scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development for Digital Library Education

2006 ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungwon Yang ◽  
Edward A. Fox ◽  
Barbara M. Wildemuth ◽  
Jeffrey Pomerantz ◽  
Sanghee Oh
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Interdisciplinary Curriculum ◽  
Library Education

The European Approach Towards Digital Library Education

2009 ◽  
pp. 514-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Ratzek
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Evolutionary Change ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Crucial Question ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Content Provider ◽  
European Approach ◽  
Rapid Diffusion

Triggered by a rapid diffusion of ICT within the last two decades, libraries have undergone a (r)evolutionary change in both mission and services. Step by step, libraries diversified their mission from a media holding institution towards a multimedia content provider in a physical and digital environment. To run a library in this way, highly qualified staff with LIS background is brought into focus. The article deals with the situation in European LIS institutions and its programs, particularly with regard to digital library. The crucial question will be: what kind of paradigm, if at all, exists with regard to the digital library phenomenon? Furthermore, some trends in libraries services and conceptions are presented.

Digital library education and training

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 557-557
Author(s):  
Deborah Barreau ◽  
Susan G. Braun ◽  
Luz M. Quiroga ◽  
Paul Nieuwenhuysen ◽  
Ingrid Hsieh-Yee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Library Education ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals Digital library education in computer science programs

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Pomerantz ◽  
Sanghee Oh ◽  
Barbara M. Wildemuth ◽  
Seungwon Yang ◽  
Edward A. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Library Education

How Does Globalization Shape the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development in Hong Kong’s Education Reform?

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-51
Author(s):  
Eric KM Chong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Liberal Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Curriculum ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Group Interviews

There has been a worldwide interdisciplinary curriculum development. By examining several official interdisciplinary curriculum in Hong Kong, this paper argues that curriculum integration which incorporates learning about globalization and global citizenship has gradually developed since the late 1990s. By using cross-sectional focus group interviews with experienced teachers and a sample of students, the author identified benefits such as enhancing students’ interdisciplinary knowledge and applying critical thinking. But limitations can be found in having a weak disciplinary knowledge and difficult to develop transferrable skills, which necessitates teacher training. This paper also discusses the recent Liberal Studies controversy and youth protests. KEYWORDSInterdisciplinary curriculum, competencies-based, knowledge transferable skills, Liberal Studies, globalization, Hong Kong

An evaluation of digital library education in library and information science curriculum in Nigerian universities

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuma Clement Okeji ◽  
Okeoghene Mayowa-Adebara
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Library Skills

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the library school’s curriculum in Nigeria with the aim of comparing it with international and national library and information science (LIS) guidelines regarding provision of “digital libraries” course. Design/methodology/approach This study covered 31 universities offering LIS approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The main instrument for data collection for the study was analysis of departmental documents containing the LIS curriculum. Second, some library and information science educators from universities that were yet to integrate the course digital libraries in their LIS curriculum were interviewed. Findings This study revealed that majority of the library schools offer the course “digital libraries” or related areas as core course in their curricula. However, only few library schools have computer laboratories for students to enhance digital library skills. Some LIS educators in the library schools identified challenges such as lack of qualified information and communication technology (ICT) staff to handle the course coupled with lack of computer laboratories equipped with modern computers with stable internet facilities in the LIS departments in Nigeria. Practical implications The findings from this study may inform curriculum revision and updating efforts to make it more relevant by incorporating a stand-alone course on “digital libraries” and provision of computer laboratories in the LIS departments to produce future ICT/digital librarians. Originality/value If university administrators, decision-making body in the departments and LIS educators understand the factors that are currently standing in the way of integrating a course on digital libraries, then those barriers can be removed or lowered. If the enabling factors are appreciated, then actions can be taken to stimulate the implementation of the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN)/NUC recommendations in all library schools in Nigerian universities.

Discovering the contextual factors for digital library education in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 125-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung Van Do ◽  
Daniel G. Dorner ◽  
Philip Calvert
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Initial Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Potential Factors

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discover the contextual factors affecting the development of digital library education (DLE) in Vietnam and to determine how those factors are enabling or hindering its development.Design/methodology/approachBased upon the literature and the theories of Fullan (2007), Nowlen (1988) and Rogers (2003), an initial model of contextual factors that were potentially affecting DLE development in Vietnam was developed. The model was then tested using a qualitative methodology involving interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders, along with the gathering of documentary evidence. The data were then analysed using the interactive model of Miles et al. (2014), and the initial model was then revised.FindingsThe initial model allowed for the depiction of potential factors, both internal and external, along with some relationships between the factors. Based on the data analysis, a revised model was developed composed of seven major contextual factors that were enabling and/or hindering DLE development in the Vietnamese context. These are grouped into three categories: external factors – government, IT infrastructure and social and cultural values; internal factors – stakeholders’ attitudes, DLE characteristics and the personal and organisational nexus; and change agents, which is both an internal and external factor. These factors had different levels of influence on DLE development and are inter-related.Originality/valueNo prior study has looked at contextual factors affecting DLE development in a developing country such as Vietnam.

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