Introduction -- 2. European Library and Information Science Schools -- 3. “Expertise ... Certification ... Cultural Capital” -- 4. New Approaches, Structural and Organizational Changes in the PhD Programme in LIS/IS -- 5. Library and Information Science Education and Training in Serbia -- Section 2: Africa -- Introduction -- 6. Anglophone Africa: Ibadan Sixty Years on -- 7. Fifteen Years of Training Librarians in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa -- 8. Library Education in Nigeria -- Section 3: Americas -- Introduction -- 9. What’s in a Name? A Brief History of Informatics Education -- 10. Library and Information Science (LIS) Education in Mexico -- 11. Library Education in Peru -- Section 4: Asia and Australia -- Introduction -- 12. LIS Education in the United Arab Emirates -- 13. Looking back through More than One Hundred Years of LIS Education in India and Looking ahead -- 14. The Development, Challenges, and Opportunities of Library and Information Science Education in Indonesia -- 15. The University of the Philippines (UP) School of Library and Information Studies -- 16. The Australian LIS Education Journey -- Section 5: Special Perspective on Library and Information Science Education and Training -- Introduction -- 17. International Quality Assurance in LIS Education -- 18. The Rise and Fall of the Library Science Library -- 19. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Role in Library and Information Science Education and Training -- Section 6: Possible Future Educational Approaches for LIS and its Development -- Introduction -- 20. Trends in Librarianship Training in Germany -- 21. Undergraduate Distance Education in LIS in Spain 1999–2014 -- 22. In Search of New Horizons -- 23. From Professional Qualifications to iSchool@northumbria -- Contributors

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Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and information science as well as the role of IFLA's Section on Education and Training. The chapters cover regional developments in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; special topics, such as quality assurance and case studies; and future considerations in LIS education.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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