Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. About IFLA IX
4. Acknowledgement XI
5. Welcome 1
6. 1. Development of the Profession 5
7. Section 1: Europe
8. Introduction 23
9. 2. European Library and Information Science Schools 26
10. 3. “Expertise ... Certification ... Cultural Capital” 47
11. 4. New Approaches, Structural and Organizational Changes in the PhD Programme in LIS/IS 68
12. 5. Library and Information Science Education and Training in Serbia 84
13. Section 2: Africa
14. Introduction 99
15. 6. Anglophone Africa: Ibadan Sixty Years on 101
16. 7. Fifteen Years of Training Librarians in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa 122
17. 8. Library Education in Nigeria 134
18. Section 3: Americas
19. Introduction 147
20. 9. What’s in a Name? A Brief History of Informatics Education 149
21. 10. Library and Information Science (LIS) Education in Mexico 165
22. 11. Library Education in Peru 191
23. Section 4: Asia and Australia
24. Introduction 219
25. 12. LIS Education in the United Arab Emirates 221
26. 13. Looking back through More than One Hundred Years of LIS Education in India and Looking ahead 241
27. 14. The Development, Challenges, and Opportunities of Library and Information Science Education in Indonesia 258
28. 15. The University of the Philippines (UP) School of Library and Information Studies 278
29. 16. The Australian LIS Education Journey 302
30. Section 5: Special Perspective on Library and Information Science Education and Training
31. Introduction 321
32. 17. International Quality Assurance in LIS Education 323
33. 18. The Rise and Fall of the Library Science Library 352
34. 19. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Role in Library and Information Science Education and Training 373
35. Section 6: Possible Future Educational Approaches for LIS and its Development
36. Introduction 389
37. 20. Trends in Librarianship Training in Germany 391
38. 21. Undergraduate Distance Education in LIS in Spain 1999–2014 405
39. 22. In Search of New Horizons 420
40. 23. From Professional Qualifications to iSchool@northumbria 433
41. Contributors 447