Support for Continuing Education Policy among Library and Information Science Education Programs

1987 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Carl F. Orgren ◽  
Ruth J. Person
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Education Programs

Web-Based Information Science Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 164-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Schisa ◽  
Anne McKinney ◽  
Debbie Faires ◽  
Bruce Kingma ◽  
Rae Anne Montague ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Education Model

Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) is a collaborative distance education model that increases the quality, access and diversity of online education opportunities. The WISE Consortium is a group of graduate Library and Information Science (LIS) programs founded on three pillars: quality, pedagogy, and collaborations (Montague & Pluzhenskaia, 2007). This chapter outlines the approach to achieving these three pillars and the assessment mechanisms used to measure the consortium’s success. Highlights include WISE Pedagogy, the administrative division of WISE dedicated to providing faculty development resources for online education, and WISE+, an initiative that supports partnerships enabling WISE schools and LIS associations to develop courses together suitable for graduate credit and continuing education. While the WISE consortium is specific to LIS education, the model could be applied more broadly to other disciplines.

Recruiting Under-represented Groups to Librarianship

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Black
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Predominantly Black ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Black Institutions ◽  
Community Access

Abstract Librarianship is a profession that facilitates individual and community access to information. The profession is committed to the belief that librarians should reflect the communities that they serve. However, librarianship struggles with the lack of racial and ethnic diversity among its practitioners. Much of the responsibility to diversify the profession has been given to Library and Information Science education programs that produce practitioners. The need to diversify the profession, strategies that have been used to diversify profession and the unique role that Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) can play in diversifying the profession is described.

Library and information science education in Rwanda

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musa Wakhungu Olaka
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science

scholarly journals Undergraduate LIS Education in Pakistan: An Overview

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ijaz Mairaj ◽  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Personal Communications ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Local Literature

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.

scholarly journals Library and Information Science in the USA and Iran

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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