Construction of Virtual-Experiment Systems for Information Science Education

The paper gives an account of undergraduate level library and information science education in Pakistan including independent certificate courses, an optional subject at intermediate and bachelor level, and bachelor program of Allama Iqbal Open University. The paper is based on the literature review and personal communications with selected professionals. There appeared gap in local literature regarding contemporary state of undergrad level education. The review of literature and senior professionals suggested that radical changes are necessary in policies, programs and curricula of different programs at undergraduate level to raise the quality of education.

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Library and Information Science in the USA and Iran

10.20944/preprints202002.0257.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Michel Nguessan ◽

Shima Moradi

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

General Education ◽

Information Science ◽

Comparative Investigation ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

Library Science ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Historical Perspectives ◽

The Usa ◽

Definition Of

In a context of global mobility of skilled professionals, this is a comparative study of library science education and librarianship in the USA and Iran. The study attempts to determine how education and professional skills may transfer from one country to another. Historically, the USA and Iran are two different major centers of development of knowledge, science and technology and culture. Each one of these two countries developed its own system of general education and library science education and professional practice. This study investigates the definition of the librarian profession, historical perspectives, types of librarians and librarian-related positions, the initial academic training of librarian (schools, duration, curriculum, and accreditation), daily activities of librarians, continuing education, and opportunities and challenges of the profession in each country. The qualitative research methods was selected to conduct this study. This investigation leads to a comparative analysis pointing out similarities and differences. The first part of the paper present historical perspectives and library science education and librarianship. The second part of the paper presents contemporary library science education and librarianship in each country. The last part of the paper is a comparative critical discussion of both systems. This study concludes that, even though both systems are different, with the globalization of knowledge, education, and communications, under certain circumstances, one could consider a librarian “qualified” to practice across the border. Contributions: The comparative investigation of LIS profession and education have been conducted for the first time.

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Understanding Twitter use by major LIS professional organisations in the United States

Journal of Information Science ◽

10.1177/0165551516687701 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 165-183 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Min Zhang ◽

Feng-Ru Sheu ◽

Yin Zhang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Science Education ◽

Information Science ◽

American Library Association ◽

The United States ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Analysis Framework ◽

Network Analytics ◽

User Influence ◽

Twitter Analysis

Although Twitter has been widely adopted by professional organisations, there has been a lack of understanding and research on its utilisation. This article presents a study that looks into how five major library and information science (LIS) professional organisations in the United States use Twitter, including the American Library Association (ALA), Special Libraries Association (SLA), Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the iSchools. Specifically explored are the characteristics of Twitter usage, such as prevalent topics or contents, type of users involved, as well as the user influence based on number of mentions and retweets. The article also presents the network interactions among the LIS associations on Twitter. A systematic Twitter analysis framework of descriptive analytics, content analytics, user analysis and network analytics with relevant metrics used in this study can be applied to other studies of Twitter use.

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